Continuing on its growth path, the ZigBee Alliance, an association of companies working together to enable wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open IEEE 802.15.4 global standard, has added 16 new member companies to its roster. This brings its total membership to more than 100 companies. New member companies include: Cisco Systems, Inc.; Control4; ELDAT Gesellschaft fur Elektronik und Datentechnik mbH; Exegin Technologies Limited; France Telecom R&D LLC; Golden Power Manufacturing, Inc.; MaxStream, Inc.; Niko N.V.; Novar Controls; Orange Logic; SDSystem Company, Inc.; Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.; Smarthome, Inc.; Telematics Wireless, Ltd.; TenXTechnology, Inc.; and Yamatake Corporation.

Article Tools

• 

The ZigBee Alliance has more than doubled its membership in the last year. Its membership base now represents an astounding 22 countries on four continents, signifying the worldwide interest in ZigBee. All alliance members will continue to participate in ongoing interoperability testing to ensure their products are ready to take advantage of the specification once it is completed. Most recently, the ZigBee Alliance concluded another successful interoperability testing event in Denver.

“The tremendous level of interest expressed by so many global leaders across a broad range of markets underscores the need for wirelessly networked monitoring and control products based on an open global standard,” said Bob Heile, chairman of the ZigBee Alliance. “As our membership continues to expand, so does our potential to deliver innovative applications based on ZigBee. ZigBee’s newest members will join in the market roll-out of the initial specification, working to deliver a global interoperable standard for the advancement of easily deployable, low-cost, low-power, wireless communication products.”