Yeah, I always thought that UK address on the radios was odd, since their headquarters is in Illinois. It seems like a complicated corporate structure.
On Wed, Sep 16, 2026, 10:00 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > I see the copyright notice at the bottom of the cnMaestro page says > “Copyright © 2015 - 2026 Cambium Networks, Ltd. All rights reserved.” > > And the TOS refers to Cambium Networks, Ltd. > > That and the boxes for both 450 and ePMP radios saying Cambium Networks, > Ashburton, UK” all point toward FWA is under the UK subsidiary. > > > > Who was the Orthogon guy who used to come to Animal Farm? > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2026 9:29 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > Well, the secrecy part is working. > > > > Oh, and I’ve been assuming fixed wireless is in Cambium US. But maybe > that’s exactly wrong. Maybe it’s in Cambium UK. PTP, 450, ePMP, maybe > LinkPlanner, cnMaestro, cnHeat, all of it. Although I kind of expected the > software stuff might be in India. > > > > And maybe they’ve been working on a deal for months now to sell it, either > to another wireless company, or some private equity or venture capital > company. And have been unable to negotiate an agreement between the > creditors and the potential buyer. So bring in an outside firm that > specializes in bankruptcies and liquidations as impartial arbitrators. > Sorry, Mr. Creditor, this is how much of a haircut you’re going to have to > take, no buyer is going to pay more for the assets. Or sorry Mr. Buyer, > you’re going to have to cough up a little more, our expert opinion is we > can find another buyer who will outbid you. Or no, Mr. Buyer, we’re not > going to break it up and only sell you the parts you want, it’s a package > deal. Or alternatively find multiple buyers and split it up. > > > > Probably wrong, but it is another theory of what might be going on. I > don’t particularly like the scenario where the products my WISP uses are in > a garage sale run by 4 Brits. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Robert > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:46 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > And corporate security...(secrecy) > > On 9/16/26 5:21 PM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > Tax haven. > > https://www.conyers.com/publications/view/why-the-cayman-islands/ > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> *On Behalf > Of *Chuck > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2026 7:15 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > What is the benefit in using the Cayman Islands? > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Sep 16, 2026, at 5:42 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > From an SEC 10K, I see that Cambium Networks is a holding company > incorporated in the Cayman Islands, with 3 subsidiaries: > > Cambium UK > > Cambium US > > Cambium India > > > > What assets, debts, employees and product lines are in each subsidiary? I > don’t know. > > Does this mean that only the UK subsidiary is in “administration”? I > don’t know. > > Do the 3 pieces stand on their own, or are they intertwined? Almost > certainly intertwined, I would think. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David Hannum via AF > *Sent:* Wednesday, September 16, 2026 8:32 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Cc:* David Hannum <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > Just sits there churning in every browser . . . > > <image001.png> > > > > On Wed, Sep 16, 2026 at 9:14 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Need to sign up in order to post, but you should be able to view. > > You can't even get community.cambiumnetworks.com to load? > > > > On September 16, 2026 8:04:07 AM CDT, David Hannum via AF <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I can't get the forum to load . . . tried all browsers. > > https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/cambium-in-administration/108820 > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 10:43 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > There are some tidbits of information on the Cambium community: > > https://community.cambiumnetworks.com/t/cambium-in-administration/108820 > > > > Oh, and I don’t think Cambium gets enough credit for Cambium Community > (their user forums). Easily the best I have seen from any vendor. And the > support people and product managers read the posts and jump in regularly. > They even email an abbreviated digest of posts on the forums that you might > have missed. > > > > Also tools like cnMaestro, LinkPlanner, cnHeat. And actual documentation > and release notes, which many vendors skimp on or ignore completely. > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Zach Underwood > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 15, 2026 9:06 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > The solution I know about is the work with astound to make Wi-Fi roaming > with a single SSID work across a third party gpon system. > > The way it would work it would establish tunnels back to the home AP and > your traffic would get tunneled from whichever access point you connected > to. > > > > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > > advance-networking.com > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 10:01 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Isn't Astound the company that declined several big BEAD awards? Due to > the project areas being redrawn I think. So maybe that cost Cambium some > sales. > > I am somewhat ignorant when it comes to FTTH, but I remember seeing some > marketing material for Cambium's products and being favorably impressed. > > > > On September 15, 2026 8:41:48 PM CDT, Zach Underwood <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Probably astound/Google fiber well at least for the wifi line. I know > cambium did a big engineering push for astound earlier this year and > that astound had placed a large order. > > > > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > > My website <http://zachunderwood.me> > > advance-networking.com > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026, 9:16 PM Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: > > *nods* Mimosa and Zhone were both bought by huge (if not their biggest) > customers. > > Who's Cambium's biggest customer? > > > > > -- > Mike Hammett > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 2:48:03 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > > > Perhaps wise precautions, especially if your exposure is primarily > enterprise/consumer WiFi and FTTH as opposed to FWA. But “Cambium as a > whole is on life support and only has weeks left” may be overblown. > > > > Hey, Mimosa is still around. New owner, but still around. And I wouldn’t > put Mimosa in the same class with Cambium. > > > > And news that a company these days cut staff by 50% isn’t that shocking. I > just hope they didn’t let AI decide who to fire, DOGE-style. Available info > suggests a more strategic restructuring. That’s the part that hasn’t yet > been fully revealed. > > > > I think Cambium felt they had to become an everything company like > Ubiquiti, but couldn’t pull it off. Look at Tarana on the other hand, which > is pretty much a one trick pony. In the long run, which is the best > business strategy? Hard to tell. Especially with VC and PE money that > sometimes funds stupid stuff. > > > > > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Zach Underwood > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 1:14 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > We are treating Cambium as a whole is on life support and only has weeks > left. > > * We have told vendors where we have pending orders of cambium wifi > APs not to ship us any. > * We are standing up on site cnmaestro server in one of our > datacenters > * We are working with what staff is left to get permanent licenses for > our over 8k APs. > * We are already having talks with Extreme and Arista about their wifi > APs and controllers. > * We got our first xgpon project using cambium that should go live > before the end of the year, we are now looking for other vendors. > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 1:32 PM Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > Go to their reception but put some money in the tip jar? > > > > But gallows humor aside, it’s probably difficult walking the thin line > between “business as usual” and “being frugal”. A robust trade show > presence might be important both for customers and potential buyers > assuming they’re trying to find a buyer for part or all of the business. It > doesn’t help preserve the asset value for creditors if you stop selling > your products. > > > > If I’m understanding the situation correctly, the UK subsidiary is in > “administration”, but Cambium Networks the parent is a US corporation and > not in bankruptcy proceedings at least at this time. It seems clear that > top management waited too long to take some extreme cost cutting measures, > either some creditors forced their hand, or they literally couldn’t keep > the lights on and make payroll, like a pilot who ejects just as the plane > hits the ground. The cashflow situation couldn’t have been a mystery, so I > doubt they were counting on booking some big sale or a bunch of BEAD driven > revenue. One could speculate they have been trying to sell off some parts > or the business or some product lines or maybe the whole company, and they > just ran out of time. Maybe they thought they had a buyer and it fell > through. Although it’s common for buyers to make the seller do the > bloodletting before the sale. > > > > Anyway, I am not familiar with the UK version of bankruptcy. I’ve had some > customers in Chapter 11 here in the US. They were actually good risks > because all expenses had to be approved by an administrator or the bank or > something so the checks were like cashiers checks, they never bounced, all > expenses were pre approved and the cash was already there. Money owed from > before they declared bankruptcy was another story. > > > > So in the US we have Chapter 11 which is usually “Debtor in Possession” > where management continues running the business but needs outside approval > for any major expenses. Or the company can be run by an outside > administrator or trustee representing the creditors. Then there is Chapter > 7 which is liquidation. I get the impression that administration in this > case is either like Chapter 11 with outsiders running the company, or > Chapter 7, not sure which. They make it sound like a store that has closed > and they’re selling off the fixtures to make partial payments to creditors. > > > > I think Cambium had or has R&D in Ashburton. I’m not sure what they did > there, and if it’s part of the UK subsidiary. Presumably that goes back to > the Orthogon acquisition, but I don’t know what else they might have > designed there. I know when I buy PMP450 or ePMP products, the box says > Cambium Networks, Ashburton, UK. For all I know they were just assigning > the revenue to their UK subsidiary to dodge US income taxes. Not sure that > matters if you’re reporting a loss. > > > > I will say I’ve done my part recently to help Cambium survive, I’ve bought > several license or unlock keys, which I assume are high margin if not pure > profit items. Kind of like contributing to the Cambium GoFundMe. > Unfortunately my company is very small so I can’t make much of a dent in > their payroll or rent or utility bills. > > > > Probably the WISPAPALOOZA costs have already been paid. They still have to > pay travel and lodging to staff the booth and other events. Maybe they can > fly Spirit Airlines? I’m guessing they will show up. Whether to sell > products or to sell the whole company, they have to put a team on the field > and score some points. It sounds like some product lines might be getting > the axe. In which case they would be furiously reworking their trade show > strategy. Promoting a product you’re discontinuing would not be good. > > > > If I were going (I’ve never gone to the Vegas shows and I’m not going to > start now at age 76), I would be grilling them about things like EVO and > 450v/ePMP convergence, which is a story I never bought in the first place. > They handed the Cambium QOE product back to Bequant, so they seem open to > revising some of their plans, maybe not trying to be everything to > everybody. Maybe the best thing show attendees can do to help Cambium is to > give their product managers and top mgmt our unvarnished view of what they > need to do and not do. Steve Jobs was famous for selling people things they > didn’t yet know they needed. I don’t think anybody at Cambium right now is > a Steve Jobs. We’ve all seen things at stores that any random person on the > street could look at and say that will never sell, that’s a stupid idea. > And we’ve all seen radios that any field tech could say is poorly designed > and a pain in the butt to install. Or radios that no residential customer > would let us install on their house. Cambium can’t afford any mistakes like > that. Although I have to remember they have government customers who are > not like WISPs. > > > > Brutally honest feedback from customers might be the best help they could > get right now. Just my opinion, worth every penny you paid for it. > > > > > From: AF < [email protected] > On Behalf Of Cameron Crum > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2026 10:10 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > Sadly, I think you are correct. > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 7:01 AM David Hannum via AF < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > I guess that means I should make alternative dinner plans for Monday night > at WISPAPALOOZA as Cambium had a reception planned . . . . We'll see . . . > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 5:45 PM Josh Luthman < [email protected] > > wrote: > > > > Half of the company was fired - no severance pay. > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 1:16 AM Ken Hohhof < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > This seems to be news out of the UK and from one person who has been let > go. Some of the statements would seem to apply globally, but maybe we > should wait for the light of day and see what comes out. > > > > This may be the source for some of the speculation: > > > https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/wireless-uk-broadband-company-cambium-networks-falls-into-administration.html > > It sounds like administration is Brit speak for what we would call Chapter > 11? But also they’re talking about the UK subsidiary. > > > > Years ago I worked at a company that did an IPO and I learned from all the > nonsense on the Yahoo message boards not to assume everyone knew what they > were talking about. Like big news flash, the board meeting was moved to > Florida. Well, it was because one board member has an ear infection and > couldn’t fly. Then some amateur sleuth discovered the board meeting was > extended by a day. Turns out since it was moved to Florida, some on the > board wanted a day to play golf. Then the CEO sold some stock. Reason was > he was building a fancy new house. > > > > Maybe the speculation is all true. Nothing I would do in response can’t > wait a few days. Unless you’re placing bets on prediction markets. > > > > > From: AF < [email protected] > On Behalf Of Colin Stanners > Sent: Sunday, September 13, 2026 10:30 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group < [email protected] > > Subject: [AFMUG] RIP Cambium Networks? > > > > It seems to be RIP for Cambium Networks, born in 2011 (when the > Canopy/Orthogon products were spun off from Motorola, who had started > selling those around 2002) to 2026. As well as its acquisitions Orthogon / > PipingHot Networks and Xirrus. > > > > > https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carljefferys_cambium-networks-appears-to-have-collapsed-share-7505055774495100929-X72q/ > > > > > https://blog.j2sw.com/technology/an-open-letter-about-the-implosion-of-cambium-networks/ > > > > When I started in the WISP industry around 20 years ago, I found their > products' good engineering, reliability and scalability a wonderful asset > to help build a WISP. Since that time the products have increased greatly > in bandwidth capability and the company's products and its hard-working > employees have been a big contributor of my work life. > > > > Unless something magical comes in to save them, this will be then end and > a big loss for the industry and a big reconsideration for our networks. > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > > -- > > Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) > > My website > > advance-networking.com > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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