Introduction
Some of the greatest innovations of the modern era have been realized by companies collaborating together to set standards. This ensures interoperability between devices and safer, more reliable products. Just look at how MP3 revolutionized the way we store and enjoy music! Philips IP&S has contributed to many breakthrough technological standards. We also keep abreast of the latest developments, acting as a key contributor to many governing boards and implementing policies that adhere to standards across a variety of sectors.
In today’s society, standards are crucial. Having industry standards ensures devices can work easily and intelligently together, benefiting both consumers and manufacturers. Consumers gain devices that are safer, more reliable and easier to use. Manufacturers that cooperate in creating new standards can reduce development costs and the risks involved in bringing new technologies to market. This can result in the growth of new and existing markets, and increased economies of scale.
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Contact usInteroperability Standards
Today’s devices are more connected than ever before. This means interoperability is essential for customers and manufacturers and open standards will lead to faster growth of the market. As Philips we have a long history of active participation in setting activities of interoperability standards such as the ZigBee Alliance, Continua, HDMI, the Wi-Fi Alliance, IEEE, IETF, etc. Apart from offering technical contributions and performing technical editing work, we have also been leading the foundation of newly established standards bodies such as The Wireless Power Consortium.
Regulatory standards
Regulatory standards protect the public’s interest and also your own. They ensure consumers have safe, environmentally friendly, electro-magnetically compatible products. These regulations are enforced to safeguard your right to a level playing field, where your products are based on build quality and performance, not solely on cost.
IP&S advocates regulatory standards, as it ensures everyone meets the minimum safety and quality standards. This creates harmony within industries affected by the regulations and reduces the chance of trade barriers and other economically wasteful activities.
Medical body area networks (MBAN)
Wireless technology is ideal for patient monitoring in hospitals. However, as clinicians rely on the readings, connections must be uninterrupted.
History
Philips IP&S has contributed to many breakthrough technological standards
In fact, we have been contributing to international standards, both at the technical and governance level, since the early 1920s. Some of our most recent contributions can be found in the digital audio/video, mobile communication, healthcare and wireless connectivity sectors. And certain innovations such as: DAB, CD/DVD/Blu-Ray, IHE, GSM, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and a host of others would not have been possible without the proper standards being established. Click here to see the complete list
We have been involved in standards activities, driving specifications work as well as holding board positions with many organizations and consortia, for many years. By working together with standards bodies, we have helped accelerate a variety of industry-wide technological solutions that have benefited many products. This has also allowed us to build up an extensive IP portfolio which you can benefit from. By licensing IP from us, you can be safe in the knowledge that your products or solutions will meet the strictest standards set by some of the biggest regulatory bodies in their respective industries.
GPL Commitment
Philips supports the development in the open source community to introduce an additional cure period for license noncompliance for GPL version 2 licenses. We believe this approach reduces the legal uncertainty for users of such software.
