Feb 11th 2014, 12:45, by Sean Hollister
Why can't you just place your phone on a table and have it wirelessly charge? Until today, there were three competing standards that couldn't agree on how the proven technology should work. The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC), the Power Matters Alliance (PMA), and the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) each attracted a number of powerful companies, but their chargers didn't play nice with one another. With too many "standards" on the table, consumers and businesses have understandably been hesistant to adopt any of them.
That may be about to change. Today, the A4WP and PMA have signed a preliminary agreement to each adopt the other's technologies, effectively merging into a single standard. That leaves Qi as the only other competitor.
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