xG Ramps Up Production to Meet Backlog of Networking Equipment Orders

In an effort to meet burgeoning demand for its wireless communications and spectrum sharing products, xG Technology, Inc., announced that it is ramping up equipment production.

The company already shipped $860,000 of its xMax cognitive networking equipment in 2013, and it has increased production to meet its backlog of orders. The company manufactures cognitive radio network technology for wireless broadband.

"We are committed to successfully delivering xMax product against our backlog as we increase our production capability through contract partners," said John Coleman, CEO of xG Technology.

"We have made our first shipments to customers serving the key public safety, reseller and telemedicine markets, which follow previously-announced shipments to rural broadband customers,” Coleman continued. “Our team is successfully executing on our product, production and revenue plans, and are converting backlog into shipments and revenue."

The company’s xMax fixed and mobile broadband solution can serve as a network backbone or last-mile solution for different markets and applications. xMax uses software defined radio (SDR) and cognitive networking technology that enable efficient sharing of both licensed and unlicensed spectrum.

The xMax Mobile Switching Center (xMax-MSC) controls the delivery of voice and data services, and manages all elements in the regional network. 

Recent decisions by the Defense Department’s to share spectrum with broadcasters in the 2 gigahertz (GHz) band has sparked a lot of interest in shared spectrum products. These policies will ‘‘work a lot better for companies and the government than what we do today because most of the frequencies lay fallow,’’ said George Schmitt, xG Technology executive chairman, to Bloomberg BNA.

LTE wireless communications and cognitive radio technologies are designed to seek out available spectrum and facilitate spectrum sharing on the same band automatically, Schmitt explained.

In particular, xG Technology wants to address the challenges facing the wireless industry brought on by more and more wireless devices that put pressure on network capacity. The company said its goal is to help wireless broadband network operators make more efficient use of their spectrum allocations and to create new opportunities for innovation in unlicensed spectrum.