Stamp that speaks for Indian quality
	Bangalore: It is another instance where the quality of Indian engineering has received an international stamp of approval in a fiercely competitive field. The Wi-Fi Alliance, the global industry body behind wireless networks and products, has accorded the "Wi-Fi Certified" stamp to the design and intellectual property (IP) backing the core wireless offerings of the Bangalore-based semiconductor designer, Ittiam Systems. While the Alliance, which represents 250 of the top wireless technology players of the world, has earlier certified over 3,300 end products in this arena, this is arguably the first instance, when it has accorded the stamp of quality to the underlying design and Intellectual Property (IP) in wireless technology. Ittiam's Senior Manager for Wireless LAN, B.G. Suresh, explained that the formal certification — and the right to stamp the design with the distinctive "Wi-Fi Certified" logo — was achieved less than 12 months after the wireless platform was launched, after an independent authorised laboratory, put the design through a punishing series of tests. The platform that has already generated nearly a dozen patent applications is being licensed by a number of device manufacturers worldwide: its various "avatars" include a portable games console, a TV set-top box, a digital camera, a hand-held supermarket checkout machine — and the heart of nearly 200 web browsers on board a warship. In every instance, the Ittiam chip design unshackles the application — and creates a wireless cloud within which devices can wirelessly "talk" to each other. This means the design is cleared for a gamut of consumer wireless as well as more security-critical wireless environments, explained Ittiam's CEO Srini Rajam