ProVision Communications
- Portfolio Company: ProVision Communications
- Date of Initial Investment: 21 December 2007
- Round of Financing: First Round
- Sector: Wireless Video
- SWVF Role: Investor
ProVision Communications, a spin-out from the University of Bristol, develops wireless video solutions for global clients, ranging from in-home media gateways to wireless video systems for sports and other spectator events. The company’s expertise covers most wireless standards, including WiFi, WiMAX and DVB-T.
ProVision’s technology has been proven in demanding situations and recently was successfully used to enable real-time multicast video streaming over WiFi at the 2007 World Rally Championship (WRC) Wales Rally GB. Spectators in the hospitality area were able to select from a choice of video channels showing different parts of the rally course, using WiFi enabled PDAs and smartphones equipped with ProVision’s software decoder.
Following successful demonstration of the technology, ProVision has been invited by the Government’s UK Trade & Investment export support body to showcase its wireless products at the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona in February.
Website: www.provision-comm.com
