UHF Wi-Fi: A Way to Maximize Bandwidth

Tuning into UHF to boost Wi-Fi performance

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By Olga Kharif

August 20, 2015 at 8:52 PM UTC

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This article is part of the August 24, 2015 issue of businessweek.

Innovator: Edward Knightly
Age: 46
Co-founder of three-year-old startup Vuum and professor at Rice University in Houston

Form and function
Watch, an app that can be installed on a smart TV or remote control to increase Wi-Fi bandwidth by up to six times, recycles idle or unused spectrum typically given to ultra-high-frequency (UHF) TV channels.