The past several years have seen explosive growth in the number of wireless Internet access devices operating in unlicensed spectrum bands. Especially in the 5 GHz band, the availability of unlicensed spectrum has given rise to a number of low-cost backhaul and access devices that enable people to reliably connect to the Internet at a relatively low cost.

Time for a toast! At Wednesday’s WISPAPALOOZA awards ceremony, Mimosa received no less than seven prestigious awards from WISPA, the industry’s leading trade association:

We want to thank the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) for recently backing Mimosa’s proposal of wider channels in the licensed 23 GHz band, reaffirming broad support for this initiative across the industry. In July, Mimosa urged the FCC to modify the rules to expand the current 50 MHz maximum channel width, with proposals for 80 MHz, 160 MHz and 320 MHz channels.

The dictionary defines “synergy” as two things that work together to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Though the term suffers a bit from overuse, in this case, the word “synergy” could not be more a more apt description of Mimosa’s relationship with Quantenna Communications over the past three years.

FREMONT and CAMPBELL, California – January 6, 2014 – Quantenna Communications, Inc., a leader in ultra-reliable Wi-Fi networking for whole-home entertainment, and Mimosa Networks, Inc., an innovator in next generation Internet access, announced today a collaboration in which Quantenna will be the exclusive provider of 802.11ac Wave 2 technology to power Mimosa’s cutting-edge unlicensed wireless hardware suite. Additionally, Mimosa will partner with Quantenna in the joint development of enhanced physical layer and link layer technologies.