The Wi-Fi Alliance has taken this step due to strong industry demand and pending availability of products offering multimedia applications. With this move, consumer electronic product manufactures can now plan to include Wi-Fi with WMM support in their product plans, backed by the assurance of certified interoperability from the Wi-Fi Alliance.
"The demand for Wi-Fi CE product connectivity is expected to grow significantly and WMM will provide a strong foundation for that growth. In fact, we see this action jumpstarting the coming mainstream adoption of Wi-Fi in the consumer electronics market segment," said Wi-Fi Alliance Managing Director, Frank Hanzlik. "The Alliance's WMM certification testing will help unleash a new category of wireless products that use the robust connectivity only offered by Wi-Fi CERTIFIED interoperability. The demand for multimedia support in telephony and other consumer electronic products has grown rapidly in recent months and is forecasted to grow at an unprecedented rate,"
