ZigBee Alliance Hits 50 Members; Global Low-Power Wireless Consortium Hits Milestone in Less Than a Year
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003--The ZigBee(TM) Alliance announced today that the organization has reached 50 members in just seven months.
"This amazing growth is evidence of the worldwide interest in what the ZigBee Alliance is doing," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors. "Companies want to be part of creating the ZigBee standard, and be able to build products around that standard."
A listing of all ZigBee Alliance members may be found at www.zigbee.org.
The ZigBee Alliance was officially created in October of 2002 and is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.
Alliance members are defining the software layers for interoperable data networking, security services, and a range of wireless home and building control solutions. Devices are expected to transmit 30-75 meters, depending on the RF environment, and will operate in the unlicensed RF bands worldwide (2.4GHz global, 915MHz Americas or 868MHz Europe). ZigBee-compliant solutions will incorporate the new IEEE 802.15.4 worldwide RF standard for low rate, wireless personal area networks.
Current ZigBee Alliance members include ABB Corporate Research; Adcon RF Technology BV; AMI Semiconductor, Inc.; Ardesta LLC; Atmel Corporation; Betronic Design BV; BlueChip Communication AS; Cambridge Consultants; Certicom Corporation; Chipcon; CompXs; CSEM SA; Danfoss A/S; Duolog Technologies; Eaton Corporation; Eazix, Inc.; Ember Corporation; ENQ Semiconductor, Inc.; ETS Dr. Genz (U.S.A.), Inc.; Figure 8 Wireless, Inc.; France Telecom R&D LLC; Helicomm, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Honeywell; Inovonics Wireless Corporation; Integration Associates; Intel Corporation; Invensys; ITE, Inc.; KETI (Korea Electronics Technology Institute); Leviton Mfg. Company, Inc.; Micrel; Micro Linear; Millennial Net, Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Nanotron Technologies GMBH; National Technical Systems; NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.; OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd.; Omron Advanced Systems, Inc.; Philips; RF Micro Devices; Robert Bosch Corporation; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Uniband Electronic Corporation; Xanboo, Inc.; Xemics; Zensys A/S; and ZMD AG.
The ZigBee Alliance will hold its first European Open House June 3, 2003 at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany, as part of the ZigBee Alliance member meeting June 2-6. The Open House will provide an overview and progress update of the rapidly emerging ZigBee global wireless specification, an update on the Alliance's activities, and a discussion of current and future solutions and markets. Online registration and detailed information for the Open House is available on the ZigBee Alliance website, www.zigbee.org.
About the ZigBee Alliance
Wireless control that simply works.
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working
together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly
networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global
standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit
industry consortium of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology
providers, OEMs and end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all.
Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org.
All company, brand, and product names may be trademarks that are the sole property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: ZigBee Alliance
Bill Chase, 925/275-6655
bchase@inventures.com
SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2003--The ZigBee(TM) Alliance announced today that the organization has reached 50 members in just seven months.
"This amazing growth is evidence of the worldwide interest in what the ZigBee Alliance is doing," said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors. "Companies want to be part of creating the ZigBee standard, and be able to build products around that standard."
A listing of all ZigBee Alliance members may be found at www.zigbee.org.
The ZigBee Alliance was officially created in October of 2002 and is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard.
Alliance members are defining the software layers for interoperable data networking, security services, and a range of wireless home and building control solutions. Devices are expected to transmit 30-75 meters, depending on the RF environment, and will operate in the unlicensed RF bands worldwide (2.4GHz global, 915MHz Americas or 868MHz Europe). ZigBee-compliant solutions will incorporate the new IEEE 802.15.4 worldwide RF standard for low rate, wireless personal area networks.
Current ZigBee Alliance members include ABB Corporate Research; Adcon RF Technology BV; AMI Semiconductor, Inc.; Ardesta LLC; Atmel Corporation; Betronic Design BV; BlueChip Communication AS; Cambridge Consultants; Certicom Corporation; Chipcon; CompXs; CSEM SA; Danfoss A/S; Duolog Technologies; Eaton Corporation; Eazix, Inc.; Ember Corporation; ENQ Semiconductor, Inc.; ETS Dr. Genz (U.S.A.), Inc.; Figure 8 Wireless, Inc.; France Telecom R&D LLC; Helicomm, Inc.; Hewlett-Packard Company; Honeywell; Inovonics Wireless Corporation; Integration Associates; Intel Corporation; Invensys; ITE, Inc.; KETI (Korea Electronics Technology Institute); Leviton Mfg. Company, Inc.; Micrel; Micro Linear; Millennial Net, Inc.; Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc.; Motorola, Inc.; Nanotron Technologies GMBH; National Technical Systems; NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc.; OKI Electric Industry Co. Ltd.; Omron Advanced Systems, Inc.; Philips; RF Micro Devices; Robert Bosch Corporation; Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Uniband Electronic Corporation; Xanboo, Inc.; Xemics; Zensys A/S; and ZMD AG.
The ZigBee Alliance will hold its first European Open House June 3, 2003 at the Estrel Convention Center in Berlin, Germany, as part of the ZigBee Alliance member meeting June 2-6. The Open House will provide an overview and progress update of the rapidly emerging ZigBee global wireless specification, an update on the Alliance's activities, and a discussion of current and future solutions and markets. Online registration and detailed information for the Open House is available on the ZigBee Alliance website, www.zigbee.org.
About the ZigBee Alliance
Wireless control that simply works.
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working
together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly
networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global
standard. The ZigBee Alliance is a rapidly growing, non-profit
industry consortium of leading semiconductor manufacturers, technology
providers, OEMs and end-users worldwide. Membership is open to all.
Additional information can be found at www.zigbee.org.
All company, brand, and product names may be trademarks that are the sole property of their respective owners.
CONTACT: ZigBee Alliance
Bill Chase, 925/275-6655
bchase@inventures.com
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