Last month, Arlington, Va.–based Federated Wireless announced it raised $42 million in a Series B round, bringing their total capital to $75 million. The company developed a software product which focuses on making wireless spectrum more accessible. These funds will be spent on some research and product development, but mostly on marketing ahead of making their product widely accessible next year, according to the company.

On the consumer side of internet access, most people are familiar with WiFi, and things like 4G and LTE. But it turns out that these things are a part of a much broader use of electronic communication resource called spectrum. Most of the electronic devices you use, from radio to WiFi to GPS, communicate using spectrum. Satellites and intelligence operations also take up large amounts of spectrum, leaving only a small portion for consumers. But Federated Wireless is hoping to change that with its new software product.

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