Ultrawideband partners merge
News Two of the major groups in ultrawideband development, the WiMedia Alliance and the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA), have merged. The two industry bodies have been closely aligned for some time: WiMedia previously endorsed MBOA’s proposed UWB...
[March 3, 2005, 16:00]
Motorola fights on in ultrawideband battle
News The fight over the ultrawideband (UWB) wireless data standard has been going on for nearly a year, between the group headed by Intel and Texas Instruments - the Multiband OFDM Alliance, or MBOA -- and that by Motorola, which favours Direct...
[March 5, 2004, 9:10]
Ultrawideband standards split deepens
News The major special interest group, the Multiband-OFDM Alliance or MBOA, has already effectively abandoned the 802.15.3 task group which was to have created an 802.11-style set of standards. The MBOA has now also decided to throw out previously...
[March 17, 2004, 13:30]
Ultrawideband standards war brewing, says Intel
News The two main camps are the Multiband-OFDM Alliance (MBOA) and the Motorola/XtremeSpectrum group: each has a technology that they claim conforms to American regulations for the very high-speed, low-power wireless data UWB system.
[November 13, 2003, 10:45]
Intel outlines its ultrawideband position
News There are reports that the MBOA standard can generate more interference, uses more power and is more complex than the alternative. There’s so much support for the MBOA. On one side, backed by Intel, is the Multiband-OFDM Alliance (MBOA) with its...
[November 13, 2003, 11:25]
Ultrawideband in 2005, but only in America
News As a result, a group called the MBOA, comprising Intel and about sixty others, is developing its standard independently of the IEEE. The radio side is being standardised by the MBOA, while an industry group called WiMedia is setting up to define...
[February 19, 2004, 8:45]
Ultrawideband tribes square up for standards fight
News Texas Instruments, one of the leading chipmakers with relevant expertise, has joined the Intel-led Multiband Consortium, which now calls itself the Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA). MBOA advocates the splitting of the recently authorised...
[July 15, 2003, 11:58]
UWB chips debut with gigabit wireless in sight
News Both groups have committed to continued development without agreement: although the Freescale chipset is compliant with portions of the 802.15.3a standard that have been agreed, the MBOA has said that its products will work differently.
[June 7, 2004, 15:45]
