Ultrawideband: On the Horizon but Still Far
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Normally two competing groups are good for a technology. This is not the case, however, when it comes to two competing groups fighting over a technology standard. Ultrawideband, still a few years off at least, is just one such example of a technology that has become a pawn in a virtual tug-of-war. No one group with all of the answers on this one, I’m afraid. It will just take time to see who the victor of this standards based battle really is.
The technology is still a few years from appearing in a significant way in electronic devices. The standards battle between two competing groups is not to be underestimated though, and could slow the progress even more. Also, Wi-Fi could steal some potential market share because it’s already widely used and the chips are inexpensive, even though it’s slower than ultrawideband.