The number of wireless charging industry organisations is down from three to two-- the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) plan to merge into a single entity.
The announcement follows a February 2014 collaboration agreement between the two organisations.
“The ‘standards war’ narrative presents a false choice,” the A4WP says. “Consider that the typical mass-market smartphone contains a multiplicity of radio technologies (Bluetooth, NFC, WiFi, 3G, LTE) each built around a vibrant ecosystem, whereas other devices are single-mode (Bluetooth headset). The A4WP PMA merger is in the same spirit-- enable the market to apply technologies to their best use cases.”
While the entity still waits for an actual a name, it hosts a number of global consumer brands, supply chain and market leaders, namely AT&T, Broadcom, Duracell, Flextronics, Gill Electronics, Integrated Device Technologies (IDT), Intel, Powermat, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Starbucks and WiTricity.