Neul

Neul aims to unify the currently fragmented world of Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. We are building a reliable, full coverage global network around a new, open M2M communications standard. We will enable completely new kinds of devices, services and business models. We are creating 'the Internet of Everything'.

Our long-range wireless network has been specifically designed to be 'data only'. This will allow the Neul network to support the anticipated explosive growth of M2M to reach more than 50 billion connections by 2020.

The Neul network will operate in newly available, licence-free 'White Space Spectrum' made available to utilise the unused spectrum within the TV bands. This digital dividend is happening worldwide. In the US the transition is now complete, while in the UK the process is well underway, with other territories following in the near future.

Neul's portfolio of proprietary and patented Intellectual Property, hardware platforms, software protocol stacks and physical network infrastructure will be used to roll out a network of base stations and services.

The name Neul is pronounced 'new-ul' and is derived from the Gaelic word for 'Cloud'.

The Neul network will have:

The scale to support billions of devices simultaneously with high Quality-of-Service for M2M traffic.

Terminals which are ultra-low power and which can operate for years off primary and coin-cell batteries.

Very low cost network terminal modules that work 'straight out of the box'.

The best network for continuous device connection and the best security against unauthorised network access, fraud and denial of service attacks. All at an operating tariff to our customers which will be lower than other M2M operator tariffs.

James has been a leader of R&D and business development activities since 1987. He was co-founder of CSR, serving as CTO, head of R&D and plc board member from 1999 to 2010. In that position he had line responsibility for 800 staff in UK, France, Sweden, India and US. He was also the director in charge of operations in India, Sweden and France. He is experienced in IP creation, management and litigation and had led a number of acquisitions. and was responsible for global standards development activities . Prior to 1999, he held a number of executive and technical positions at Cambridge Consultants Ltd. and before that at Schlumberger. James has a degree in Physics from Oxford University, and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a fellow of the IET.

Glenn Collinson - Board Member, Chairman of the Strategy Committee.

Glenn Collinson is a co‐founder of CSR and helped to manage its growth from a start‐up in 1998 to its listing as a public company in 2004. He retired from the Board of CSR in 2007. Glenn was a non‐executive director of Sonaptic Ltd from April 2005 until its sale to Wolfson in July 2007. Glenn currently holds positions as a non‐executive director of DiBcom SA, Inside Contactless SA and Wolfson Microelectronics plc. Prior to co-founding CSR, Glenn held senior positions at Cambridge Consultants Ltd. (1996‐1998) and Marketing Manager at Texas Instruments (1989‐1996). He is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology and holds a B.Sc. in Physics and an M.Sc. in Electronics from Durham University, as well as an MBA from Cranfield University.

Prior to joining Neul William was Director of Technology Resources at Ofcom, the UK Communications regulator. William joined Ofcom in 2003 where he managed a team providing technical advice and performing research across all areas of Ofcom's regulatory remit. He also led major reviews conducted by Ofcom including the Spectrum Framework Review, the development of Spectrum Usage Rights and most recently cognitive or white space policy. Previously, William worked for a range of communications consultancies in the UK in the fields of hardware design, computer simulation, propagation modelling, spectrum management and strategy development. William also spent three years providing strategic management across Motorola's entire communications portfolio, based in Chicago. William has published eleven books, eighty papers, and four patents. He is a Visiting Professor at Surrey University and DeMontfort University and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET where he is a Vice President. His biography is included in multiple "Who's Who" publications around the world. William has a first class honours degree in electronics, a PhD and an MBA.

Robert Young - VP, Engineering.

Robert was a co-founder of CSR, serving in various design and engineering management roles from 1999 to 2010. His most recent role was as VP, IC Design, responsible for the analogue, digital and system design teams. Prior to CSR, Dr Young held technical positions at Cambridge Consultants Ltd. He holds a first class honours degree and PhD in Electronic Engineering from the University of Cambridge.

Neil MacMullen - VP Software Systems. Before Neul, Neil spent 10 years at CSR where he held a number of senior technical and commercial positions including VP Software Development and SVP in charge of Wi-Fi. In the former role he was responsible for developing and overseeing a number of key software technologies central to CSR's growth and had line responsibility for over 200 staff worldwide. Prior to CSR he co-founded a startup, spending over ten years developing both software and hardware for a series of novel distributed parallel-processing systems. Neil has a B.Eng in Electronic Engineering and Computer Science from University College London.