WiGig Working Towards New Wireless Technology

Major technology companies including Microsoft, Intel and Nokia have formed an alliance to develop a new, high-speed wireless technology for PCs and consumer electronics.

The Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance, which was launched on Thursday, also numbers Dell, LG, Panasonic and Samsung among its members. The industry group is developing a technology that operates on 60GHz, which is unlicensed spectrum, to deliver high transfer speeds.

"The widespread availability and use of digital multimedia content has created an ever-increasing need for faster wireless connectivity that current wireless standards cannot support," the companies said in a statement. "This has fuelled demand for a single technology that can support instantaneous file transfers, wireless display and docking, and streaming high-definition media on a variety of devices."

Tech giants ally for faster wireless streaming - ZDNet.co.uk

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