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Telegesis Announces World's First ZigBee PRO Compliant Module

UK ZigBee specialists Telegesis have today announced that their ZigBee module product range has successfully achieved certification based upon the ZigBee PRO feature set of the ZigBee standard. The widely acclaimed Telegesis AT Command layer has been tested by US test house National Technical Systems Inc at their Culver City laboratories in California, USA, where Telegesis was granted ZigBee...

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ZigBee Alliance Members Connect with Telecom Market

San Ramon, Calif. - April 25, 2007 - The ZigBee-® Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies creating wireless solutions for use in energy, residential, commercial and industrial applications, today announced its expansion into the telecom market with a new initiative extending mobile telephone networks while providing new capabilities for mobile phone users. The new ZigBee Telecom Profile will...

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NXP Semiconductors joins ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is the newest member of the ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors, increasing company's existing membership to 'Promoter' level. NXP has long supplied microcontrollers and transceivers for smart homes, connected lighting, and energy efficiency applications based on ZigBee standards. NXP has also developed variety of ZigBee Certified platforms and reference designs for key...

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ZigBee Certified Product Availability surpasses 500.

ZigBeeÂ-® Alliance announced that there are more than 500 ZigBee Certified products available to the market, a 60% surge since August 2011. Sparked by early market success with ZigBee Home Automation and ZigBee Smart Energy, ZigBee standards play role in products developed by more than 350 global manufacturers. A report issued by ABI Research shows ZigBee is the most widely-used IEEE 802.15.4...

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ZigBee to develop open standard for LED lighting control.

ZigBee Light Link(TM) will help manufacturers develop interoperable wirelessly controlled lighting products for the home. Light bulbs, LED fixtures, sensors, timers, remotes, and switches built using ZigBee Light Link will not require special devices to coordinate in home's network. Like all devices in ZigBee portfolio, ZigBee Light Link devices can be controlled over Internet via computer,...

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ZigBee Alliance, Energy@home collaborate on European platform.

ZigBeeÂ-® Alliance and Energy@home will create integrated residential energy value added services platform for Europe by leveraging 4 ZigBee standards. Under liaison agreement announced today, both groups will focus on blending strengths of ZigBee Home Automation(TM), ZigBee Smart Energy(TM), ZigBee Telecom Services(TM), and ZigBee Gateway(TM) to create this platform to help European...

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ZigBee Alliance announces tenth standard: ZigBee Gateway.

As first standard for new ZigBee Network Devices(TM) category, ZigBee Gateway(TM) provides connectivity to IP-based networks as well as access to cloud and smart phone services. Standard gives developers common methodology, helping them mitigate development risk and eliminate need for custom or proprietary solutions while also reducing development and manufacturing effort. Consumers will benefit...

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New ZigBee Smart Energy Version facilitates use and deployment.

ZigBee Smart Energy(TM) v1.1, Advanced Metering Infrastructure standard, is available for product development and public download. Intended to help create greener homes by giving consumers necessary information and automation needed to reduce energy consumption, it offers features such as dynamic pricing enhancements, tunneling of other protocols, prepayment features, OTA updates, and backwards...

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Smart Energy Revision is available for public comment.

ZigBeeÂ-® Alliance announced that Smart Energy 2.0 draft 0.7 is available for public review and comment. Resulting IP-based energy management solution will be capable of running on both wired and wireless communication protocols. Simultaneously, Alliance will collect comments from various key external stakeholders as well as public at large. Public comments on the Smart Energy 2.0 Public...

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Smart Energy v2.0 Documents available for public comment.

ZigBeeÂ-® Alliance announced that current revisions of ZigBee Smart Energy version 2.0 Technical Requirements Document and Public Application Profile are available for public comment by Smart Grid community at large. Public comments received last year for both documents, and Alliance responses, are also available for review. Revised documents reflect the work of many stakeholders, including...

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ZigBee-Certified Smart Energy Products reach 100th product milestone.

ZigBee Smart Energy(TM) has reached 100th ZigBee Certified product milestone. Products manufactured by 49 companies are available in every category needed to implement ZigBee Smart Energy home area network (HAN), from energy service portals to meters, displays, programmable communicating thermostats, and smart plugs. Since all ZigBee Smart Energy products are ZigBee Certified to perform...

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ZigBee Standard will address 3D HDTV viewing.

Currently in development, ZigBee 3D Sync aims to create more flexible and efficient 3D connections between 3D HDTVs and 3D glasses. It replaces IR technology in current 3D products with RF technology, promoting freedom of movement for users while eliminating ambient light interference. Specifically, standard will provide 2-way communications between 3D glasses and equipment and allow...

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