Wireless USB logo club forms

THIS MORNING at IDF, the USB Implementers Forum announced the availability of their Certified Wireless USB Compliance and Certification Program. These guidelines are the only way for manufacturers to achieve certification and the ability to use the Certified Wireless USB logo.

The program has been based on the six-year success of the USB 2.0 Compliance Program. The USB-IF designed the Certified Wireless USB Compliance and Certification Program to complement the specification and measure compliance and interoperability between production-ready products. The USB-IF offers well-documented test specs and procedures to assist manufacturers in their preparations for submitting products ready for official certification.

Certified Wireless USB Compliance will be a benefit extended to companies that wish to achieve certification and to license and use the branded Certified Wireless USB logo. After a thorough review of the test specs and self tests available online, products are scheduled for official testing at the approved Certified Wireless USB testing facility. Products that pass this level of verification are then added to an Integrators List of certified products.

The Integrators List is the central reference guide for the industry, which will enable manufacturers to view Certified Wireless USB components that have met the USB-IF Certification and Compliance Program criteria. Companies with certified products can then license rights to use the Certified Wireless USB logo, which is promoted by the USB-IF to communicate the value interoperability and certification brings to the consumer.

Initial Certified Wireless USB compliance testing will be hosted and conducted at Intel's Wireless USB Platform Integration Lab. Once production volume increases in 2007, the USB-IF plans to host formal Compliance Workshops, where companies will have the opportunity to test interoperability between multiple products from different manufacturers. µ

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