China Unicom Research Institute, one of China's three major mobile service carriers has joined the Zigbee Alliance to drive Zigbee adoption in Chinese Industry.
Zigbee is a open global standard protocol and is designed specifically to be used in M2M networks. The technology doesn’t require a lot of power, making it an ideal solution for many industrial applications, including for a connected home environment .
The Zigbee Alliance, which started out as 25 tech-savvy companies back in 2002, has grown into a prominent international group of 400+ organizations from 37 countries.
In 2015, the China Unicom Research Institute initiated the Smart Home Standardization United Group (SSUG), which drew in a number of well-known enterprises in the industry, including FiberHome, ZTE, and Wulian, and took the lead in developing implementation standards from devices to gateways and further to the cloud.
Zigbee is adopted by SSUG as the major wireless communication standard for connecting end devices to the gateway. Based on the understanding of market demand and through laboratory test results, SSUG has proposed a number of parameter recommendations and additional mandatory features to improve user experiences.
After joining the Zigbee Alliance, SSUG will actively participate in standards development working groups and seek to integrate its work into international standards, while also proposing Zigbee technology be accepted into China's industry standards, including in the smart home market.
Zhang Yunyong, President of the Research Institute
We are pleased to join the Zigbee Alliance and look forward to working closely with other Alliance members to share our experience in the Chinese consumer market and actively participate in the development of open IoT standards to meet the rapid changes of market demand and drive innovation in IoT.
Tobin Richardson, President and CEO, Zigbee Alliance
The Zigbee Alliance works with key leaders and standards groups around the globe to promote cross-ecosystem collaboration to unleash IoT innovations.
