MELBOURNE, Fla.—Wireless base station supplier AirNet Communications Corp., which has been struggling through a restructuring for the past several years, has been hit with additional blows during the first half of this year and may have to close its doors.
Last week, the company said it concluded part of a field trial test of its SuperCapacity adaptive array base station with an unnamed large operator, which elected not to extend the field trial. AirNet said it does not expect the carrier to purchase any products.
The company also said it has laid off 35 people, bringing its work force to 50 remaining employees. The company said it will focus its sales and marketing efforts on near-term opportunities to sell existing inventory. AirNet said if it doesn’t generate meaningful sales from those efforts it may be forced to wind down its business operations.
AirNet said it plans to continue to explore strategic options for the sale of the company.
The company offered some positive news last week however, saying it managed to sign up a reseller that sold its compact base station product to a European operator. The reseller purchased six portable laboratory RapidCell base stations enabled with AirNet’s iBSS software for approximately $350,000, and AirNet said it plans to supply the reseller with these units during the second quarter.
