Every existing tool is built for RF engineers with CAD expertise. Nobody built one for attorneys, compliance officers, M&A analysts, and executives who need answers in 30 seconds.
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Wireless Carriers & Tower Companies
Cellular backhaul is mostly microwave. Spectrum teams manage thousands of CF-service links. Current tools cost $50K+/seat and require RF engineering staff to operate.
Buyers: Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Dish, Crown Castle, American Tower, SBA Communications
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Utilities & Pipelines
Private Part 101 microwave (MG service) for SCADA, protective relay teleprotection, and substation backhaul. NERC CIP compliance requires documentation of every link.
Buyers: Southern Company, Duke Energy, PG&E, Dominion, Exelon, Colonial Pipeline, Enbridge
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Railroads
Positive Train Control (PTC) backhaul runs on private microwave. FRA audits require link inventories. Class I railroads maintain hundreds of microwave paths.
Buyers: Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern, Amtrak, Canadian Pacific
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Broadcasters
Studio-transmitter links (STL) and intercity relay are Part 74/101. License renewals every 8 years. Station sales trigger microwave transfer applications.
Buyers: Sinclair, Nexstar, iHeart, Cumulus, Gray Television, Scripps
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State & Local Public Safety
Statewide interoperability networks for police, fire, EMS. Thousands of active MW-service licenses. Funded by federal grants with compliance reporting requirements.
Buyers: California OES, Texas DPS, NYPD, Port Authority NY/NJ, Metro transit agencies
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Federal Agencies
DOE national labs, BPA, TVA, USACE, Border Patrol, FAA ground systems. Some under NTIA, some licensed through FCC. Cross-agency coordination required.
Buyers: DOE, BPA, TVA, CBP, FAA, USACE, National Labs
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Defense Contractors
Range instrumentation, test-and-training microwave, 70/80/90 GHz links for secure data. Need compliance maps and spectrum analysis for proposals.
Buyers: Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, L3Harris, Northrop Grumman, BAE Systems
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FCC Attorneys & Law Firms
License portfolio management, renewal compliance, enforcement defense, M&A diligence. Attorneys bill $500-1,200/hr and need instant callsign-to-intelligence lookups.
Buyers: Lerman Senter, FCC Law (LLLS), Mintz, Latham, Cozen O'Connor, Holland & Knight, Wiley, Duane Morris
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Frequency Coordinators
Comsearch, Intelpath, Radyn, V-Soft process 10,000+ links/year. They'd buy augmentation data or competitive intelligence. Their customers would buy a fast UI on top of ULS.
Buyers: Comsearch (CommScope), Intelpath, Radyn, V-Soft Communications
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RF Engineering Consultancies
Small firms doing link budgets and path design who need quick ULS lookups without buying a $50K iQ·link seat. Volume play — hundreds of firms, low price per seat.
Buyers: Regional telecom engineering firms, wireless network planners, tower consultants
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Insurance & Risk Underwriters
When telecom asset packages go to market (PE buys a tower portfolio, bankruptcy sells microwave), diligence teams verify every link, status, and condition count.
Buyers: AIG, Chubb, specialty telecom underwriters, PE diligence teams
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Telecom M&A / Investment Banking
When someone sells a rural carrier or tower company, analysts model the microwave asset base. Today they pull from FCC ULS raw CSVs. Pain point.
Buyers: Moelis, Evercore, Waller Capital, New Street Research, Raymond James
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Expert Witnesses & Litigation Support
Microwave interference disputes, tower contract litigation, FCC enforcement defense. Need demonstratives and instant factual lookups mid-deposition.
Buyers: Expert witness firms, litigation support vendors, e-discovery teams
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Environmental & Land-Use Consultants
NEPA and NHPA review for new tower builds looks at adjacent microwave paths. FCC environmental compliance (§ 1.1307) requires path interference analysis.
Buyers: SWCA, Tetra Tech, ERM, Terracon, local zoning consultants
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State PUCs & International Carriers
Utility commissions reviewing grid investment see microwave as rate-base items. Canadian/Mexican carriers with cross-border links need US spectrum intelligence.
Buyers: State PUCs, Rogers, Bell Canada, Telmex, AT&T Mexico, cross-border operators