In an effort to expand the global presence of the WiMedia Alliance (www.wimedia.org), WiMedia has opened the China Chapter. WiMedia China engages Chinese regulators and Chinese-based consumer electronic corporations. Its initial efforts will focus on promoting UWB, the WiMedia organization and establishing working relationships with key Chinese government officials.

Belkin Corporation (www.belkin.com) will implement the Intel (www.intel.com) Wireless UWB link 1480 MAC silicon in its upcoming USB adapter based on WiNet and Certified Wireless USB technology. The adapter will be available in the first quarter of 2007.

USB-IF (www.usb.org) has announced the availability of the Certified Wireless USB Compliance and Certification program. It is the only way for manufacturers to achieve certification and qualify to use the Certified Wireless USB logo.

Staccato Communications (www.staccatocommunications.com) is prepared to submit six reference designs based on Certified Wireless USB for certification by the USB-IF, U.S. FCC certification, and Japan TELEC regulatory approval. These reference design kits are production-ready for the retrofit market of dongle and hub adapter products.

In collaboration with Intel (www.intel.com) and Eastman Kodak (www.kodak.com), Alereon (www.alereon.com) demonstrated wireless transmission of photos from a digital camera to a PC. For the demonstration, photos were taken using a Kodak digital camera embedded with Alereon's AL4000 wireless USB solution. The photos were downloaded to a PC via an Intel wireless USB host dongle solution containing the Intel wireless UWB link 1480 media access controller and Alereon's AL4000 PHY.

WiQuest Communications (www.WiQuest.com) has earned FCC certification for its external USB adapter solution. Designed using WiQuest's multichip solution, it includes the SiGe-based RF front-end (WQST101) and CMOS-based baseband PHY, MAC engine, processor, and a variety of host interfaces (WQST110).

Agilent Technologies (www.agilent.com) is shipping key test equipment and software necessary to verify operation of devices based on Certified Wireless USB technology from the USB Implementer's Forum.