FIBERNOVA SYSTEMS SL

Their core work

Fibernova Systems is a Valencia-based SME specializing in millimeter-wave (mmWave) RF hardware — specifically chipsets and MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit) components — for ultra-high-capacity wireless backhaul and access networks. Their work sits at the hardware layer of next-generation wireless infrastructure, contributing component-level expertise to research consortia building wireless links that operate at frequencies of 75 GHz and above. In practice, this means designing and integrating the semiconductor components that make traveling wave tube (TWT)-based wireless transmitters viable for real-world point-to-point backhaul deployment. They are a specialist supplier in the mmWave hardware chain, not a system integrator or network operator.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their first H2020 project (TWEETHER, 2015), Fibernova focused on W-band wireless systems, roughly 75–110 GHz — a frequency range already being explored for backhaul at the time. By 2017, with ULTRAWAVE, their work shifted explicitly to beyond 100 GHz (DG-band), following the research frontier toward sub-terahertz frequencies where future 6G infrastructure is expected to operate. The core technologies — TWTs, MMICs, chipsets, backhaul — remained constant, but the frequency ambition escalated, which is the defining trend in their short but coherent EU track record.

Fibernova is tracking the mmWave frequency frontier upward — from W-band toward D and G-band — which puts them on a trajectory directly relevant to 6G research consortia and Horizon Europe calls targeting terahertz communications.

How they like to work

Fibernova has participated exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator, across both projects — a clear signal that they join as a technical specialist rather than a project driver. With 12 unique partners across 5 countries from just 2 projects, they operate in medium-to-large research consortia where they likely contribute a defined hardware component or validation role. There is no evidence of repeated partnerships with the same institutions, suggesting they are comfortable working with new consortia rather than maintaining a fixed collaboration circle.

Fibernova has built connections with 12 unique consortium partners across 5 countries through just two projects, giving them a surprisingly broad network for an SME of this size. Their geographic reach spans multiple European countries, consistent with the international composition typical of EU mmWave research consortia.

What sets them apart

Fibernova occupies a narrow but technically demanding niche: mmWave chipset and MMIC design for frequencies above 75 GHz, in a country (Spain) where this level of RF hardware expertise in an SME is uncommon. Unlike larger telecom equipment vendors, they bring focused component-level depth rather than end-to-end system capability, making them a precise fit for consortia that need a specialist hardware partner without the overhead of a tier-1 supplier. Their consecutive participation in two thematically identical but frequency-escalating projects demonstrates genuine, compounding expertise rather than opportunistic project jumping.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ULTRAWAVE
  The larger of the two projects (€285,312, running to 2021), ULTRAWAVE pushed explicitly beyond 100 GHz into DG-band territory, representing the leading edge of pre-6G wireless research at the time of execution.
• TWEETHER
  Fibernova's entry point into EU research (2015), establishing their credentials in TWT-based W-band wireless networks and forming the foundation of their entire EU project track record.