and T-Mobile as key sponsors. The charter for this independent organization was to perform testing, certify interoperability of products, and to promote the technology.

WECA renamed itself the Wi-Fi Alliance in 2002.

Most producers of 802.11 equipment became members, and as of lc=y 2012 the Wi-Fi Alliance included over 550 member companies. The Wi-Fi Alliance extended Wi-Fi beyond wireless local area network applications into point-to-point and personal

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