Top Wireless Startups in 2027

At OpenSignal, big data meets sensor networks. Our mission is to become the global authority on wireless networks. Our main consumer products, OpenSignal (a top developer app) and WifiMapper (featured as best new app), are mobile signal, coverage map and WiFi crowdsourcing apps with over 13 million downloads around the world. OpenSignal enables consumers to stay connected better and longer and allows mobile operators to benchmark and improve their networks. To date, we have provided wireless market insights to customers such as McKinsey, Opera, Telefonica and ChinaMobile. This data and our reports have also been covered by TIME Magazine, CNN and the BBC. Our research has also led to multiple papers published in scientific journals. Our other apps: WeatherSignal turns your phone into a portable weather station with the mission to enable more local and accurate weather forecasting. CrisisSignal provides real-time updates on the state of networks in the wake of disasters.

Businesses are built by the experiences they provide, and every day millions of those experiences are delivered by Avaya. We are shaping what's next for the future of work, with innovation and partnerships that deliver game-changing business benefits. Our cloud communications solutions and multi-cloud application ecosystem power personalized, intelligent, and effortless customer and employee experiences to help achieve strategic ambitions and desired outcomes. Together, we are committed to help grow your business by delivering Experiences that Matter.

OceanComm is introducing the equivalent of WiFi to the subsea industry (ocean exploration, offshore oil and gas, deep sea mining, defense, etc.). We use ultrasound, rather than radio waves, to make this possible.

Teal is on a mission to end roaming and connect any device to any global carrier automatically. With Teal's eSIM tech, customers can automate connectivity based on variables such as price, coverage maps, and network quality. Teal’s platform enables IoT devices to connect on over 2,000+ home-equivalent public cellular networks in 195 countries. Teal’s eSIM platform also gives Private LTE/5G Network Operators an unparalleled ability to manage subscribers remotely while seamlessly switching between Private and Public networks.

Highly accurate inertial navigation systems and services including INS, MEMS and acoustics, integrated by our customers into a range of autonomous vehicles, geospacial mapping solutions, surveying products, asset tracking solutions and more.

1/3 of all food gets wasted, our mission is to make food efficient. We replace use-by dates with smart labels that measure freshness, and AI that predicts shelf-life, so no good food is discarded, and no bad food is eaten. We invented this technology as scientists at Imperial College London, and we're using it to improve the whole supply chain, from food producers to households.

Aerwave is an intelligent Wi-Fi platform that enables private network mobility to business and individual users in shared spaces, such as hotels, multi-tenant commercial buildings, coworking spaces, and coffee shops, among others. Unlike traditional shared networks, Aerwave’s private networks increase security by separating user data into unique logical networks and by leveraging enterprise-level encryption. Aerwave networks allow for multi-user mobility within and between locations, providing users and teams with seamless access, anywhere that Aerwave is located. Powered by Google Cloud Platform, users can manage their device and network settings all from the cloud. Please go to aerwave.io for more information.

Skylark Wireless is a wireless networking hardware startup headquartered in the vibrant heart of Houston, TX specializing in Television White Space (TVWS) systems and wireless beamforming or “Massive-MIMO” technologies for 5G wireless. We design and manufacture customized radio solutions addressing the needs of the rural broadband market. The high cost of fiber and satellite communications, as well as the poor range and capacity of cellular wireless technologies leaves 24 million Americans and over half of the world without high-speed broadband communications. We believe that high-speed internet access is a great equalizer, providing citizens with vital education, access to commercial opportunities, and entertainment in an increasingly global world. We're a fast-paced agile team with 401(k), health care, and other employee benefits.

Spectrum Effect’s mission is to solve the most challenging and costly problems in the wireless industry through innovation and automation. Spectrum Effect's industry-leading Spectrum-NET solution automates the analysis of RF interference. Protected by 27 issued patents, Spectrum-NET performs machine learning-driven analysis of RF interference across all RF bands and operates seamlessly across multi-vendor 5G NR, LTE, and UMTS cells within mobile networks. Operators across the globe are using Spectrum-NET to rapidly address RF interference, improve network KPIs, surgically deploy field assets, gain key insights into spectral efficiency, and save significant OPEX and CAPEX. Spectrum Effect has offices in Kirkland, Washington, USA, and San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico.

At Khushi Baby (KB) we seek to motivate and monitor community health care at the last mile. We build and implement community-inspired digital health solutions to empower frontline health workers to deliver informed care for pregnant women, children, and other vulnerable groups. Khushi Baby is the Nodal Technical Support Partner to the Government of Rajasthan’s Department of Medical, Health, and Family Welfare, responsible for designing, developing, and implementing the State’s integrated community health platform out of the Rajasthan State Data Center. Collectively, Khushi Baby’s solutions have been used by over 70,000 community health workers in the last year, with independent modules for COVID-19 active surveillance and longitudinal reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health tracking. These solutions have been used to track the health of over 17 million beneficiaries, making Khushi Baby’s m-health platform for government-employed community health workers, the second largest in the world. Beyond Rajasthan, we also have current solutions deployed in Maharashtra and Haryana. Our solutions have included a variety of novel technology implementations and integrations including Near Field Communication, facial biometrics, and AI/ML for fraud detection. These solutions have emerged from over 5 years of experience working closely with health workers in the field in 400 villages of Udaipur.