SigEx Telecom:Microsoft Authorizes Cutting-Edge Wi-Fiby Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

Microsoft is now offering intellectual property (IP) licenses to entrepreneurial-spirited companies capable of deploying them as viable products or services for the billion-dollar-plus Wi-Fi marketplace, in order to spur commercial development of two mature Wi-Fi technologies invented by its Networking Research Group.Louis Carbonneau, General Manager for the IP Licensing Group at Microsoft sad that "Intellectual property generated by Microsoft can turn into opportunities for others.Our research labs generate more IP than our product groups can absorb." He added that "Right now, our goal is to see our new Wi-Fi technologies around RTLS and hot spots deployed as great new products or services for businesses or consumers. Companies that license our IP have fabulous new opportunities to gain access to best of breed IP and the cachet of deploying technologies coming out of our renowned Microsoft Research Labs. We can help companies enter new markets or expand current lines of business." As they both sit squarely in two very fast-growth markets, the two Wi-Fi technologies, RADAR and CHOICE,have enormous commercial potential.First, RADAR,can be deployed to guide people through large buildings, to keep track of unauthorized individuals within a high-security environment, and to locate equipment within large premises.It is an indoor real-time location system (RTLS) that's optimized for Wi-Fi but can be used in any wireless network.The secind one,CHOICE can be leveraged by the licensee to deploy a new wireless "hot spot" service or to augment an existing Wi-Fi deployment and it represents a Wi-Fi network system that is also available for Microsoft IP licensing.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for SigEx Telecom (http://sigex.com)

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