Orange County Register

For me, it’s a spot on the I-5 where it meets the 22 and the 57 freeways. If I’m on a call there I’ll almost always lose the call. It has been like that for at least two years.

I’m sure you have a place like that too.

As handset manufacturers pack more features into their phones the signal problem is still a big one and there are a lot of people looking for solutions. One of these is WiSpry, an Irvine-based company backed by nearly $50 million in investments ($21.5 million of which was raised between May to July of this year).

WiSpry is developing a technology that improves the way cell phones handle the radio frequency signals they receive.  WiSpry CEO Russ Garcia says the technology could improve battery life by up to 30 to 40 percent and  signal strength by up to two times.

“Until you have battery life that’s several days and service that’s as good as what you have on your land line then there’s always room for improvement,” said Garcia. “And our product goes straight to the core of that.”

The technical term for what they’re developing is a Tunable Impedance Matching Device. In plain terms, it helps optimize the way the mobile devices handle the signals they get. According to Garcia, their technology is being evaluated by the major cell phone  manufacturers and he expects to have revenue come 2010.

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