ZigBee Alliance Has Added 38 Members in 2016; Version 3.0 Gains Steam

The ZigBee Alliance said it's added 38 members from 15 countries this year -- including startups and major brands -- bringing the total count to more than 425 companies. “ZigBee 3.0 is generating explosive interest” via its “consolidated approach” to the IoT market, said alliance CEO Tobin Richardson Thursday. Board members are Comcast Cable, Itron, Kroger, Landis+Gyr, Legrand Group, Midea Group, NXP Semiconductors, Philips, Schneider Electric, Silicon Labs, SmartThings, Texas Instruments and Wulian. Chairman John Osborne cited General Electric’s recent buy of Daintree Networks by Current and Qorvo’s GreenPeak acquisition as indicators of the industry’s “large-scale investment in ZigBee technologies.”