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Airbeam Wireless Technologies Inc.

Application to become an approved third party manufacturer as per HIP19.

Summary

Airbeam is an innovative company that is looking to unlock a worldwide opportunity in 5G and Smart Cities rollout. Based off of production-ready industry-leading chip design, Airbeam supplies the next-generation wireless solution that is positioned to benefit from the existing and emerging high-speed data markets.

Company Information (required)

  • What is your company name?

    Airbeam Wireless Technologies, Inc.

  • How long have you been in business?

    2 years

  • What kind of products have you created?

    • MeshSmart Wireless Lighting Control System with Zigbee Wireless Gateway and controllers
    • WiHD and GigaRay Liberty: 60Ghz Wireless communication modules and gateways

  • How many have you sold?

    >100,000

  • What brought you to Helium?

    Airbeam is dedicated to providing smart city and IoT applications. Providing a LoFi solution is in our road map. We are fascinated by Helium’s network, and would like to be a partner to build the network together.

Product Information (required)

  • What is this product's model name or model number?

    • Helium hotspot product model name: DAWN
    • Model number: DAWN-LO200

  • Is this is Light Hotspot or Full Hotspot? (please submit two separate applications for Full and Light hotspots)

    Full Hotspot

  • Is it for indoor or outdoor?

    DAWN-LO200 is designed for outdoor but also works indoor

  • Provide a brief description of what you're making.

    We are building an outdoor Helium miner having LoRA, Wifi and Ethernet connectivity. Unit will have BL5.0 connectivity, OTA update capability and targeted for NA, EU, AU and FarEast.

What is your approximate price point? (required)

USD $650

Please provide detailed hardware designs, including relevant parts (required)

Evidence of a functioning prototype - photos, videos. Renderings are OK but physical prototypes are much, much better. Your plan for software setup and configuration for the devices. This would includes remote updates and the ability for hosts to change wifi settings, via Helium's official app or otherwise.

  • Quad-core Cortex A35 CPU
  • 2 GB DDR3 RAM
  • 32GB eMMC and 128GB SD card
  • Wi-Fi connectivity and optional Bluetooth connectivity
  • WAN/LAN port
  • Base on the LoRa Concentrator Semtech SX1302
  • TX power up to 27dBm, RX sensitivity down to -139dBm @SF12, BW125kHz4x Gigabit
  • 4G module (optional)
  • POE and DC 5V/3A power
  • OTA software update is included

What is your expected production and delivery timeline? (required)

In 24 -60 weeks it will be ready for drop-ship globally.

Previous shipments (required)

We have built multiple SKUs of smart wireless lighting controllers with our contract manufacturers both in China and US and shipped to global customers.

Startups welcomed!

  • Have you shipped anything in the past? Yes or No

    Yes

  • Which countries have you previously shipped regulatory FCC or CE approved products?

    North America, EU, Japan, China, Australia, etc.

Which countries do you plan to ship to and get regulatory certifications for? (required)

North America, EU, China

Customer Support (required)

  • How will your customers be able to contact you for support for your products?

    Airbeam already has a customer support line, online support desk, and support email.

  • For how long? How are you planning to handle repairs and replacements?

    Airbeam will support the product for minimum 5 years after the announcement of end of life

Hardware Security Element (required)

  • The community is concerned about devices that can be easily hacked, specifically by copying their swarm_key files. Applications should include plan for how the devices will be secured, potentially including:

  • Are you using an ECC608. Yes or no?

    Yes

  • Encrypted/locked-down firmware. Yes or no?

    Yes

  • Encrypted storage of the miner swarm_key, either via disk encryption or hardware measures. Yes or No?

    Yes

  • Encrypted buses, potting and other anti-tampering measures. Yes or No?

    No

  • Willingness to submit a prototype for audit, and sharing those audit results publicly (pass or fail) Yes or No?

    Yes

Hardware Information (required)

  • The approved security element is an ECC608. If you would like to use an alternative security element your HIP19 will require additional review, please email DeWi ([email protected]). Which security (swarm) element are you using?

    ECC608

  • Which LoRa chipset are you planning to use in your gateway? (ie SX1302/03 & SX1250s or SX1301/08 & SX1255/57) We recommend you don't use the SX1301 in new designs

    SX1302

  • Where are you sourcing your components from?

    Sourcing for components will be done globally by our selected contract manufacturer utilizing their powerful supply chain and supporting help from our Engineering team.

  • How many radio modules/ concentrators can you procure?

    50,000 annually ramp up to 200,000

Manufacturing Information (required)

  • Have you built and delivered radio hardware products before?

    Yes: Zigbee, Wifi, WiHD, and WiGig

  • Have you built gateways before?

    Yes

  • How many gateways did you make?

    >10,000

  • If you have not built gateways before, are you using a third party manufacturer? This is the single largest risk with most hardware ventures. If possible please provide information about your manufacturing partners and supply chain.

Proof of Identity

Per typical KYC/AML procedures, proof of identity for major shareholders (25%+ ownership) will be expected to be provided privately to representatives from Helium Inc or DeWi board members. This will be attested and publicly confirmed by those representatives, e.g. as GitHub comments. Contact details for this will be provided after your application is submitted on GitHub.

Budget & Capital (required)

  • How many hotspots are you planning to manufacture and sell within the first six months of sales?

    We forecast to make and sell 50,000 hotspots in the year of 2022.

  • How much money will be required up-front? How much money do you have on-hand, and how much do you have access to?

    $500K for product development and $2M to start shipping first SKUs

  • What is your plan for additional financing if required? (This is the second biggest risk in new hardware ventures - getting almost over the line and then running out of cash.)

    There is little concern as we will be backed by government loans and grants for exporting goods.

Risks & Challenges (required)

Please tell us about some of the challenges that would prevent these products from becoming a reality and how you might address them.

Supply chain is the immediate risk and we have already started negotiations through our CM. For longer term cost reduction is the risk and we have few plans on Engineering cost reduction as well as longer term negotiations with suppliers.

Other information if you do not provide contact information we cannot review your proposal.

  • Contact Info:
    • Contact Person: Fari Ordubadi
    • Company: Airbeam Wireless Technologies Inc.
    • Email: [email protected]
    • Address: #125-21320 Gordon Way, Richmond, BC V6W 1J8
  • Website (required) - www.airbeamtech.com
  • Twitter profile -
  • Facebook profile -
  • Other social profiles -

Payment methods available (required):

Credit Card, Paypal, BTC, ETH