ZigBee Today

ZigBee is entering a new phase of adoption worldwide, with a growing ZigBee Certified ecosystem of consumer and business control products. Throughout this process, ZigBee Alliance members are actively shaping the evolution of global wireless monitoring and control markets.

ABI Research noted in September that ZigBee's RF4CE initiative and leadership in adoption of ZigBee Smart Energy and ZigBee Home Automation has helped drive a significant rebound in Wireless Sensor Network market growth. ABI's "Wireless Sensor Networking Markets" study reports that the uplift will drive chipset shipments from about 10 million chipsets in 2009 to 645 million in 2015. Strong Alliance membership growth and Certified Product introductions will continue to positively impact future chipset shipments for the WSN market.

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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

The Alliance welcomes the following new members during the past quarter.


Adopters
Advanced Digital Institute
Electrolux Italia S.p.A
GiiNii Global Limited
Tessera Technology Inc.


Participants
Kellendonk Elektronik GmbH
The Nielsen Company

The Continua Health Alliance recently announced last month it has officially incorporated ZigBee Health Care™ into the 2010 Continua Design Guidelines. The guidelines are part of Continua’s mission to establish an ecosystem of interoperable personal connected healthcare products that empower individuals and organizations to better manage their health and wellness.

The Alliance is pleased to announce Ryan Maley as director of technical services to support ZigBee’s technical programs. He will coordinate the testing, certification and interoperability of the various ZigBee solutions.

Ryan will manage the following areas:

• Coordinating testing and certification programs with the various ZigBee working groups
• Participating in the establishment and operations of the ZigBee Certification Board to ensure a strong certification program
• Working with liaison partners and other outside groups to identify required testing protocols
• Maintaining test lab relationships and communications

The Alliance has retained Larry Taylor and his team to support the new European headquarters that was announced last month. This strategic move will enable the Alliance to focus on the European Union’s Smart Grid programs and on meeting the needs of the EU implementation of ZigBee Smart Energy in the Home Area Network (HAN).

Larry will operate our European headquarters in Cambridge, England.  He is already involved with the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) M2M/Smartgrid activity and is well connected with the European Commission.  On his team are others who have strong ties with key EU players and other standards activities in Europe and the U.S. This diversity of expertise is a significant advantage for the Alliance and its growth strategy in Europe.  

As director of standards development in Europe Larry will:

• Spearhead standards initiatives to successfully achieve the adoption of ZigBee specifications in the EU by the leading standards development organizations,
• Cooperate with Alliance members and EU resources to gain maximum support for EU standards strategy
• Analyze European-specific market requirements and develop and present standards strategy recommendations

There are now more than 100 ZigBee Certified products available to give you control over your home, energy and mobile devices. A wide variety of products offering the innovative and easy-to-use ZigBee Smart Energy™, ZigBee Home Automation™ and ZigBee Telecom Services™ have proven their capabilities by completing the rigorous ZigBee Certified Product program. Increased attention on energy management is driving ZigBee’s success in the marketplace and spurring growth and sales for Alliance members. The Alliance anticipates continued strong growth in that area as well as in new ZigBee Certified products offering the unique features of ZigBee Health Care, ZigBee Remote Control, and ZigBee Retail Services.  The ZigBee Certified program allows you to purchase products and platforms with confidence, knowing their interoperability has been thoroughly tested.  The ZigBee Alliance has a thriving ecosystem that is pushing ZigBee into the global economy and increasing the value of Alliance membership.

The ZigBee Alliance is working with the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG) to integrate ZigBee Smart Energy controls into the European-wide rollout of the Smart Grid.

ESMIG aims to assist in the development of national and European-wide introduction, rollout and management of Smart Metering solutions by giving support to the European Union and its member states, as well as through cooperation and partnerships. ESMIG has concluded several cooperation agreements with partners, including the ZigBee Alliance, in am ove toward European and international standardization.

The primary purpose of Understanding ZigBee Gateway is to provide a basic understanding of the capabilities, mechanisms and recommended practices of the ZigBee Gateway.

The ConnectPort X2 for Smart Energy provides a low-cost connection between a Home Area Network (HAN) and an energy service provider's software application over an IP connection. The gateway incorporates the ZigBee Smart Energy wireless standard (or "Public Application Profile"), making it interoperable with non-Digi devices. The ZigBee Smart Energy standard also allows the ConnectPort X2 to define what information the device will send over the network and how to behave with other devices on the network.

Bill Chase Executive Director +1 (925) 275-6655 bchase@inventures.com Kevin Schader, APR Director of Communications +1 (925) 275-6672  kschader@inventures.com	Krista Davi Event and Program Marketing Manager +1 (925) 275-6658 kdavi@inventures.com Jennifer Heying Tradeshow Coordinator +1 (925) 275-6657  jheying@inventures.com Grestin Soemanto Business Operations Coordinator help@zigbee.org
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ZigBee Today

ZigBee is entering a new phase of adoption worldwide, with a growing ZigBee Certified ecosystem of consumer and business control products. Throughout this process, ZigBee Alliance members are actively shaping the evolution of global wireless monitoring and control markets.

ABI Research noted in September that ZigBee's RF4CE initiative and leadership in adoption of ZigBee Smart Energy and ZigBee Home Automation has helped drive a significant rebound in Wireless Sensor Network market growth. ABI's "Wireless Sensor Networking Markets" study reports that the uplift will drive chipset shipments from about 10 million chipsets in 2009 to 645 million in 2015. Strong Alliance membership growth and Certified Product introductions will continue to positively impact future chipset shipments for the WSN market.

ZigBee is well set on that market-influencing course. ON World reports that more than 350 global manufacturers, with annual revenues of more than $1 trillion, have adopted ZigBee. ZigBee's global adoption rates have resulted in a major milestone achievement for ZigBee in September: 100 announced ZigBee Certified products. ZigBee Certified products and the Alliance's 400 members foster an ecosystem for control products in energy, commercial and consumer electronics applications.

ZigBee Smart Energy products dominate the ZigBee Certified product lineup with 64 ZigBee Certified Smart Energy products, followed by 24 ZigBee Certified Home Automation products and 13 ZigBee Certified Telecom Services products in that standard's first year. More manufacturers are expected to seek certification, bolstering the ZigBee ecosystem in these three ZigBee markets, as well as for ZigBee Remote Control and ZigBee Health Care backed by the Continua Health Alliance. We can expect ZigBee Retail Services, scheduled for completion in 2011, to promote significant additional activity.

The desire to better serve the needs of the Alliance’s almost 100 European Mmembers and to further the adoption of ZigBee Smart Energy adoption and demandwithin the EU community prompted the Alliance to launch open a European headquarters Ooffice in Cambridge, England, this past September. this year to focus on Smart Grid standardization efforts and European Union requirements. Approximately 40 percent of Alliance members have European operations focused on ZigBee-related projects, including the EU’s 2009 mandate that 80 percent of EU electricity customers be served with smart meters by 2020. The Alliance’s European headquarters in Cambridge, England, Ooffice will help members better coordinate their activities regarding EU- specific content in ZigBee standards and facilitate the Alliance’s participation in Smart Energy- related EU standards activities aimed at meeting the EU 2009 mandate that 80 percent of EU electricity customers be served with smart meters by 2020.

Developing new and existing partnerships is also a component of the Alliance’s focused service to members with EU projects. The Alliance currently collaborates with the European Smart Metering Industry Group (ESMIG), the Device Language Message Specification (DLMS) User Association, the Electric Retail Association (ERA), and CEN. New partnerships are in development with the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization(CENELEC), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) and International Telecommunication Union-Telecommunication (ITU-T), and we have been invited to participate in European Commission-related activities on the Internet of Things

Thanks to the contributions of its many member companies, the Alliance has made strong market and technology gains this year, creating an unparalleled opportunity for all Alliance members to help define wireless monitoring and control markets and provide consumers with smarter and greener products with easy-to-use control capabilities.

Bob Heile
Chairman
ZigBee Alliance