The goal of the ZigBee^® Alliance is to provide the consumer with ultimate flexibility, mobility and ease of use by building wireless intelligence and capabilities into everyday devices.  ZigBee technology will be embedded in a wide range of products and applications across consumer, commercial, industrial and government markets worldwide.  For the first time, companies will have a standards-based wireless platform optimized for the unique needs of remote monitoring and control applications, including simplicity, reliability, low-cost and low-power.

ZigBee was created to address the market need for a cost-effective, standards-based wireless networking solution that supports low data rates, low power consumption, security and reliability.  ZigBee is the only standards-based technology that addresses the unique needs of most remote monitoring and control and sensory network applications. 

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