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Wi-Fi Alliance®: The worldwide network of

companies that brings you Wi-Fi®

Connecting everyone and

everything, everywhere

Industry-leading

collaboration forum

30,000+

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™

products

720+ member

companies

worldwide

20+ development

projects


Wi-Fi Alliance represents a diverse set of

nearly 730 member companies


The Wi-Fi success story

Everyone:

• Embraced by consumer, enterprise, and service providers

• Massive installed base – 8 billion devices this year, 11 billion by 20201

• Every laptop, every tablet and 70 percent of smartphones1

Everywhere:

• 700 million+ Wi-Fi households today, growing to 1.2 billion worldwide in 20182

• 8 million+ hotspots and 55 million home spots - and growing to 340 million in 20183

• Carrying much more than half of the world’s internet traffic4

Always innovating:

• Model of innovation: 11 Mbps to more than 1 Gbps with no additional spectrum, much more on the horizon

• Wi-Fi CERTIFIED: Fifteen years of interoperability and legacy compatibility; government-grade WPA2™ security

1 ABI Research2 Strategy Analytics

3 iPass4 Cisco VNI


Wi-Fi chipset shipments continue to increase

“Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac gives users a greater experience in dense environments by maximizing Wi-Fi network resources, providing a richer set of

features, and enabling the full potential of the technology. Wi-Fi Alliance programs help proliferate

products into the market, and we expect an increasing number of data intensive devices

support the new features for Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac.”

–Phil Solis, ABI Research

Single-

band 11n

(2.4 GHz)

Dual-band

11n (2.4

and 5 GHz)

Dual-band

11n (2.4 GHz)

+ 11ac (5 GHz)

Tri-band 60 GHz

11ad/WiGig, 11ac

(5 GHz) and 11n

(2.4 GHz)

Tri-band

802.11ax (2.4 and

5 GHz) + 60 GHz

11ad/WiGig


Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ Product Finder

makes it easy to choose products

• With Wi-Fi in a huge range of products, interoperability remains key to the user experience

• Wi-Fi CERTIFIED is the industry’s independent seal of approval

• Online tool makes it easy to search by device category, brand, technology, or use case

• https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder

https://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder


Wi-Fi Alliance certification and market-enabling

programs

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ programs

Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Aware™

WPA2™ Tunneled Direct Link Setup

Voice-Personal Voice-Enterprise

WMM®-Power Save WMM®-Admission Control

Wi-Fi Protected Setup™ Passpoint™

CWG-RF Miracast®

WMM® (Wi-Fi Multimedia™) Protected Management Frames

Wi-Fi Direct® IBSS with Wi-Fi Protected Setup™


Industry liaisons to enable collaboration

and harmonize work areas


Wi-Fi CERTIFIED: Worldwide network

of Authorized Test Laboratories

CETECOM

Inc., USA

TUV Rheinland

N. America, USA

UL (CA)

MET (CA)

AT4Wireless

Spain

CETECOM,

Inc.

Germany

Wipro

India

SGS

Korea

TUV

Korea

TTA

Korea

SGS

Japan

TUV

Rheinland

Japan

TA China

TMC China

SRTC China

SGS

Taiwan

Allion Test Labs,

Inc., Taiwan

Bureau Veritas ADT,

Taiwan


Today’s Wi-Fi at a glance

Dual-band 2.4

and 5 GHz

Interoperability and legacy compatibility for 15 years

Security with every

device

Advanced voice

and mobility

experiences

Industry-agreed

solutions for

operators

High rate of

innovation

Peer-to-peer and

infrastructure


Be a part of what lies ahead

Additional

frequencies for

new usages in

both P2P

infrastructure

models

Continued innovation across an expanding array of

consumer devices, operator services,

enterprise usages and Internet of Things

Smarter, more

efficient,

higher

performance

networks

Easy to set

up - even

for devices

without UI

Developers

embrace

Wi-Fi as

platform for

innovation

Get involved and contribute to one of the most dynamic

industries in technology world!


Upcoming Wi-Fi Alliance events – please join us!

• Wi-Fi Alliance hosts multiple member meetings, symposia, and special events throughout the year

• Our meetings bring together the brightest minds in the industry, and enable you to build relationships with partners and customers

• Visit our Events page to learn more!

https://www.wi-fi.org/news-events/events


• Wi-Fi Alliance advocates on a variety of regulatory issues, including spectrum allocation and coexistence, worldwide

• Our global organization leverages its worldwide presence to promote universal standards and help ensure market access for member companies

• Only Wi-Fi Alliance members have access to our worldwide regulatory database

Make your voice heard

Join Wi-Fi Alliance for visibility to and

influence on the regulatory issues that

impact your business


Wi-Fi Alliance membership

Two types of Wi-Fi Alliance® membership to suit your

company’s needs

Contributor Membership

Designed for companies who

want to drive the direction

of the Wi-Fi industry and develop

many Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products

US$15,000 / year

• Develop, test, and certify products

• Participate and vote in Marketing,

Technical, and Regulatory Task

Groups

• Monitor developing programs

• Extend benefits to affiliated

companies

Implementer Membership

Designed for companies who

want to implement certified

solutions in products and use

the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ brand

US$5,000 / year

• Implement unmodified Wi-Fi®

modules which have been certified by

another member

• Use the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo and

brands

• Access final documents


Wi-Fi Alliance membership benefits

Implementer

Member

Contributor

Member

Test and certify products

Integrate an unmodified, certified Wi-Fi module or system into a product, with certification

conveying to the end product

Access Wi-Fi Alliance test plans

Access Authorized Test Laboratory(ATL) network to test and certify developed products

Develop and certify products that can be used to create other certified, derivative products

Purchase Wi-Fi Alliance test bed equipment, including full automation of certification test

plans via Wi-Fi Test Suite

Participate in Wi-Fi Alliance plugfests, test events, and interoperability events

Eligibility for your products to be in Wi-Fi Alliance test beds

Certify a new product at an ATL Not available

One-time, per product $5,000

program license fee + ATL

testing fees; consult with an ATL

for more specifics

Certify a derivative product (based on your own company’s ATL certified product) Not available

$600 certification fee per

derivative product; after 15

certified products from the same

source, $100 per product

Certify a derivative product by integrating an unmodified, certified Wi-Fi module or system

into your product


derivative product


derivative product; after 15

certified products from the same

source, $100 per product


Wi-Fi Alliance membership benefits (continued)Implementer

Member

Contributor

Member

Connect with the Wi-Fi industry

Attend Wi-Fi Alliance member meetings three times per year (unlimited number of

delegates)

Access final market requirements documents and technology specifications

Access Wi-Fi Alliance certification program roadmap

Monitor programs in development via email reflectors and access to draft documents

Drive the Wi-Fi industry’s future

Participate and contribute in Wi-Fi Alliance Marketing and Technical Task Groups (one vote

per company)

Contribute to the development of Wi-Fi Alliance regulatory positions and advocacy activities

Participate and contribute to Market Segment Task Groups focused on driving requirements

for industry verticals (healthcare, Internet of Things, automotive, service provider)

Promote your products and solutions

Use Wi-Fi CERTIFIED logo and related trademarks for certified products

List your product in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Product Finder

Receive discounts to industry events and trade shows

Participate in the Wi-Fi Alliance speakers bureau and contribute to the Beacon Blog

http://www.wi-fi.org/product-finder

https://www.wi-fi.org/beacon


Asia support offices in China and Taiwan

• Wi-Fi Alliance has offices in China and Taiwan to expand support to our members and stakeholders throughout Asia

• Wi-Fi Alliance has local staff based in the Beijing and Taipei offices that can provide both market and technical support

• Our experienced staff can engage with industry stakeholders throughout Asia

• Companies considering membership in Wi-Fi Alliance can interface with the regional staff to learn more about the organization and its activities


Connect with the future of Wi-Fi now!

Membership in Wi-Fi Alliance brings together product certification, industry networking, marketing resources, regulatory influence, and an opportunity to shape the future of the industry

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