August 16, 2016 – Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (TSX-V: YFI) is pleased to announce that the private placement announced August 11, 2016 has been fully subscribed. The funds from the private placement will be used to support the company’s F500 customer project as well as drive development of Edgewater Wireless sales channels in Europe, North America, India and Asia.

Through these funds, the company will also begin targeting of new verticals – primarily through our entrenched relationship through CableLabs and UpRamp to pursue opportunities in the $500 Billion global cable industry. Initial engagement with cable companies has identified a set of common issues which can be solved with Edgewater Wireless WiFi3 technology – specifically the interference and capacity issues in public venues, multi-dwelling units (MDUs) and enterprise customer deployments.

As part of the private placement offering, the company has adjusted pricing of the units (the “Units”) of The private placement will now consist of up to 6,000,000 Units at a price of $0.40 per Unit for gross proceeds of up to $2,400,000. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one common share purchase warrant (each a “Warrant”). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire an additional common share at a price of $0.50 per share for a period of 24 months.

All other terms of the private placement remain the same. The private placement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.

The company is now reviewing the Unit Subscription Agreements for compliance with the relevant exemption provisions being claimed which could result in some adjustment of the total number of units accepted under the placement.

The company would like to thank everyone who has participated and those who considered participating.

 

About Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc.: 

Edgewater Wireless develops and commercializes leading edge technologies and intellectual property for the communications market. Edgewater Wireless delivers advanced product solutions designed to meet the high-density, high quality of service (QoS) and high-reliability needs of service providers and their customers. Leveraging over twenty (20) patents, Edgewater’s WiFi3™ is redefining Wi-Fi technology with its wide-band, multi-channel radio and high-capacity Access Point solutions, and delivering next generation Wi-Fi, today.

The best solution for High-Density Wi-Fi networks, Edgewater Wireless WiFi3 powered access point products enable innovative service providers to plan, build and deploy reliable, high-capacity services (like VoWiFI) for high-density wireless data demand in any environment.

Do more with less! Fewer access points delivering high quality service at a lower overall deployment cost make our patented WiFi3 technology the right choice for your next Wi-Fi network.

Explore the evolution of Wi-Fi at www.EdgewaterWireless.com

 

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