Corporate Milestones

January 2012 – SkyCross announces commercial availability of the SkyCross VersiTune-LTE™ tunable antenna module for 4G LTE mobile devices

May 2011 – SkyCross secures $11 million in Series E funding to Ramp 4G/LTE Antenna Solutions

March 2011 – SkyCross announces commercial availability of its State-Tuned Isolated Mode Antenna Technology (ST-iMAT™) for embedded antenna solutions in 4G MIMO devices

February 2011 – Dr. Bami Bastani, now President & CEO of Meru Networks, joins SkyCross Board of Directors

November 2010 – SkyCross appoints Ben Naskar as CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors

August 2009 –SkyCross expands operations in Taipei to support growing customer base of device manufacturers

July 2009 – SkyCross acquires Shanghai Universe Communication Electronics Co. Ltd., an innovative antenna manufacturer

March 2009 – SkyCross introduces iMAT® antenna product line for access points and routers

February 2009 – SkyCross secures $23 million in financing led by Investor Growth Capital to cap a record growth year

January 2008 – SkyCross unveils Isolated Mode Antenna Technology (iMAT), a revolutionary single-antenna approach providing significant benefits for device designers and manufacturers, network operators, and end users

July 2007 – SkyCross announces the opening of additional design centers in Shanghai, China, and Gumi, South Korea, to meet increasing demand from wireless device manufacturers serving the rapidly growing Asian market

March 2007 – SkyCross announces the opening of additional assembly and manufacturing facilities in Seoul, South Korea and Shajing, China to meet increased customer demand and growing volume requirements

May 2006 – SkyCross announces an investment from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of Intel Corporation. Intel Capital, through its relationship with Intel, also begins collaborating with SkyCross to develop mobile video applications with selected voice and data initiatives

January 2006 – SkyCross announces closure of a $14 million round of financing led by TL Ventures 

February 2005 – SkyCross opens its second technical design and manufacturing center in the Asia-Pacific region to provide local support for its expanding handset and WLAN customer base in the region

August 2004 – SkyCross receives $2 million investment from Gabriel Venture Partners

June 2004 – SkyCross introduces unique quad band antenna for voice and data applications. The new antenna technology enables manufacturers to design in a single embedded antenna capable of handling a wide range of voice and data services - replacing the need for costlier multiple antennas that require more space and weight

April 2004 – SkyCross receives $1 million investment from Korean telecommunications giant SK Telecom

December 2003 – SkyCross opens its first Asian technical design center to provide local design, technical and manufacturing support for customers in the Asia Pacific region

October 2003 – SkyCross introduces the industry's smallest high performance antenna array for the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) fixed wireless and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) markets

August 2003 – SkyCross raises $10.5 million in Series B funding

March 2003 – SkyCross introduces industry's first high gain, embedded antennas for all worldwide radio WLAN applications 

June 2002 – SkyCross introduces first high performance tri-band antenna for worldwide GSM wireless applications

March 2002 – SkyCross introduces wireless industry's first tri-band high gain antenna for wireless LAN applications

December 2001 – SkyCross develops wireless industry's first embedded antenna 

October 2001 – SkyCross introduces wireless industry's first embedded 5.1 – 5.9 GHz high gain antenna for wireless LAN

June 2001 – SkyCross introduces wireless industry's first embedded 2.45 and 5.25 GHz high gain, dual frequency antenna for wireless LAN

March 2001 – SkyCross Introduces First Embedded 5GHz Antenna For Wireless LAN; Ideal For New High Data-Rate Applications

2000 – Milcom Technologies raises nine million dollars in venture funding for affiliate company SkyCross