Samsung, Huawei and LG Join the Wi-Fi Alliance Organization

Wi-Fi Alliance, the organization that groups together some of the world's leaders in telecom technology has recently announced that three new companies decided to join its members ranks: Huawei, LG Electronics and Samsung Electronics.

Wi-Fi Alliance counts nearly 400 sponsor members, including well-known companies, such as Apple, Atheros, Broadcom, Cisco, Comcast, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola Solutions, Nokia, Sony Corporation, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments.

Starting this week, all three companies have become sponsor members of the Wi-Fi Alliance, thus each has appointed a Director to the organization’s Board.

The new directors designated by the three companies are Dr. Wen Tong, Wireless and Dr. Peiying Zhu, from Huawei; Dr. Byoung-Hoon Kim and Mr. Jae-Hyung Song, from LG; Joonho Park, Ph.D. and Rakesh Taori from Samsung.

“Our Sponsor membership represents a strong cross-section of the industry — from makers of consumer goods and networking equipment, to service providers and appliance manufacturers,” said Edgar Figueroa, CEO of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

“Adding Huawei, LG and Samsung to our Sponsor member roster helps us keep pace of where the industry is going and continue to deliver the best user experience on Wi-Fi devices.”

For the non-tech savvy, the Wi-Fi Alliance is an industry group of companies with the main purpose of rapid development and proliferation of Wi-Fi technology.

The organization's “Wi-Fi CERTIFIED” product logo launched back in 2000 is usually stamped on most devices that are compatible with the technology.

“Wi-Fi technology is a critical feature in many of the popular products we develop and our Wi-Fi product portfolio continues to expand,” said Dr. Byoung-Hoon Kim, research fellow (VP) of LG Electronics.

“The Wi-Fi Alliance provides a very important collaborative environment for the future of the technology so we are pleased to be able to increase our contribution to the organization’s objectives.”

It appears that Wi-Fi Alliance managed to complete more than 10,000 product certifications to date.