So, now that the PP is finally closed it’s that inevitable period where things gets shall we say quiet. To bide time I thought it would be fun to take a look back at some of the press from the company over the past few years. I’m only doing personal highlights here, I’m not bothering with every partnership announcement that didn’t go anywhere. With that said read on.
July 2 2015
Yfi touts key partnerships with G2 and Rare. The combined employee count for the two companies is something like 3. G2 may have been involved in the deal where they sold a few AP’s to a port. Rare is apparently still building their demo center. The company created a new “business unit” to monetize patents. The executive in charge of the unit has not been terribly successful.
November 3 2015
Yfi launches the IOTair(tm) platform. The press release read like it was about their AP except AP was spelled IOT. Also noted in the release was they recently engaged with and signed NDA’s with 2 of the top 5 wireless equipment makers in the world to discuss wifi and IOT applications and products. That’s exciting.
January 15 2016
Yfi now proclaims themselves the manufacturer of three-dimensional (3D) WiFi3(TM) technology. This will not be the last new moniker they deploy. They also reiterated partnerships with Zinwave and yet again…….Rare!!! That demo center is going to be a thing of beauty.
February 4 2016
Demos. Lots of demos. A major NA telco. Multiple wireless equipment manufacturers. Apparently they did live tests against 802.11ac and beat the pants off it. I’m not sure how you run tests of an AP against a protocol but I’m not a wireless engineer. Anyway you won’t believe this but ole wifi3 delivered a 15-30x performance improvement. Even back then it was kicking a$$ and taking names.
March 28 2016
Yfi is now the manufacturer of multi-channel WiFi3(TM) technology. I guess like in TV’s 3D was a fad. Mobile World Congress. Yfi met with some of the worlds largest Telcos and telecom manufacturers. Importantly many of these companies sought yfi out. Which is, ya know, pure, dripping validation. Right? Of particular note is yfi is now engaged with no less than 7 potential OEM partners. Many industry-recognized global brands. Lastly Zinwave opportunities continue to grow on a global scale.
November 30 2016
Yfi is now an early stage technology company. I’m betting they picked this up at Fiterator. Adults often adopt the cool phrases kids use. I think it’s awkward. Yfi references that 40.9 billion things will be connected to the internet by 20201. That’s a forward looking prediction if I’ve ever seen one. A new partnership with EION to build a new LTE/wifi solution is announced. Zinwave was not enough.
December 9 2016
Yfi announces expedited sales and product engagement with 6 global cable operators. Tech validation, trialing, testing. They were engaged in the big 3 T’s. Hoo ha. Some of the worlds foremost wifi experts acknowledged that single channel is useless for high density.
February 28 2017
Yfi launches aera, the worlds first 6 channel AP. This in no way diminishes their launch of the 6 channel EAP 3033 AP on March 24 2015.
March 28 2017
Now in engagements with 6 cable operators for pilots and POC’s. Yfi now taking pre-orders for the 6 channel box. A new investor relations website is imminent.
September 19 2017
Yfi lands the Mediacom deal to bathe a pool in sweet, sweet wifi. Yfi also continues to work with the 5 other cablecos. And they add 2 more cablecos to the mix!! Now it’s 8!!
January 16 2018
Yfi announces Kroger. After some early sales things dry up. They announce they need to build a new chip. Huh? That timing is awkward.
February 6 2018
Yfi gets clearance to trade on the OTCQB. I have no idea what happened but they’re back to the Pinks. Darn it.
February 20 2018
Yfi establishes their Technology Advisory Panel. Panel Chair Duane Anderson touts his steadfast maintenance of his personal share holdings. Uh, OK.
August 29 2018
Yfi achieves preferred supplier status with Mediacom. It’s the biggest market opportunity yet. Yfi now working with 4 of the top 5 largest cable operators. Commercial discussions, pilots and wifi innovation projects are all on the table.
August 22 2019
Yfi due to significant media coverage yfi has been elevated to a very high profile by significant industry players. Fist bump!!
September 5 2019
Yfi announces they have launched a licensing program. I’m sure this is just an adjunct to the licensing program they launched July 22 2015 with Intellectual Asset Group.
Postscript
Things get rather quiet after this. Blame COVID. We do of course have the ongoing news of the recent POC. It’s all hands on deck wait for the floodgates to open. Personally I think it will be a nice addition to the next edition of this summary. I wonder what the new big thing will be then.