SANTA CLARA, CA – Silicon Valley-based Collinear Networks Inc. has finalized a 2.5-year ongoing collaboration with Lockheed Martin Corporation to advance its plan to commercialize a worldwide high-capacity wireless transmission technology for telecommunications network operators.
Collinear has been working with Lockheed Martin Space Systems under an exclusive licensing and development agreement since 2014 to commercialize a hybrid point-to-point wireless transmission product developed that incorporates Free Space Optical (FSO) and Radio Frequency (RF) technologies. The agreement provides Collinear with exclusive marketing and non-governmental sales rights on a global basis.
Collinear said that the technologies' intended size and weight will allow a single technician to install the technology into an existing network infrastructure. The technology will supplement or replace existing wireless infrastructure, significantly increasing capacity while eliminating the need for highly expensive and challenging fiber deployment, continues the news release.
Pursuant to the licensing and development agreement, scientists and engineers at Lockheed Martin in Silicon Valley are collaborating with Collinear experts to complete product design. Collinear is targeting a commercial release in late 2017.
