For release: Feb. 3, 2010
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Kim Sears, Marketing and Public Relations
Wyoming Business Council
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Wyo. company receives funds to extend wireless data service to rural areas
CASPER – Wyoming company Crile Carvey Consulting, Inc., received funding to develop software and processes that will help bridge the digital divide between urban and rural areas.
The company, headquartered in Sybille Canyon, Wyo., with offices at the Wyoming Technology Business Center in Laramie, was awarded a $5,000 Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative (WSSI) Phase 00 award to help them prepare and submit a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) proposal to the USDA.
Receiving the Phase II award would help Crile develop software and processes that would create a mesh of self-configuring broadband access stations across the rural United States. The company received a Phase I research award in 2009 that helped it build a software system for optimally locating towers in rural areas with complex topography.
“Research suggests that in 2011 almost 47 million corporate employees globally will spend at least one day a week ‘teleworking,’ and 112 million will work from home at least one day a month,” said Crile Carvey, company CEO. “This employment trend, along with the advanced data communication demands of emergency responders, and increasing bandwidth requirements from the entertainment sector makes it increasingly urgent to extend reliable wireless IP service to rural America.”
The company’s team of experts includes David Aadland, associate professor and director of Graduate Studies for the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming, who is working on the mathematics of optimization. The company also has other industry partners that are assisting with logistical and manufacturing distribution.
“This award will be of great help in securing a Phase II USDA SBIR award that will allow for the successful completion of this important project of enhancing rural economic development,” said Carvey.
The Wyoming SBIR/STTR Initiative is sponsored by the Wyoming Business Council and administered by the University of Wyoming Office of Research and Economic Development. The mission of the partnership is to increase the number of federal SBIR awards received by Wyoming small businesses by providing funding assistance through the WSSI Phase 0 program. The program facilitates the preparation of competitive proposals in the annual national $2.5 billion SBIR competition for Phase I (up to $150,000) and Phase II (up to $1 million) awards. Any Wyoming tech-based, for-profit small business or individual desiring to submit a Phase I proposal to any of the eleven participating federal SBIR agencies is eligible to apply for a WSSI Phase 0 award. For further information on the WSSI and SBIR programs, go to www.uwyo.edu/sbir or email wssi@uwyo.edu.
For more information about Crile Carvey Consulting, Inc., visit www.crile.com.
The mission of the Business Council is to facilitate the economic growth of Wyoming. The Business Council, a state government agency, concentrates its efforts on providing assistance for existing Wyoming companies and start-ups, helping communities meet their development and diversification needs, and recruiting new firms and industries targeted to complement the state’s assets. For more information, please visit www.wyomingbusiness.org.
