Akron app developer emerges as pathfinder for a Wi-Fi driven world

Story excerpt provided by Akron Beacon Journal.

Written by Katie Byard.

An Akron startup wants to let you use its cellphone app to monitor Wi-Fi performance.

The software-development startup, 7signal, launched the app in July, and already news/entertainment company NBCUniversal is using it, with employees downloading it to their phones.

NBCUniversal is “like a lot of companies,” said Jeff Reedy, 7signal’s CEO. “They are cutting the cord [on landlines], getting rid of desktop computers and are heavily depending on employees’ mobile devices and the Wi-Fi working.”

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Originally published September 23, 2016.