Wi-Fi Alliance® and WiGig™ Alliance to Cooperate on Expansion of Wi-Fi Technologies
Posted on May 10, 2010
Liaison agreement will enable technology sharing for program development
Austin, TX and Tokyo, Japan – May 10, 2010 – The Wi-Fi Alliance and the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig Alliance) today announced a cooperation agreement for multi-gigabit wireless networking. The Wi-Fi Alliance and the WiGig Alliance will share technology specifications for the development of a next-generation Wi-Fi Alliance certification program supporting Wi-Fi® operation in the 60 GHz frequency band. This agreement further encourages the development of products supporting 60 GHz technology to expand existing Wi-Fi capabilities.
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