SpiderCloud Wireless was founded in November 2006 as Evoke Networks by Peter Wexler, Allan Baw, and Mark Gallagher in downtown Palo Alto. The trio incubated the company as Copivia Inc. and hired Mike Gallagher as CEO in October 2007. The company closed Series-A funding in January 2008 and soon after changed the company name to SpiderCloud Wireless. The company is now headquartered in Milpitas, California. The company is backed by investors Charles River Ventures, Matrix Partners, Opus Capital and Shasta Ventures. It has raised around $125 million in venture capital and is generating revenue from customers such as Vodafone UK, Vodafone Netherlands, Verizon Wireless, Warid Telecom and more. The company helps mobile operators improve service quality for enterprise customers. SpiderCloud Wireless develops scalable and multi-access Small Cell network platforms that allow mobile operators to deliver cellular and Wi-Fi coverage, capacity and smart applications to enterprises and venues of any size. The E-RAN system is made up of one rack unit sized Services Node that manages multiple single-carrier or dual-carrier Radio Nodes operating in 3G, LTE and unlicensed spectrum. SpiderCloud Radio Node : Radio Nodes are high-capacity, power-over-Ethernet capable, small cells. In any deployment, multiple RNs are deployed inside an enterprise or venue, and are connected to the Services Node using standard Ethernet LAN infrastructure. SpiderCloud offers a portfolio of Radio Nodes that support UMTS, LTE, LTE-U and LAA. SpiderCloud Services Node : Enterprise on-premises controller of over 100 self-organizing Radio Nodes that can be installed in just days using an enterprise-Ethernet Local Area Network as a managed service by a mobile operator’s network. SpiderCloud was acquired by Corning Inc. on July 19, 2017. . According to RCR Wireless, the price is between $200M to $250M.
Awards
Wall Street Journal ranks SpiderCloud Wireless #5 in the "Next Big Thing" - Ranking the Top 50 Start-Ups 2013 Small Cell Industry Awards Category: Non-residential design and technology innovation 2013 CTIA E-Tech Award for Network Infrastructure: In-Building Network for "First Scalable & Multi-Access 3G, Wi-Fi & 4G/LTE Small Cell System" 2013 CTIA Mobile IT Award Mobile Enterprise Interface, for the First Scalable and Multi-Access 3G, Wi-Fi and 4G/LTE Small Cell System" 2013 LTE North America Awards for Category: Best LTE RAN Product" 2014 Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Category: Wireless network infrastructure innovation" 2014 Small Cell Forum Industry Award: Vodafone, HP & SpiderCloud Enabling Context Aware Applications for People and Internet of Things in Category 4: Small cell network element design and technology innovation" 2014 Silicon Valley Telecom Councils's Zephyr Award for Best Mobile Opportunity" 2014 LTE North America Award for Category: Innovation in HetNet Development" 2014 Telecoms.com Award for Category: Pushing the Mobile Limits, Edge Cloud NFV Applications" 2015 Leading Lights Awards for Category: Best Deal Maker" 2015 Small Cell Forum Industry Award for Excellence in commercial deployment : SpiderCloud Wireless and Vodafone UK Sure Signal Premium with SpiderCloud E-RAN" 2015 LTE North America Award: SpiderCloud and Cisco for Category: Innovation in HetNet Development" 2016 LTE & 5G Latin America Award: SpiderCloud and Cisco for Category: Best HetNet Solution " 2016 Small Cell Forum Industry Award for Excellence in commercial deployment : SpiderCloud Wireless US national small cell rollout" 2016 LTE & 5G World Award: SpiderCloud and Cisco for Category: Best Solution in Heterogeneous Network Deployment" 2016 5G & LTE North America Award for Category: Best Solution in Heterogeneous Network deployment"
