Y-E Data UWB Hub, Based on Wisair Technology, Launched in Japan After Receiving TELEC Certification
SAITAMA, Japan and CAMPBELL, Calif., October 31, 2006 – Y-E Data Ltd., and Wisair, a leading provider of Ultra Wideband (UWB) chipset solutions, today announced that the Y-E Data UWB hub product, based on the Wisair chipset, is being launched today to the market, after receiving TELEC certification. The Y-E Data hub is the first UWB product to receive Japanese certification and to be launched commercially.
TELEC (Telecom Engineering Center) is the official certification organization for UWB in Japan. UWB was officially approved in August by Japan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).
“We are thrilled to be behind the first UWB product to be certified in Japan, and are looking forward towards the shipment of the product to customers,” said Mr. M. Nishino, general manager Multimedia Product Division at Y-E Data.
Y-E Data’s four-port wireless hub is designed to seamlessly replace any wireline USB connection with a wireless connection. USB devices such as printers, scanners, remote hard disks, and digital cameras can plug into the UWB hub, which can be placed anywhere in the room. Data is transmitted wirelessly from the hub to a PC or notebook via a dongle that is plugged into the PC’s USB port.
David Yaish, Wisair CEO, added, “The TELEC certification, together with the recent Microsoft WHQL certification for the product’s software components, will ensure product stability and acceptance in the Japanese market, which is of great importance to us.”
About Y-E DATA
Y-E Data, Inc. develops and manufactures the computer peripherals that form the basis for today's and tomorrow's information-oriented society. Since its founding in 1973 as a member of the Yaskawa Electric group, Y-E Data designed a “spark of ingenuity” into every product it delivered. The tradition that began with the first Japanese-produced floppy disk drive (FDD) in 1974 is alive and well at Y-E Data today. For more information, see http://www.yedata.com.
About Wisair
Wisair is a leading provider of WiMedia Ultra Wideband (UWB) chipset solutions based on Certified Wireless USB for consumer electronics, PC peripherals, and mobile devices. Leveraging the management teams’ decades of wireless communications product development expertise, Wisair is the first company to deliver fully-functional WiMedia-based UWB chipsets and small form-factor reference designs. Today, the fabless semiconductor company continues to focus on delivering low-cost, low-power, and high bit-rate wireless connectivity solutions. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.wisair.com.