Rescued at two days old by retirement-age couple Nathan and Edith Figgers, Freddie was raised as one of their own.
Now his Figgers Wireless manufactures its own phones and provides cellular, mobile broadband and landline service, and international services on four continents.
The technology will be available first to the nearly one million Figgers Wireless customers around the world, whose phones are equipped with a chip that can link to a wireless charger.
“There were so many roadblocks,” Freddie Figgers said.
Figgers’ mission includes a charitable arm, the Figgers Foundation, which collects 20 percent of the company’s profits.
