Antenna79, Inc. was an Encinitas, California consumer electronics company that developed signal-boosting antenna cases and accessories for smartphones.
Antenna79, Inc., based in Encinitas, California, engineered antenna technology for portable wireless devices and sold smartphone cases and accessories with embedded coupling antennas under the Reach79, Reach Antenna, R79X, and Pong brands. Its engineering organization drew on antenna specialists from the wireless and device-accessory industries, and the company also offered custom antenna design and licensing services to carriers, device makers, and accessory manufacturers.
The company operated as the renamed Pong Research Corporation legal entity and announced a roughly $95 million financing in November 2016, with Fortune reporting backing from L Catterton, Velos Partners, and Hercules Technology Growth Capital. Its antenna79.com website stopped serving content in 2018, its public securities filings ceased after 2016, and its radiation-reducing case technology later appeared in successor brands' product lines.
