Santa Clara, CA. January 31, 2013. The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance has completed testing its multi-gigabit wireless WiGig technology at the first plugfest since a “memorandum of understanding” of unification with Wi-Fi Alliance® was executed late last month.

The plugfest, which concluded last week, is the third in the history of the WiGig Alliance and featured attendance from both organizations’ member companies. The plugfest helped to progress interoperability with further real-world testing and the results will be used in the development of a certification program.

“The continuation of our plugfest program is a critical part of our ongoing progress towards certification. With each plugfest we move closer to achieving a fully commercialized new standard,” said Dr. Ali Sadri, WiGig Alliance President and Chairman. “The vision to introduce this technology, which will enable new applications and an unprecedented user experience, is already becoming a mainstream reality and when certification becomes available, we will see an explosion in WiGig products coming to market.”

The plugfest was held at international testing centre TUV Rheinland in San Jose. Sarbjit Shelopal, director at TUV Rheinland commented on the Plugfest, “It has been great to work with the WiGig members on achieving this important milestone in the course of bringing the 60GHz technology to market. We have a wealth of experience in areas such as product certification, consumer electronics and training and knowledge services, and believe there is great potential in this new technology.”

During the plugfest, WiGig and Wi-Fi Alliance members tested their products to develop interoperability within the ecosystem and provide end-users with highly reliable and compatible devices. ABI Research is predicting that 60GHz enabled device shipments will exceed one billion units per annum by 2017 and the plugfest along with the certification program are the important steps to get there.

For further information about WiGig visit the website at www.wigig.org.
About WiGig Alliance:

The WiGig Alliance was formed to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that seamlessly work together to connect people in the digital age. WiGig technology enables multi‐gigabit wireless communications among consumer electronics, handheld devices and PCs, and drives industry convergence to a single radio using the readily available, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum. The organization brings together the world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductors, personal computers, consumer electronics and handheld devices. For more information, please visit www.wigig.org.

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Santa Clara, CA. January 8, 2013. The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance, which formally contributed to the IEEE 802.11ad standard process, has heralded its publication as a critical moment in bringing a global wireless ecosystem of interoperable, high performance devices that work together seamlessly.

“We congratulate IEEE and the WiGig member companies on the completion and publication of the 802.11ad standard and look forward to seeing its adoption across the industry,” said Ali Sadri, President and Chairman of the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance. “Our members have worked closely with IEEE on developing the standard. We are excited to say that the WiGig MAC/PHY specification is completely aligned with the published 802.11ad standard. Gaining approval from a global standardization body gives WiGig Alliance additional international recognition and moves us one step closer to widespread industry adoption.”

Momentum for WiGig technology is growing. News of publication of the new IEEE standard follows on from Intel demonstrating WiGig multigigabit wireless docking as a technology of the future at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 in San Francisco in September.
WiGig is on track to become the most important next generation wireless networking technology. Speeds of up to 7Gbps using the unlicensed 60 GHz frequency band, combined with advanced Protocol Adaption Layers (PAL), will mean its applications go beyond that of a straight forward access technology. The same implementation of a WiGig Alliance PAL specification can operate on top of the published 802.11ad standard or the WiGig MAC/PHY specification.

WiGig technology will be demonstrated by several WiGig member companies at 2013 International CES in Las Vegas.

For further information about WiGig visit the website at www.wigig.org or follow @WiGigAlliance on Twitter.

About WiGig Alliance:

The WiGig Alliance was formed to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that seamlessly work together to connect people in the digital age. WiGig technology enables multi‐gigabit wireless communications among consumer electronics, handheld devices and PCs, and drives industry convergence to a single radio using the readily available, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum. The organization brings together the world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductors, personal computers, consumer electronics and handheld devices. For more information, please visit www.wigig.org.

For all media enquiries, please contact press@wigig.org or call +44 1636 812152

Santa Clara, CA. January 7th, 2013. Unification with the WiFi Alliance, the imminent publication of IEEE 802.11ad and a multitude of companies talking about WiGig at 2013 International CES, will define January 2013 as the moment the technology truly matured into the mainstream.

Many of the world’s leading vendors, testing houses and chip manufacturers will be actively discussing WiGig at CES this year. The technology is set to become the most important next generation wireless networking technology during 2013 as the certification program is finalised and a swathe of new products are designed and built.

The specifications developed by the Wireless Gigabit Alliance, the organization behind the new technology, enables speeds of up to 7Gbps using the unlicensed 60Ghz frequency band. The physical layer (PHY) and media access Layer (MAC) have been approved by IEEE and form the basis of the 802.11ad standard. Combined with advanced Protocol Adaption Layers (PAL), also designed by the WiGig Alliance, for PC, CE and Mobile applications, WiGig will facilitate a host of new and exciting applications.

“Even at the beginning of last year we could not have predicted what a runaway success 2012 would have been, including the unification with WiFi Alliance. WiGig is now in the best possible position to progress through certification and the initial stages of commercialization to become a world-leading wireless technology,” said Ali Sadri, President and Chairman of the WiGig Alliance. “I am really pleased to see such positive steps being taken by industry leading companies – we are getting much closer to realizing our goal.”

This news also follows the recent announcement of a new joint working group with the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) to advance the WiGig DisplayPort video standard certification and ABI Research forecasting that by 2016, annual shipments of devices with both Wi-Fi and WiGig technology will reach 1.8 billion.
For further information about WiGig visit the website at www.wigig.org.

About WiGig Alliance:

The WiGig Alliance was formed to establish a global ecosystem of high-speed and easy-to-use wireless devices that seamlessly work together to connect people in the digital age. WiGig technology enables multi‐gigabit wireless communications among consumer electronics, handheld devices and PCs, and drives industry convergence to a single radio using the readily available, unlicensed 60 GHz spectrum. The organization brings together the world’s leading manufacturers of semiconductors, personal computers, consumer electronics and handheld devices. For more information, please visit www.wigig.org.

For all media enquiries, please contact press@wigig.org or call +44 1636 812152

加州圣克拉拉–(美国商业资讯)–实现与WiFi Alliance的整合统一；IEEE 802.11ad发布在即；众多公司在2013年国际消费电子展(2013 International CES)上讨论WiGig。所有这些都预示了2013年1月将成为该技术真正成熟并成为主流技术的重要时刻。

众多世界领先厂商、测试机构和芯片制造商将在今年的CES大会上积极讨论WiGig。随着认证计划的最终完成，随着众多新产品的设计和制造，此项技术预计将在2013年成为最重要的下一代无线网络技术。

负责此项新技术的Wireless Gigabit Alliance（WiGig联盟）所开发的这一技术规格使用无需执照的60Ghz频带，可支持的数据传输速度高达7Gbps。物理层(PHY)和媒体存取层(MAC)已经获得IEEE的批准，构成了802.11ad标准的基础。WiGig同面向个人电脑、消费电子和移动应用的高级协议适配层(PAL)（也是由WiGig联盟设计的）一起，将为众多新老应用提供便利。

WiGig联盟总裁兼主席Ali Sadri表示：“即便是在去年年初，我们尚无法预测2012年会取得如此超乎想象的成功，包括与WiFi联盟实现整合统一。现在，WiGig最有条件通过认证和商业化初步阶段，成为世界领先的无线技术。我真的非常高兴看到业界领先公司迈出此类积极的步伐——我们正在越来越接近我们的目标。”

在本新闻稿发布前不久，WiGig联盟还宣布与视频电子标准协会(VESA)成立联合工作组，推动WiGig DisplayPort视频标准认证，同时ABI Research预计2016年前同时采用Wi-Fi和WiGig技术的设备出货量将达到18亿部。

欲了解有关WiGig的更多信息，请访问网站www.wigig.org。

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关于WiGig联盟：

WiGig联盟旨在建立一个全球生态系统，使众多高速且便于使用的无线设备可协同工作，在数字时代实现人与人之间的无缝连接。WiGig技术支持消费类电子产品、手持设备及个人电脑之间的多吉比特无线通信，并且使用易于获得的未授权的60GHz频段，推动产业向单一无线电融合。WiGig组织汇聚了世界一流的半导体、个人电脑、消费类电子产品和手持设备制造商。更多信息请访问www.wigig.org。

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米カリフォルニア州サンタクララ — （ビジネスワイヤ） — WiFiアライアンスとの統合、公開間近のIEEE 802.11ad、多種多様な企業が2013国際CESでWiGigを取り上げる中、2013年1月にWiGig技術は本格的に成熟して大きな流れとなります。

世界の大手ベンダー、テスト機関、チップメーカーの多くは、今年のCESでWiGigを積極的に取り上げる予定です。認証プログラム策定が完了し、大量の新製品が設計、製造されていることから、WiGig技術は2013年で最も重要な次世代無線ネットワーク技術になろうとしています。

この新技術を支える組織のワイヤレス・ギガビット・アライアンスによって策定された仕様により、免許不要の60GHz周波数帯を使用して最大7Gbpsの速度を実現することができます。物理層（PHY）とメディアアクセス層（MAC）は既にIEEEに承認され、802.11ad規格の基礎となっています。同じくWiGigアライアンスによってPC、CE、モバイル・アプリケーション向けに設計された高度なプロトコル・アダプション・レイヤー（PAL）との組み合わせにより、WiGigは興奮に満ちた新しい多くのアプリケーションを可能にします。

WiGigアライアンスのプレジデント兼会長のアリ・サドリは、次のように語っています。「昨年の初めでさえ、WiFiアライアンスとの統合を含め、2012年がこれほど容易な成功の年になるとは予測できませんでした。WiGigは今や、認証を通じて進歩するという最も有利な地位にあり、商用化の初期段階にも達しており、世界をリードするワイヤレス技術になろうとしています。業界大手企業が前向きに取り組んでいることを非常に喜ばしく思い、当アライアンスは目標実現に大きく近づいていると感じています。」

このニュースも、最近発表された、WiGigディスプレイポート・ビデオ規格認証を前進させるためのビデオ・エレクトロニクス・スタンダーズ・アソシエーション（VESA）との新しい共同ワーキンググループに関するニュースに続くものであり、またABIリサーチは、WiFi技術およびWiGig技術を使用する機器を合わせた年間出荷台数が2016年までに18億に達すると予測しています。

WiGigに関する詳細については、ウェブサイトwww.wigig.orgをご覧ください。

WiGigアライアンスについて

WiGig アライアンスは、高速で使いやすい無線機器を通してグローバルなエコシステムを構築し、デジタル化時代において人々をシームレスにつなげることを目指します。WiGig技術は、家電、モバイル機器、PC間でのマルチ･ギガビット･スピードの無線通信を可能にし、既に利用可能で免許不要の60GHz帯無線に対する業界の統一を促します。WiGigアライアンスは、半導体、PC、家電、モバイルにおける業界をリードする企業とともに活動しています。詳細に関しましては、www.wigig.orgをご覧ください。

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