Problems with world WiFi standards continue:
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from NY Times entitled Intel to Stop Selling Wi-Fi Chips in China
The Chinese government has passed a law stating that, starting June 1, all Wi-Fi chips sold must comply with the Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure (WAPI) standard. The encryption algorithm was developed in China and is controlled by local Chinese companies.
Intel spokesman Chuck Mulloy said Wednesday that while his company and others have looked at the technology, the Santa Clara, Calif., chipmaking giant has not figured out a satisfactory way to incorporate the standard into its existing line of Wi-Fi chips. As a result, Intel will stop offering its Wi-Fi chips in China after the beginning of June, because selling them would be illegal, he said. ....
Broadcom, one of the larger Wi-Fi chipmakers, also plans to stop shipping chips to China, but it said it is trying to resolve the issue.
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To put the lessons of economics in perspective, America did same with HDTV. We created a standard incompatible with the rest of the world. As a result, one cannot watch HDTV in moving vehicle or in areas of ghosting - weak TV signals. IOW we got the inferior technology only because political powers wanted to lock in the TV market for Zenith, et al rather than provide consumers with the best products.