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Reliability-first, low-latency architecture delivers deterministic performance in interference-rich UAV/drone and mission-critical networks—expanding the addressable market for Spectrum Slicing™ and the PrismIQ™ product family

March 5 , 2026 – TheNewswire - Ottawa, Canada and Santa Clara, USA – Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc. (TSXV: YFI) (OTC: KPIFF), the industry pioneer of AI-powered Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing™ silicon solutions and IP, today launched a focused initiative to extend Spectrum Slicing™ into Dual-Use connectivity applications—targeting environments where predictable latency, resilience, and deterministic performance define success as much as peak throughput.

“Wireless is now the operating backbone for drones, robotics, mobile command-and-control, and critical infrastructure,” said Andrew Skafel, President and CEO of Edgewater Wireless. “These networks must perform under congestion, contention, and interference. Spectrum Slicing™ was built for exactly those real-world conditions, and Edgewater is now applying that reliability-first architecture to high-value adjacent markets.”

Dual-Use expands the addressable market

Industry forecasts highlight strong growth across the Dual-Use adjacency set. Analysts estimate the overall UAV market at ~US$26.1B in 2025, reaching ~US$40.6B by 2030, while the drone communications segment grows from ~US$2.46B (2024) to ~US$3.67B (2029) 1 .  Mission-critical communications is also projected to reach ~US$34.1B by 2030 2 , reflecting the accelerating global shift toward resilient, real-time connectivity. 
Edgewater positions this initiative as accretive: it broadens commercial surface area for Spectrum Slicing™ and PrismIQ™ while leveraging the Company’s existing silicon and IP execution roadmap.

Built on a Reliability-First Foundation

Edgewater’s Spectrum Slicing™ platform moves beyond legacy single-channel contention by enabling intelligent spectrum allocation and concurrent channel utilization within a band—an architecture aligned with the industry’s evolution toward ultra-high reliability on the road to Wi-Fi8.

“Wireless is entering an era where reliability is the new speed—and that requirement doesn’t stop at the home gateway,” said Eric Smith, VP of Product at Edgewater Wireless. “Customers now demand deterministic performance, lower latency, and resilience under contention in all wireless verticals. Spectrum Slicing™ delivers those outcomes and expands our commercial surface area.”

Driving Momentum Toward Strategic Collaboration

This initiative strengthens the bridge between Edgewater’s Wi-Fi8-ready silicon execution roadmap and future partnerships in adjacent verticals where reliability, resilience, and predictable latency create measurable operational value. Edgewater will provide updates as evaluation activities progress and as collaboration structures advance.

Request PrismIQ™ Dual-Use application note, visit:  https://edgewaterwireless.com/contact/

About Edgewater Wireless

We make Wi-Fi. Better.

Edgewater Wireless delivers unmatched Wi-Fi QoS—bar none—by intelligently mitigating congestion, allocating spectrum in real time, and autonomously optimizing channel and link density to keep networks fast, fair, and reliable when it matters most. The result is tangible economics for service providers and their customers: reduced churn, improved efficiency, and consistently high-performance connectivity in the most demanding, high-density environments.

Redefining Wi-Fi from the silicon up, Edgewater’s patented, AI-powered Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing™ platform—delivered through the  PrismIQ™  product family—breaks the limits of legacy Wi-Fi by enabling multiple concurrent channels within a single band, so more users get more usable capacity without the typical trade-offs. PrismIQ powers Edgewater’s Wi-Fi 8-ready solution set, designed for Ultra High Reliability and predictable performance at scale across residential, enterprise, and Industrial IoT deployments—while delivering 10× performance and up to 50% lower latency, even for legacy devices.

With 26 granted patents, three AI-related patents pending, and a capital-efficient fabless model, Edgewater is transforming the economics of Wi-Fi for service providers, OEMs, and enterprises—powering scalable, standards-leading connectivity for the next era of global networks. A Silicon Catalyst portfolio company, Edgewater is building the intelligent wireless foundation for the future of connectivity.

Visit https://edgewaterwireless.com

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Edgewater Wireless Contacts:

Andrew Skafel, President and CEO

E: andrews@edgewaterwireless.com

Bill Mitoulas, Investor Relations

E: ir@edgewaterwireless.com

T: +1.416.479.9547

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1  Source: https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/unmanned-aerial-vehicles-uav-market-662.html

2  Source: https://www.thebusinessresearchcompany.com/report/mission-critical-communication-global-market-report

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