grid wireless networks fate acquired by abb group founded 2000 headquarters sunnyvale california united states key people tom ayers president and ceo narasimha chari co founder and cto products wireless mesh routers wireless network management website 1 tropos networks 1 is a wireless mesh networking company that provides hardware embedded software and network management application software for building large scale wireless networks . these networks are used by utilities municipalities public safety agencies mines and others that need to communicate with fixed and mobile assets as well as mobile workers in the field . the company was founded in 2000 by narasimha chari devabhaktuni sri srikrishna christian dubiel and jonathan goldenstein . it is headquartered in sunnyvale california . in june 2012 it was acquired by abb group . contents 1 customers 2 investors and corporate governance 3 technology 4 references 5 external links customers edit tropos has more than 850 customers in more than 50 countries around the world . the company s customer base is concentrated in the smart grid municipal government public safety and open pit mining vertical markets . notable customers include avista 2 glendale water & power duncan oklahoma 3 and lafayette utilities system . investors and corporate governance edit tropos networks is a privately held company . venture investors include benchmark capital boston millennia partners cipio partners duff ackerman & goodrich hanna ventures integral capital partners and voyager capital . the chairman of the board of directors is david hanna of hanna ventures ; board members include curtis feeny of voyager capital bill gurley of benchmark capital and tom ayers president and ceo of tropos networks . tropos network has been acquired by abb in june 2012 . technology edit utilities deploying a smart grid use tropos for building a regional scale distribution area communications networks covering hundreds to thousands of square miles . tropos provides high performance highly reliable private ip broadband wireless networks that create a secure and scalable foundation upon which multiple smart grid applications including distribution automation substation security and advanced metering infrastructure ami can be deployed . 4 additionally tropos technology is employed by municipalities to improve efficiencies of a broad range of city services including intelligent transportation systems automated meter reading amr public safety and video surveillance . tropos has been awarded 40 patents . 5 references edit tropos networks inc. . businessweek . 10 feb 2012 . retrieved 2012 02 10 . avista selects open standards wireless system for smart grid communications in spokane . honeywell and city of duncan use stimulus funds to make utility systems smarter . 15 june 2010 . california utility deploys smart grid with stimulus . tropos networks awarded 40th patent for outdoor broadband wireless mesh networking technology . businesswire . 9 nov 2011 . retrieved 2012 02 10 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tropos networks & oldid 647133917 categories telecommunications companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 18 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view