About Our Company

We're Wireless Experts

Cell tower with digital signal icons radiating outwards, symbolizing wireless communication and connectivity.

60+ Years of RF/Wireless experience.

For over 6 decades, CEL has been providing world class wireless and optical products, with specialized support, to OEMs needing wireless communication. Built around the customer, CEL provides extensive technical support to assist customers in adding connectivity to their products; this includes:
  • Detailed documentation
  • Device testing
  • Evaluation boards
  • Software and Development tools
  • Design reviews
  • End-product performance verification
The Connectivity team specializes in offering industry-leading performance and high-quality embedded radios to OEMs needing connectivity. Our Components group focuses on RF/Microwave switches and low-noise FETs. Our support team is located in North America, fostering an easy and convenient collaboration between us and your development team. Our mission is to make customers successful, which drives our success.

Leverage Our Wireless Expertise. Let Us Connect Your Product.

Module Design

High-performance and industrial grade

Antenna Performance

Designed for optimal range and coverage

End Product Testing

Validate performance prior to mass production and product release

Engineering and Support

U.S.-based team to support Tools, Kits, Getting Started, Hardware, Software, RF, and Certification

Quality and Reliability

Full qualification process, 100% factory tested

Embedded Software Expertise

Wide ranging experience in Linux, Android, iOS, FreeRTOS, and other embedded technologies

"First of all… just wanted to let you know we really appreciated the support you and the others at CEL have provided to us on this Wi-Fi Project. You guys stepped up for us when we needed the help, so, thank you very much!"

Building Automation Customer Project Lead

"Your team has done exceptional work on our wireless integration and we very much appreciate your efforts and helping to resolve our issues. We have decided to go with the CEL solution for Wi-Fi+BLE so we have designed this in our CAD board design."

Industrial Remote Controls Customer Engineering Lead

"Thanks for your visit and input on our occupancy sensor layout. We are building the latest layout board to ship to you for TRP testing."

Lighting Controls Company Lead Designer

"I am glad the design is performing so well with the modifications you suggested! Thanks a lot for your help and improving our product prior to mass production and field deployment."

Industrial Controls Company Hardware Engineer

"Thank you for the support earlier with regards to DirectTest and signal measurement on our wireless module based project – this was very helpful to characterize the field pattern of a new product."

Commercial Controls Customer Sr. Design Engineer

"Thanks for walking me through AWS cloud connectivity, this is exactly what we need!"

Connected Home Customer Project Manager

"Thank you very much for visiting to help troubleshoot our radio issues so quickly!"

Commercial Equipment Company Design Engineer

"I want to thank you for the superior support you (and others at CEL) have provided to help us overcome this driver/kernel compatibility issue… as well as other hurdles we have encountered during this project."

Industrial Controls Company Project Manager

"You guys gave us and our customer Ritz Carlton + service. The most important of which is not the great service but the end result is that the unit works fabulously."

Consumer Products Company CEO

"The WiFi CMP9377 module works good with the new kernel v5.4.66. Thank you very much for providing us with the new driver code in such a short time."

Building Automation Company Sr. Software Engineer

"Thank you so much for your amazing support!"

Indyme Smart Response Electrical Engineer

For over 60 years, Fortune 100s and small companies alike have looked to the CEL team for leadership in wireless control. With millions of wireless devices shipped and many solutions deployed, CEL has become one of the most trusted companies to turn to for wireless technology. Our team is comprised of highly experienced engineers and business leaders who have spent years developing commercial-grade wireless products and control systems. Our employee-owned business is stable, profitable, and resilient. By using CEL products as the foundation for their products, OEMs can reduce time-to-market, design complexity and risk, while ensuring greater product quality and support. This increases our customer’s chances of success by avoiding the most common technology and product design pitfalls, allowing them to generate higher-margin revenue from the start and create new opportunities moving forward.

Our mission is to provide our customers with high quality products and customer service that we ourselves would expect. Customer satisfaction is our goal. Our products meet the most stringent performance criteria and are of the highest reliability. At every phase of our process we emphasize building quality into our products to ensure that our products conform to customer specifications and industry standards. Our quality management system is certified to the ISO9001:2008 standard and emphasizes our standards for customer satisfaction and our continuous improvement of both our products and services. Our quality system is well documented in our quality manual and procedures.

We help OEMs achieve new, high margin revenue. Built on 60+ Years of wireless control excellence. Founded in 1959, California Eastern Laboratories (CEL) was among the first American companies to introduce Japanese technology to the North American market. Unlike other representatives of overseas manufacturers, CEL maintains an extensive onshore inventory, provides engineering and applications support, develops domestic marketing and sales policies, and sets prices. CEL’s wireless solutions are specifically designed to help product & system OEMs create products that expand their business. The Connectivity team lives and breathes wireless. Connectivity is located in North America in order to provide customers quick and hands on support.

We Can Help Connect Your Product.

Find out more on what we do, see the results we’ve achieved for other clients, and meet our highly experienced team who can solve anything.

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