Ruckus Wireless
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| Traded as | : RKUS |
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| Industry | Telecommunications equipment |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Sunnyvale, California |
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Key people
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Selina Lo (CEO) William Kish (Co-Founder) Victor Shtrom (Co-Founder) |
| Products | Hardware, software, and services to telecommunications service providers and enterprises |
| Revenue | $373 million (2015) |
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Number of employees
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940 (2015) |
| Parent | Arris Group |
| Website | www |
Ruckus Wireless, Inc. was a company selling wireless systems for mobile devices, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Ruckus offers Wi-Fi products to mobile carriers, broadband service providers, and corporate enterprises.
Ruckus invented and has patented wireless voice, video, and data technology, such as adaptive antenna arrays that extend signal range, increase client data rates, and avoid interference, providing distribution of delay-sensitive multimedia content and services over standard 802.11 Wi-Fi.
On April 4, 2016, Brocade Communications Systems announced that it was acquiring Ruckus Wireless for approximately $1.5 billion. After Brocade was acquired by Broadcom Limited. it was acquired by the Arris Group for $800 million in 2017.
Ruckus was founded in 2004 by William Kish and Victor Shtrom. Sequoia Capital, WK Technology Fund, and Sutter Hill Ventures initially funded the company. Ruckus was publicly listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol RKUS.
In 2015, Ruckus Wireless became the first Wi-Fi vendor to introduce an 802.11ac Wave 2 access point with the ZoneFlex R710. The R710 is capable of supporting twice the density of mobile devices over Wave 1 access points.
The acquisition by Brocade in a cash and stock deal worth about $1.5 billion is meant to add Ruckus’s Wi-Fi products to Brocade's enterprise networking business.
Ruckus designed an adaptive directional antenna technology called BeamFlex. The company first sold the technology to other manufacturers to enable them to include it in their products. Ruckus also came out with a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) device that was sold to service providers.
Ruckus offers indoor and outdoor access points in several price ranges. BeamFlex is at the core of Ruckus’ ZoneFlex APs with its directional antenna technology. This technology automatically adjusts to changes in the Radio Frequency (RF) environment providing stronger signals. Beamforming has now been integrated into the latest version of the 802.11 standard and 802.11ac. Other products that Ruckus offers include controllers, software, and smart wireless services.
Ruckus offers Wi-Fi branded products such as indoor and outdoor wireless access points and wireless controllers all sold under the brand name.
Ruckus offers wireless access points that can support up to 500 simultaneous connections on a single node. In 2007, Ruckus launched ZoneFlex, a centrally managed WLAN platform for enterprises and carriers.
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