Gefen Promises WUSB Extender at CES 2007

It was a year ago that Gefen promised to deliver Freescale-friendly Cable-Free USB extender. We kinda forgot about vaporware until the company threw at us another press release that a real 4-port USB extender will finally hit the street next month. The extender core will be powered by Wisair's UWB MAC, whose maker is a member of the WiMedia Alliance. I guess this kinda means the UWB war is coming to an end as first-tier partners mostly side with WiMedia. Belkin has already made the switch last month to WiMedia standard, but their WUSB hub isn't exactly compliant with USB-IF Certified Wireless USB. Moreover, WiFiNetNews also hinted that Freescale is now downplaying its role in pushing Cable-Free USB (at least on their website).

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