How AirGuard Is Cleaning Up MENA ISP Networks

For ISPs across the MENA region, the rollout of 5G and IoT comes with an expensive side effect: networks are getting more crowded, and the radio frequencies they depend on are getting noisier. By one industry estimate cited by AirGuard , a Lebanese deep-tech startup, up to 40% of all service outages are caused by RF noise and spectrum interference. AirGuard has built a hardware-and-AI product to bring that number down. How the System Actually Works AirGuard is a hardware-enabled SaaS platform that bolts onto an operator's existing network infrastructure. Its device sits on cell towers and rooftop sites, scans the surrounding spectrum in real time, and uses on-board AI to identify and classify sources of interference before they degrade customer service. The platform is built around three core capabilities. A custom 8-antenna array delivers 360-degree real-time spectrum scanning, locating and classifying RF interference from any direction. An on-device AI model, running on NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano hardware, analyzes the environment and predicts issues before they hit customers. Once an issue is detected, the system can autonomously retune channel configurations in under a second to keep the network performing. Who Is Building AirGuard AirGuard is led by Ryan Kyrillos , the company's founder and CEO, alongside co-founder and CTO Chris Kareh, whose background sits in embedded systems and edge computing. They are joined by network and security specialist Elias Cheikh, product designer Ramona Baysari, and senior frontend developer Anthony Saliba. The company is backed by the Lebanese American University , Clyntech, and ACIE, three of the organizations supporting deep-tech founders in Lebanon. How AirGuard Makes Money AirGuard's commercial model is built around recurring software revenue layered on top of its hardware. The core subscription is priced at $125 per month per device, with optional add-ons for advanced predictive AI at $40 per month and advanced analytics at $3