Nordic Semiconductor, Wirepas join DECT Forum as full members to drive market adoption of new DECT NR+ standard
Bern, Switzerland – DECT Forum, a globally acting association of the DECT wireless technology industry, has announced that Nordic Semiconductor and Wirepas have become new full members of the DECT Forum.
“Adding these two companies to our membership is a significant step forward in the DECT Forum’s development to supporting the new standard and establishing DECT NR+ as the technology of choice for the fast-growing global Industrial IoT market,” says Andreas Zipp, chairman of the DECT Forum.
The DECT Forum board has been reinforced with Jussi Numminen from Wirepas and Kristian Saether from Nordic Semiconductor. Other representatives from both companies will be joining the following DECT Forum working groups: marketing, certification and DECT NR+, with each engaged in achieving this goal.
The DECT Forum has embraced the new NR+ standard that has been developed in close cooperation with ETSI technical committee DECT (ETSI TC DECT). The DECT Forum is fully committed to creating awareness for and driving the adoption of DECT NR+ in the market. NR+ was approved at the beginning of this year by the ITU-R as an IMT-2020 5G technology.
Initially, DECT NR+ will be intended for applications such as smart metres, Industry 4.0, building management systems, logistics and smart cities. Use cases for further market verticals such as enterprise and professional audio will follow. For more information about the capabilities and opportunities for use cases of NR+, please visit DECT Forum.
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