ZigBee Wireless Standard Ratified

KingFish · December 2004

The ZigBee Alliance announced the release of version 1.0. ZigBee is a standard for low data-rate (250kbps max) wireless personal area networks (WPANs).

This on-time delivery of the specification is the culmination of two years of worldwide development and interoperability testing by the more than 100 member companies within the ZigBee Alliance.

For those members that have already announced ZigBee-ready technology, the ratification of the
specification enables them to quickly enhance their products and begin testing to obtain ZigBee compliant certification. All Alliance members have complete and exclusive access to the final
specification and will continue to participate in ongoing interoperability testing to verify that their products are ZigBee-compliant.

"The announcement of the ZigBee specification is a major milestone in wireless networking," said
Andrew Wale, vice president of Business Development, Advance Transformer Company, A
Division of Philips Electronics North America Corporation. "ZigBee is poised to become the
leading wireless technology for a myriad of uses ranging from building automation to industrial
and residential applications. As a member of the Alliance, we have been following closely the
development and ratification of the specification and look forward to bringing innovative new
products to consumers using the ZigBee technology."

With the limited bandwidth, will this standard even be relevant? -KF

Source: Slashdot/Zigbee