Wireless Solutions - new members of WECA
Wireless Solutions - new members of WECA Wireless Solutions becomes a member of Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) in America. The organization works to ensure that all products and systems, which are based on Wireless Lan IEEE 802.11b (High Rate), should be compatible with one another regardless of manufacturer. Together with 3Com, Cisco and IBM, among others, as a new member Wireless Solutions will now work to promote a global technology platform within W- Lan. - "That the technology suppliers have now decided on a standard within W- LAN is enormously important for our customers, who have previously suffered as a result of different technology platforms," Pär Bergsten, President of Wireless Solutions. "At the same time as the membership is an acceptance of Wireless Solutions' products and technologies, we get closer to some of the foremost companies in the world and in addition large target groups." WECA was formed in 1999 and is a non-profit-making organization that currently totals 36 member companies. In addition to Wireless Solutions, 3Com, Apple, Cisco, Compaq, Dell, IBM, Lucent, Nokia, Philips, Samsung, Siemens and Sony Corporation are included. WECA has produced a test series in which W-Lan products are tested for interoperability. If the products meet the set specifications, they are marked with the Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) logo. This symbol will assure consumers that marked products work together despite different manufacturers. Facts: Wireless Solutions AB (WS), which has its head office in Stockholm, develops products and systems for wireless communication. The company works with a broad technology base such as GSM, GPRS/EDGE, W-LAN, Telemetry and Bluetooth. Through the Homewave and BizzWave product families, WS is alone in being able to offer complete W-LAN and Bluetooth product families for offices and homes. WS's intention is to collaborate with large OEM companies which have marketing and distribution channels. The market for these is particularly industry, offices, work locations and private homes but also markets such as inventory-handling, alarms, healthcare and finance. A distribution agreement with RFI Elektronik GmbH, the largest distributor of portable computers in Germany, means that all products in the Bluetooth segment that RFI is planning will in the first place be developed and supplied by Wireless Solutions. The market for wireless solutions is as large as the number of cables currently attached to all computers, telephones and hands-free sets in the world. The company was formed in 1998 and has been included in the Allgon Group since 1999. Wireless Solutions' website: http://www.wireless.se . Allgon's website: http://www.allgon.se WECA's website http://www.wi-fi.org For further information, please contact: Pär Bergsten Telephone: +46 8-564 200 22 President of Wireless Solutions Sweden AB E-mail: par.bergsten@wireless.se Per Forsberg Telephone: +46 8-564 200 21 Head of Marketing and Sales, E-mail:per.forsberg@wireless.se Wireless Solutions Sweden AB ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/18/20000418BIT00320/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/18/20000418BIT00320/bit0002.pdf