Federated Wireless

Federated WirelessIndustry| Telecommunications

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Founded| 2012; 14 years ago (2012)
Founder| Jeffrey H. Reed, Charles Clancy, Robert McGwier and Joseph Mitola
Headquarters| Arlington County, Virginia

Key people

| Iyad Tarazi (CEO)
Website| www.federatedwireless.ai

Federated Wireless is an American SaaS company serving the telecom sector and headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia.[1] The company is "commercializing CBRS shared spectrum for 4G and 5G wireless systems" as the SAS provider for a majority of the market.[2]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 See also
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## History

Federated was founded in 2012 by Jeffrey H. Reed, Charles Clancy, Robert McGwier and Joseph Mitola, who subsequently co-applied for a number of patents relating to the operation of shared spectrum for wireless networks. The company was created to develop technology to enable the operation of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS), and is "backed by communications industry stalwarts" such as Charter Communications, American Tower Corporation and Arris.[3][4] Other investors include Allied Minds, Cerberus, GiantLeap Capital, GIC, Fortress Investment Group, Pennant Investors, SBA Communications, and Schroders.

In late 2013, Federated Wireless was one of four organizations named as new members by the Wireless Innovation Forum, along with Google, Nordia Soft and the research organization Idaho National Laboratory. The company also supports implementation of a "fully functional [Spectrum Access System] (SAS), capable of managing the proposed three-tier framework" for CBRS spectrum sharing.[5] Iyad Tarazi, who had left an executive position at Sprint Corporation in a March 2014 restructuring,[6] joined the company as CEO in September 2014.[7] In August 2016, Federated Wireless, along with Google, Nokia, Intel, Qualcomm and Ruckus Wireless, launched the CBRS Alliance to "foster the ecosystem" around the 3.5 GHz band.[8] Federated Wireless is on the CBRS Alliance board of directors, with director Sarosh Vesuna as the organization's treasurer.[9]

The company has worked closely with others in the broadband communications space "to develop standards and equipment to bring the idea to life".[3] In September 2017, Federated Wireless launched its Spectrum Controller.[4] In April 2018, Verizon Communications announced that it was working with companies including Federated "on system testing across the 3.5GHz CBRS spectrum band".[10] In May 2018, Verizon Communications announced the deployment of CBRS in its commercial network in Florida with Federated Wireless, Ericsson and Qualcomm.[11] Until October of 2019 the company was a subsidiary of Allied Minds.[12] Today Federated Wireless is an independent, incorporated organization that provides innovative cloud-based wireless infrastructure services to extend the access of carrier networks.

In June of 2024, Federated Wireless launched its Adaptive Network Planner (ANP) to enable operators of all sizes to achieve carrier-grade deployments through high modeling accuracy using real-time shared spectrum network data.[13] The company also announced Tarana as a customer for FCC-certified Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) in the 6 GHz band that allows the deployment of standard power and outdoor access points.[14] In January of 2025, Federated Wireless announced its private 5G networking technology is under a 42-month sustainment contract valued at over $6 million with the Marine Corps Logistics Command (LOGCOM) at the Albany, Georgia, logistics hub. Representing the Department of Defense’s (DoD) first commercial 5G private network, the technology was developed in collaboration with industry partners including JMA and Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE).[15] In May 2025, the company said that their market share grew from 44% to 58%, attributing its success to partnerships with service providers including NextLink, Rise Broadband, GVEC, and Cox.[16]

## See also

* Federal Communications Commission
* Wireless security
* Wireless WAN
* Wireless access point

## References

1. ↑ "Federated Wireless Submits Comments to the FCC Regarding the Revised Framework for Rulemaking for Shared Spectrum in the 3550-3650 MHz Band". Reuters. December 19, 2013. https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/12/19/ma-federated-wireless-idUSnBw195893a+100+BSW20131219. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
\- Sue Marek (October 23, 2014). "Startup Federated Wireless working on spectrum sharing scheme for 3.5 GHz". http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/startup-federated-wireless-working-spectrum-sharing-scheme-35-ghz/2014-10-23. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
\- Dan Primack (September 18, 2017). "Venture Capital Deals". https://www.axios.com/pro-rata-2485731434.html.
2. ↑ National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Telecommunications Research and Engineering at the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences of the Department of Commerce (2015), ch. 4.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Barr, Alistair; Bergen, Mark; Moritz, Scott (March 29, 2018). "Carriers Are Hoarding America's Bandwidth. Google Just Wants Them to Share". Bloomberg LP. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-29/google-led-plan-to-upend-wireless-industry-gains-momentum.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Alleven, Monica (September 14, 2017). "Federated Wireless debuts CBRS Spectrum Controller, gets backing from Charter, American Tower, Arris". https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/federated-wireless-debuts-cbrs-spectrum-controller-gets-backing-from-charter-american.
5. ↑ Federal Communications Commission, FCC Record (2015).
6. ↑ Goldstein, Phil (March 25, 2014). "Sprint's Iyad Tarazi leaves company in network team restructuring". http://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/sprint-s-iyad-tarazi-leaves-company-network-team-restructuring.
7. ↑ Chambers, David (April 6, 2017). "Iyad Tarazi, CEO Federated Wireless, roadmaps CBRS 2017 launch". https://www.thinksmallcell.com/Femtocell-Interview/iyad-tarazi-ceo-federated-wireless-roadmaps-cbrs-2017-launch.html.
8. ↑ Alleven, Monica (October 12, 2016). "SpiderCloud tees up enterprise small cell combining LTE, CBRS". http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/spidercloud-tees-up-dual-mode-enterprise-small-cell-combining-lte-cbrs.
9. ↑ "CBRS Alliance Members". CBRS Alliance. https://www.cbrsalliance.org/members. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
10. ↑ Reichert, Corinne (April 6, 2018). "Verizon begins LTE trials on 3.5GHz band with Nokia, Ericsson". https://www.zdnet.com/article/verizon-begins-lte-trials-on-3-5ghz-band-with-nokia-ericsson/.
11. ↑ Alleven, Monica (May 16, 2018). "Verizon touts CBRS deployment with Ericsson, Federated Wireless, Qualcomm". https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/verizon-touts-commercial-cbrs-deployment-ericsson-federated-wireless-qualcomm.
12. ↑ "Federated Wireless: Overview". http://www.alliedminds.com/subsidiaries/federated-wireless. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
\- Phil Goldstein (February 5, 2015). "Google, Nokia and Federated Wireless execs see momentum behind 3.5 GHz ecosystem, uses". http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/google-nokia-and-federated-wireless-execs-see-momentum-behind-35-ghz-ecosys/2015-02-05. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
13. ↑ fwcorporateadmin (2024-06-06). "Federated Wireless Revolutionizes Shared Spectrum Management with the Launch of Adaptive Network Planner" (in en-US). https://federatedwireless.ai/2024/06/06/federated-wireless-revolutionizes-shared-spectrum-management-with-the-launch-of-adaptive-network-planner/.
14. ↑ fwcorporateadmin (2024-06-26). "Tarana Harnesses Federated Wireless's Advanced Automated Frequency Coordination (AFC) for High-Power Fixed Wireless Broadband Operation" (in en-US). https://federatedwireless.ai/2024/06/26/tarana-harnesses-federated-wirelesss-advanced-automated-frequency-coordination-afc-for-high-power-fixed-wireless-broadband-operation/.
15. ↑ fwcorporateadmin (2025-01-14). "Federated Wireless Secures Sole Source Sustainment Contract for First DoD 5G ATO Program of Record" (in en-US). https://federatedwireless.ai/2025/01/14/federated-wireless-secures-sole-source-sustainment-contract-for-first-dod-5g-ato-program-of-record/.
16. ↑ fwcorporateadmin (2025-05-14). "Federated Wireless Achieves 100 Percent CBRS Uptime: Zero Outages, Zero Interference in 2024 and into 2025" (in en-US). https://federatedwireless.ai/2025/05/14/federated-wireless-achieves-100-percent-cbrs-uptime-zero-outages-zero-interference-in-2024-and-into-2025/.

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* Nets, Webs and the Information Infrastructure at Wikibooks
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