SAN FRANCISCO—Deloitte & Touche, in partnership with CTIA, announced the Wireless Fast 50, a ranking of the fastest-growing wireless companies based on revenue growth over the past five years. Satellite technology company SIRIUS Satellite Radio topped the list, with SkyBitz, TeleNav, BTI Systems and Tira Wireless rounding out the top five, respectively.
The list provides a glimpse of growth areas in wireless, including a fair representation of companies offering wireless broadband products and services. A number of providers also offer efficiency products such as antennas and backhaul solutions. Interestingly, there were few mobile content or mobile advertising companies in the Fast 50. However, Phil Asmundson, vice chairman, U.S. Technology, Media & Entertainment and Telecommunications for Deloitte & Touche USA, suggested that it might be too soon to see these types of content companies on the list as one of the requirements is to have been in business for five years.
To qualify for the Wireless Fast 50, Deloitte said companies must have had operating revenues of at least $50,000 in 2002 and $5 million in 2006 and be a company that owns proprietary wireless technology or proprietary wireless intellectual property that contributes to a significant portion of the company's operating revenues or devotes a significant proportion of revenues to the research and development of wireless technology.
Rank |
Company Name |
Company Focus |
5-Year % Growth |
1 |
SIRIUS |
Satellite Radio Satellite Radio |
79,060% |
2 |
SkyBitz |
GPS |
40,314% |
3 |
TeleNav |
GPS |
16,666% |
4 |
BTI Systems |
Fiber-Optic MicroWDM |
16,610% |
5 |
Tira Wireless Mobile |
Content Delivery |
16,610% |
6 |
MyThum Interactive |
InteractiveMedia Technology |
13,900% |
7 |
Boingo Wireless |
Wireless Internet |
13,398% |
8 |
NetMotion Wireless |
Mobile VPN |
7,504% |
9 |
Ethertronics |
Embedded Antenna Solutions |
6,603% |
10 |
AirClic Mobile |
Process Automation |
5,895% |
11 |
XM Satellite Radio Holdings |
Satellite Radio |
4,525% |
12 |
mBlox |
Mobile Transactions |
3,689% |
13 |
Airvana. |
Mobile Broadband Network Infrastructure |
3,628% |
14 |
Roamware |
Mobile Roaming Solutions |
3,228% |
15 |
SiGe Semiconductor |
Supercharged Silicon |
3,221% |
16 |
Vibes Media |
Mobile Marketing |
2,341% |
17 |
WebTech Wireless |
GPS Vehicle Location & Telematics |
1,888% |
18 |
Redline Communications |
Wireless Broadband |
1,417% |
19 |
Enfora |
M2M |
1,276% |
20 |
Atheros Communications |
Semiconductors |
1,259% |
21 |
Axesstel |
Fixed Wireless Voice & Data |
1,106% |
22 |
MetroPCS Communications |
Wireless Carrier |
1,096% |
23 |
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies |
Wireless Broadband Networking |
1,072% |
24 |
Vertical Communications |
Ip-PBX and VoIP |
815% |
25 |
DragonWave |
Wireless Broadband Networking |
683% |
26 |
VoiceSignal Technologies |
Voice & Speech Recognition |
665% |
27 |
Smith Micro Software |
Wireless Communications Software |
664% |
28 |
Novatel Wireless |
Wireless Broadband Access Solutions |
655% |
29 |
GENBAND |
IMS |
596% |
30 |
AirIQ |
GPS |
586% |
31 |
Ascalade Communications |
Wireless & Comm Products |
503% |
32 |
InterDigital |
Wireless Technology Platforms |
447% |
33 |
Gemini Mobile Technologies |
Messaging |
443% |
34 |
Research In Motion |
BlackBerry E-Mail Solution |
436% |
35 |
.I.D. Systems |
Wireless Monitoring & Tracking |
346% |
36 |
Bridgewater Systems |
Subscriber-Centric Policy Mngmt |
321% |
37 |
EION |
IP Solutions for Voice & Data |
316% |
38 |
Aeris Communications |
M2M |
279% |
39 |
Terabeam |
Wi-Fi & Wireless Broadband Solutions |
271% |
40 |
Air2Weby |
Content Deliver |
265% |
41 |
AnyDATA |
Wireless Modems |
236% |
42 |
NII Holdings |
Mobile Communications Services |
204% |
43 |
SkyWave |
Mobile Communications Fleet Mngmt |
190% |
44 |
FreeWave Technologies |
Spread-Spectrum & Licensed Radios |
178% |
45 |
Bytemobile |
Wireless Data Optimization |
173% |
46 |
CommScope |
Cable & Connectivity Solutions |
171% |
47 |
Symmetricom |
Timing, Frequency & Sync Solutions |
159% |
48 |
Qualcomm |
CDMA Chipsets, Comm Enablers |
158% |
49 |
LGC Wireless |
In-Building |
140% |
50 |
EFJ |
Emergency Communications |
137% |