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December 11, 2007

Kleer Announces Wireless Audio Interoperability Certification Program

By Raju Shanbhag, TMCnet Contributing Editor

Kleer has announced an interoperability certification program to test consumer product compliance to the Kleer wireless audio protocol. The Kleer ultra low-power wireless audio protocol has been endorsed by a number of leading brand-name consumer electronics manufacturers. These brands will introduce a broad cross-section of products that includes MP3 players, wireless ear buds and wireless speakers, throughout the coming year.



 
Kleer is a fabless semiconductor company that has developed the first wireless audio technology designed to combine high-quality audio and robust ISM band coexistence with low power consumption to address portable, home, and automotive audio markets.
 
If the manufacturers of any wireless product want to use the Kleer logo on their product packaging, they have to pass a set of tests in order to claim compliance to the Kleer protocol. If a product has total compliance to the Kleer audio protocol, this means that wireless ear buds and speakers from any manufacturer will interoperate with portable audio players from any other manufacturer.
 
The interoperability certification program includes a test suite, a compliance report and a participation in a quarterly plugfest. Although the company has long-term plans to move the test procedures to an accredited third-party test facility, the company is conducting the tests on its own at the moment. When the interoperability procedure is successfully completed, manufacturers earn the right to add the Kleer interoperability logo.
 
Ron Glibbery, VP of Marketing for Kleer, said in a company press release, “Kleer envisions an entire eco-system of wireless audio products complying with the Kleer protocol. This certification program provides assurance to consumers that a Kleer logo on a product’s packaging means that the product they purchase will interoperate with their other previously-purchased Kleer-based products.”
 
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