WiQuest Communications, Inc., was the leading fabless semiconductor company

Fabless semiconductor company

A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices and semiconductor chips while outsourcing the fabrication or "fab" of the devices to a specialized manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry...

 that designed and developed complete WiMedia

WiMedia Alliance

The WiMedia Alliance is a non-profit open industry association that promotes and enables the rapid adoption, regulation, standardization and multi-vendor interoperability of ultra-wideband worldwide....

-based Certified Wireless USB

Wireless USB

Wireless USB is a short-range, high-bandwidth wireless radio communication protocol created by the . Wireless USB is sometimes abbreviated as "WUSB", although the USB Implementers Forum discourages this practice and instead prefers to call the technology "Certified Wireless USB" to distinguish it...

 (WUSB) solutions focused on high-speed, short-range applications. WiQuest’s complete solution offered chipset

Chipset

A chipset, PC chipset, or chip set refers to a group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. They are usually marketed as a single product.- Computers :...

s, software, and reference design

Reference design

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s. WiQuest was headquartered in Allen, Texas

Allen, Texas

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, and had operations in Bangalore, India

Bangalore

Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...

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Their slogan was The New Frontier of Wireless.

Products

In early 2008, WiQuest's Wireless USB products had an 85% market share. Among WiQuest's customers were laptop

Laptop

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 manufacturers Toshiba

Toshiba

is a multinational electronics and electrical equipment corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of electrical products, spanning information & communications equipment and systems, Internet-based solutions and services, electronic components and...

, Dell

Dell

Dell, Inc. is an American multinational information technology corporation based in 1 Dell Way, Round Rock, Texas, United States, that develops, sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder, Michael Dell, the company is one of the largest...

 and Lenovo, and peripheral manufacturers D-Link

D-Link

D-Link Corporation was founded in June 1986 in Taipei as Datex Systems Inc. It began as a network adapter vendor and has gone on to become a designer, developer, and manufacturer of networking solutions for both the consumer and business markets.In 2007, it was the leading networking company in...

, Belkin

Belkin

Belkin International, Inc., is a Californian manufacturer of computer hardware that specializes in connectivity devices, headquartered in Playa Vista, Los Angeles, California...

, Imation

Imation

Imation is a US based multi-national technology corporation that designs, manufactures and sells recordable data storage media, consumer electronics products and accessories.The company is a 1996 spin off of 3M and is headquartered in Oakdale, Minnesota...

, and Kensington

Kensington Technology Group

Kensington Computer Products Group is a division brand of ACCO Brands, Inc. that sells computer accessories and periphery such as computer mice, computer keyboards, notebook bags, iPod accessories and power supplies. The brand is best known for the Kensington Lock, a lightweight lock system...

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Demise

The company ceased operations on October 31, 2008. Reasons cited for the demise of WiQuest are the same issues that are plaguing Wireless USB technology in general, such as unfavorable economic conditions

Late 2000s recession

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, the relative high cost of the end products, lackluster power-consumption and throughput

Throughput

In communication networks, such as Ethernet or packet radio, throughput or network throughput is the average rate of successful message delivery over a communication channel. This data may be delivered over a physical or logical link, or pass through a certain network node...

 characteristics of first-generation Wireless USB products, regulatory

Frequency assignment authority

In telecommunication, frequency assignment authority is the power granted an administration, or its designated or delegated leader or agency via treaty or law, to specify frequencies, or frequency bands, in the electromagnetic spectrum for use in systems or equipment.International frequency...

 issues, and low Wireless USB host adapter attach rate

Attach rate

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The Bangalore operations were acquired by Staccato Communications.