About

Company Profile

Benetel is based in Dublin, Ireland, and was founded in 2001 by a team of highly skilled engineers with extensive experience of basestation design & deployment at major multinational companies who understood the growing importance of wireless connectivity. Benetel’s focus on Small Cells dates back to 2006, when it was among the first developers of 3G Femto cells.

Benetel today develops leading edge hardware platform solutions for 4G/LTE eNodeB Small Cells. Offering off-the-shelf baseband and RF modules in a variety of frequency bands and output powers as well as design and test services, Benetel enables OEMs to radically increase the speed to market of the newest LTE network infrastructure.

Management Team

With a highly skilled team specialised in RF Design and Design Verification Testing (DVT) and over 15 years’ experience developing ultra-efficient and compact hardware powered by industry-leading chipsets, Benetel eNodeB solutions support increasingly challenging wireless applications in areas such as Public Protection and Disaster Relief and remote connectivity.

Adrian O’Connor

CEO

Successfully lead the Company through a transition from Design Services to a LTE Small Cell Module provider.

Adrian brings a wealth of experience in the Telecom and Semiconductor markets.

Prior to joining Benetel, Adrian led IBM’s Semiconductor business in EMEA.

Adrian’s career at IBM spanned 15 years and included Sales, Marketing and Operational leadership roles.

Holds an MBA and Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics, both from the University of Limerick.

John Doyle

CTO & Founder

An expert in Wireless Product R&D, having worked with bluechip companies in UK, Germany and Ireland.

Directly, prior to founding Benetel, he led and managed RF & Modem Design Teams as well as Systems Engineering and Advanced Engineering Teams in Lucent. Lucent representative for standardisation of GSM and 3G air interface.

Holds several patents related to Microwave Imaging Systems and Wireless Sensor Networks.

As CTO in Benetel, John is responsible for leading the advanced roadmap towards 5G.