In the News

All-New VW Touran Has MirrorLink®

February 26, 2015

The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), an organization driving global technologies for smartphone-centric car connectivity solutions, today announced that the all-new Volkswagen Touran, which Volkswagen unveiled yesterday, is MirrorLink®-enabled. Now standard on more of today’s most popular vehicles and smartphones, MirrorLink is the most ingenious way to bring smartphone content to the dash. Huge icons make apps easy to use and smart technology knows if the car is in Park or Drive. The Touran will be available in Europe in Q2 2015.

Dynamic Spectrum Alliance Celebrates Ofcom’s Green Light for TV White Spaces

February 13, 2015

The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance (DSA) welcomes Ofcom’s decision to implement TV white space regulations, enabling access to the unused arts of radio spectrum in the 470 to 790 MHz frequency band. This follows Industry Canada’s recent release of its TV white space regulations for rural and near-urban internet access and signifies a real milestone for dynamic spectrum access across the world, highlighting its growing momentum.

Continua Expands Resources to Certify Personal Connected Health Technologies for Plug-and-Play Interoperability

February 3, 2015

Continua today announced the organization has expanded its global resources to support the testing and certification of Continua-ready personal connected health technologies, with the addition of four new Certified Continua Experts (CCE) and three new test laboratories in Asia.

OIC Issues First IOT Framework

January 21, 2015

The Open Interconnect Consortium has issued a reference implementation of the Internet of Things (IoT) standard it hopes will unify creators of connected devices and applications.
The reference implementation, called IoTivity, can be used by device makers and application creators as a starting point to build products and services that are compliant with the standard backed by the Open Interconnect Consortium (OIC) and interoperable across other OIC standard-compliant products and services.

Detroit: Chevrolet Volt supports Apple CarPlay and MirrorLink

January 13, 2015

The 2016 Volt on the stand at NAIAS this week has an in-car entertainment system that includes support for both CarPlay and MirrorLink; both systems appear as options in the vehicle’s Settings menu. Android Auto is missing, but there’s plenty of time to add it — the Volt won’t be on the road until the middle of this year.

VTM Group's Causeway Platform Included in Online Community Software Selection Guide 2015

January 13, 2015

Causeway, VTM Group's online collaboration tool, has been published in the Online Community Software Selection Guide for 2015. The guide details the software offerings of top vendors in the not-for-profit community software space. The resource is published annually by Online Community Results, and is available for download.

IEEE to Adopter the HDBaseT Standard for Ultra-High-Definition Digital Connectivity

January 6, 2015

The HDBaseT Alliance, the cross-industry group tasked with promoting and advancing HDBaseT standard, and IEEE, the world’s largest professional organization advancing technology for humanity, today announced the HDBaseT Specifications 1.1.0 and 2.0 have been approved by the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board for adoption as part of the organization’s standard portfolio.

Alliance for Wireless Power and Power Matters Alliance Agree to Merge

January 5, 2015

The Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) today announced the organizations have signed a Letter of Intent to merge and establish an organization that will accelerate the availability and deployment of wireless charging technology on a global scale. The A4WP and PMA, leaders in wireless charging technology, have agreed in principal to the terms of the merger that is expected to close by mid-2015. The merger caps a productive year between the two organizations that announced a separate collaboration agreement in February, 2014.

Dynamic Spectrum Access Movement and Momentum Grows as More Global Companies Join the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance

December 1, 2014

AirTies, Aruba Networks, ATDI, Broadcom, and Saankhya Labs are the latest members to join the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance, with Broadcom and Aruba Networks being elected to its Board of Directors. The Dynamic Spectrum Alliance welcomes new members as it continues to advocate for laws and regulations that lead to more efficient and effective spectrum utilization, thereby helping governments around the globe address key policy challenges around making Internet access more ubiquitous and more affordable and improving the lives of their citizens.

Continua Winter Summit Taking Place at mHealth Summit; Delivering Thought Leader Presentations, Educational Sessions, Free Training, Plugfest, and More

November 20, 2014

Winter Summit Opening Session: Countries are Buying, is Your Company Building? Global Demand of Continua Devices--Learn about the global demand and adoption of Continua-certified products from a dynamic panel of international speakers. Global thought leaders and health ministers will discuss their current needs for Continua devices. Plus learn how Continua is advancing market adoption and advancing the vision for the Personal Connected Health Alliance:

Meet Rob Havasy, Continua’s new Executive Director, Continua Council President Horst Merkle, and the new Continua leadership team
Hear from the latest markets demanding Continua products at the Continua Opening Session (open to mHealth Summit attendees)