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    IEEE shuts down all WLAN standards groups

By Tim Higgins <http://www.tomshardware.com/site/submission/feedback.html>
Published Saturday 1st April 2006 17:27 GMT


The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) today 
announced it was disbanding all standards-making activities related to 
wireless networking technologies.

In making the announcement, IEEE P802.11 Working Group chair Stuart W.M. 
Worry said, "All good things must come to an end, and so must activities 
that are essentially futile. While I will miss the junkets to exotic 
locations and the excitement of watching the standards-making process in 
action, it's time to focus our energies on more achievable activities, 
such as health care reform."

The announcement seemed to surprise many industry watchers and even 
companies involved in the process. "I'm shocked, simply shocked, that 
such a thing could happen," said Craig Rolex, President and CEO of Airgo 
Networks. "I really had no idea that anyone was unhappy with how the 
process was going", he added.

But the wireless networking industry seems to be rapidly moving through 
its grieving process into acceptance, and showing the can-do attitude 
and cooperation that has served it well in the past. Industry leaders 
Cisco and Intel have already volunteered to form an industry consortium 
that has been tentatively named WEWON (Wireless Efficiency With 
Opposition Neutralized). The companies say they plan to apply many of 
the business processes that have served them well to the process of 
establishing wireless LAN standards that give all participants a chance 
to compete on an equal footing.

Many details remain to be worked out, but a mission statement of "All 
your wireless belongs to us" has already been agreed upon, along with 
the consortium's founding date of April 1.

http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/04/01/ieee_802/print.html

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