Edgewater Wireless Appoints Wi-Fi Semiconductor Pioneer Rick Bahr as Strategic Advisor

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[{"type":"text","content":"Former Qualcomm Senior VP of Engineering and Atheros Head of Engineering joins Edgewater’s advisory team, bringing deep industry insight to next-generation Wi-Fi8 Spectrum Slicing™ silicon program","length":196,"tagName":"p","attribs":{}},{"type":"text","content":"OTTAWA, Ontario & SANTA CLARA, Calif., January 13, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (TSXV: YFI) (OTC: KPIFF), the industry pioneer of AI-powered Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing™ technology for residential, enterprise and Industrial IoT markets, today announced that Wi-Fi semiconductor executive Rick Bahr has joined the Company as a strategic advisor.","length":369,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""Rick is one of the most respected minds in Wi-Fi silicon," said Brian Imrie, Board Chair of Edgewater Wireless. "From Atheros to Qualcomm to Stanford and Silicon Catalyst, he’s helped define how the world connects over Wi-Fi. His decision to join Edgewater’s advisory team is a powerful validation of our Spectrum Slicing™ vision and our roadmap toward Wi-Fi8-class silicon. We’re thrilled to have his experience and judgment at the table as we move from RF packaging and AI prototyping into full SoC execution."","length":533,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Bahr is widely recognized for his decades-long leadership in Wi-Fi and processor architecture, having served as Senior Vice President of Engineering at Qualcomm, where he was chartered with driving the company’s Wi-Fi technology roadmap. He joined Qualcomm through its 2011 acquisition of Atheros Communications, the pioneering Wi-Fi chipset company he joined in 2000 to head engineering.","length":388,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":""Edgewater is tackling one of Wi-Fi’s hardest problems – how to deliver consistent performance in the most congested of environments – with an elegant, scalable architectural shift," said Rick Bahr. "Spectrum Slicing™ aligns naturally with where the Wi-Fi8 standard and next-generation access points are headed. I’m excited to support Andrew and the team as they industrialize this technology in silicon, and to help connect Edgewater with the broader semiconductor and system-level innovation I see every day at Stanford and through Silicon Catalyst."","length":572,"tagName":"p"},{"type":"text","content":"Prior to Atheros an...

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