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Well, the OFDM camp in the UWB standards war claims another victory with Intel as its anchor (or maybe more appropriately, at the helm). Wisair is offering a 2 chip UWB PHY solution that they are claiming will work with the Wireless USB Forum's planned protocol. Did I mention that Intel is a key player in the WUSB forum?

Meanwhile, the U in UWB won't likely stand for UNIVERSAL. OFCOM, the UK's wireless watchdog is recommending that UWB not be allowed in the 3.4GHz band for fear of interference with, among other things, broadband fixed wireless access systems. I find this an interesting comment, especially in light of the extremely short range expected for UWB devices relative to BFWA systems like WiMAX (depending on whose definition of WiMAX you're using at the time).