JMA Wireless
{{Short description|Networking hardware company in United States}}
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| type = Private
| industry = {{ubl|Telecoms equipment|Networking equipment}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|2012}}
| founder = John Mezzalingua
| location_city = Syracuse, New York, U.S.{{cite news |last1=Moriarty |first1=Rick |title=Syracuse bets on a tech winner to conquer 5G and boost a forgotten neighborhood |url=https://www.syracuse.com/business/2022/01/jma-wireless-syracuse-bets-on-tech-winner-to-conquer-5g-and-boost-a-forgotten-neighborhood.html |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=The Post-Standard |date=11 January 2022 |language=en}}
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people = John Mezzalingua (CEO)
| products = XRAN, IOTA, DAS
| num_employees = 1000
| website = {{URL|https://jmawireless.com}}
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JMA Wireless is an American wireless networking hardware manufacturing company in Syracuse, New York. It was founded in 2012 by the current chief executive officer John Mezzalingua.{{cite web |title=About - JMA Wireless |url=https://jmawireless.com/about/ |website=jmawireless.com |access-date=28 September 2022 |date=21 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.signalhire.com/companies/jma-wireless |title=JMA Wireless |date=July 27, 2022 |website=Signal Hire |access-date=28 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=JMA Wireless Dome |url=https://jmawirelessdome.com/ |website=JMA Wireless Dome}}
It offers Open-RAN compliant 5G Radio access network (RAN) products, 5G millimeter wave products, private wireless technology hardware products, focusing on design, code, and manufacture of 4G and 5G devices in the United States. JMA Wireless created the first fully virtualized RAN for carrier and private networks as well as the first indoor 5G millimeter wave radio in the United States.{{cite news |last1=Alleven |first1=Monica |title=JMA unveils plans for U.S. 5G manufacturing for indoor mmWave product |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/jma-unveils-plans-for-u-s-5g-manufacturing-plant-for-indoor-mmwave-product |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Fierce Wireless |date=10 October 2019 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Hardesty |first1=Linda |title=JMA Wireless challenges non-U.S. telecom vendors with its vRAN |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/jma-wireless-challenges-non-us-telecom-vendors-its-vran |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Fierce Wireless |date=23 April 2019 |language=en}}
On May 19, 2022, JMA Wireless and Syracuse University announced the signing of a 10-year naming rights deal of the on-campus stadium, renaming the Carrier Dome after 42 years. The stadium was renamed as the JMA Wireless Dome, referred to as the JMA Dome.{{Cite press release |date=2022-05-19 |title=Syracuse University, JMA Wireless Announce Naming Rights Partnership, Usher in the JMA Wireless Dome Era |work=Syracuse University News |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2022/05/19/syracuse-university-jma-wireless-announce-naming-rights-partnership-usher-in-the-jma-wireless-dome-era/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |language=en-US}}
History
The company was founded in 2012 by John D. Mezzalingua as John Mezzalingua Associates LLC, initially employing about 150 people.{{cite news |last1=Moriarty |first1=Rick |title=JMA Wireless: Syracuse bets on tech winner to conquer 5G and boost a forgotten neighborhood |url=https://www.syracuse.com/business/2022/01/jma-wireless-syracuse-bets-on-tech-winner-to-conquer-5g-and-boost-a-forgotten-neighborhood.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=syracuse.com |date=11 January 2022 |language=en}} He previously ran the Production Products Company (PPC), which was sold to Belden Incorporated for $515.7 million.{{cite news |last1=McChesney |first1=Charles |title=PPC in DeWitt sold for $515 million to St. Louis' Belden Inc. |url=https://www.syracuse.com/news/2012/12/ppc_in_dewitt_sold_for_551_bil.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=The Post-Standard |date=12 December 2012 |language=en}}
The headquarters, located in Clay, New York was expanded in 2017.{{cite news |last1=Moriarty |first1=Rick |title=Wireless equipment maker completes expansion in Clay, adds 288 jobs |url=https://www.syracuse.com/business-news/2017/07/wireless_equipment_maker_jma_completes_expansion_in_clay_adds_288_jobs.html |access-date=1 October 2022 |work=syracuse.com |date=13 July 2017 |language=en}} In 2021, the company operated manufacturing facilities in Syracuse, with additional R&D, manufacturing, and sales staff Dallas, Austin, Chicago, Boulder, Richmond, VA, and Europe. In 2022, the company's $100 million 5G manufacturing campus was inaugurated by New York state Governor Kathy Hochul.{{cite news |last1=Abbott |first1=Ellen |title=JMA Wireless completes first phase of $100 million project in Syracuse |url=https://www.wrvo.org/regional-news/2022-07-29/jma-wireless-completes-first-phase-of-100-million-project-in-syracuse |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=WRVO |date=29 July 2022 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Governor Hochul Marks Completion on First Phase of JMA Wireless' $100 Million 5G Manufacturing Campus and New Global Headquarters in Syracuse |url=https://www.urbancny.com/governor-hochul-marks-completion-on-first-phase-of-jma-wireless-100-million-5g-manufacturing-campus-and-new-global-headquarters-in-syracuse/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Urban CNY & NY State Senate |date=4 August 2022 |language=en}}
It is a member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association.{{Cite web|title=WIA Members|url=https://wia.org/members/ |access-date=1 October 2022|website=The Wireless Infrastructure Association}}
Software and other technology
JMA Wireless operates on a software-based XRAN architecture, which integrates processes into a single common server and removes the need for radios and jumpers in Distributed antenna system (DAS) deployments.{{cite web |title=XRAN® - JMA Wireless |url=https://jmawireless.com/xran/ |website=jmawireless.com |access-date=28 September 2022 |date=14 June 2019}}
In 2018, JMA Wireless acquired 5G radio provider PHAZR for an undisclosed amount. The deal allowed JMA Wireless to offer 5G RAN technologies that supports spectrum from 600 MHz all the way up to 47 GHz.{{cite news |last1=Alleven |first1=Monica |title=JMA Wireless acquires 5G radio solutions provider Phazr |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/wireless/jma-wireless-acquires-5g-radio-solutions-provider-phazr |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Fierce Wireless |date=6 December 2018 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Tomás |first1=Juan Pedro |title=JMA Wireless completes PHAZR acquisition |url=https://www.rcrwireless.com/20181206/5g/jma-wireless-completes-phazr-acquisition |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=RCR Wireless News |date=6 December 2018}}
Notable projects
JMA Wireless has deployed 5G in many large stadiums including SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles),{{cite news |last1=Kapustka |first1=Paul |title=Cellular carriers bring 5G blitz to SoFi Stadium for Super Bowl LVI |url=https://stadiumtechreport.com/editorial/cellular-carriers-bring-5g-blitz-to-sofi-stadium-for-super-bowl-lvi/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Stadium Tech Report |date=12 February 2022}} Fiserv Forum (of the Milwaukee Bucks),{{cite report |title=CASE STUDY: MILWAUKEE BUCKS: Fiserv Forum Redefines the World Class Fan Experience |url=https://jmawireless.com/resource/milwaukee-bucks-case-study/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=jmawireless.com |date=15 March 2020}} Sacramento Kings, JMA Wireless Dome{{cite news |last1=Vasudevan |first1=Anish |title=Dome to be renamed JMA Wireless Dome |url=http://wsww.dailyorange.com/2022/05/dome-to-be-renamed-jma-wireless-dome/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=The Daily Orange |date=19 May 2022}} (of Syracuse University),{{cite news |title=Syracuse University to Pilot Private Cellular Network in Select Residence Halls, Academic Buildings |url=https://news.syr.edu/blog/2022/07/13/syracuse-university-to-pilot-private-cellular-network-in-select-residence-halls-academic-buildings/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Syracuse University News |date=13 July 2022}}{{cite news |last1=Amron |first1=Danny |last2=Chouinard |first2=Kyle |title=SU, JMA Wireless partner to bring 5G to 3 residence halls |url=https://dailyorange.com/2022/09/syracuse-university-jma-wireless-5g-residence-halls/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=The Daily Orange |date=7 September 2022}} and other large settings, such as Carnegie Mellon University,{{cite news |last1=Fletcher |first1=Bevin |title=JMA Wireless, AWS complete private CBRS network for Carnegie Mellon lab |url=https://www.fiercewireless.com/private-wireless/jma-wireless-aws-complete-private-cbrs-network-for-carnegie-mellon |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Fierce Wireless |date=2 September 2021 |language=en}} the city of Tucson,{{cite report |author=John Mezzalingua |date=April 21, 2021 |title=Leading the Wireless Future: Securing American Network Technology |url=https://www.congress.gov/117/meeting/house/112475/witnesses/HHRG-117-IF16-Wstate-MezzalinguaJ-20210421-U1.pdf |publisher=House Committee on Energy and Commerce |page=2 |docket= |access-date=28 September 2022 |quote=}} American Dream Meadowlands, Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Midtown,{{cite news |last1=Pedro |first1=Juan |title=JMA Wireless provides DAS for Crown Plaza Atlanta's in-building wireless network |url=https://inbuildingtech.com/hospitality/jma-wireless-provides-das-crown-plaza-atlanta-inbuilding-wireless-network/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=inbuildingtech.com}} and Olympic Stadium in Italy.{{cite press release |title=Telecom Italia deploys JMA's XRAN™ in Stadio Olimpico |url=https://sportsvenuebusiness.com/2019/02/26/telecom-italia-deploys-jmas-xran-in-stadio-olimpico/ |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=Sports Venue Business (SVB) |date=26 February 2019}}
References
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{{Portal|Telecommunication|United States}}
External links
- {{Official website|https://jmawireless.com}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:JMA Wireless Associates}}
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