Staccato Communications<br>launches European operations

Staccato Europe will initially focus on the support of UWB standards and regulatory efforts throughout Europe in conjunction with Ecma International, ETSI , ITU and the United King-dom's OFCOM, among others. The company re-cently became an ETSI member and is working closely with Ecma and other standards bodies as part of the WiMedia Alliance. Staccato's Ripcord products are single-chip, all-CMOS products fully integrated into complete System-in-Package (SiP) solutions to enable sub-$10 cost per node, small form factor, low and efficient power consumption and 480 Mbps Certified Wireless USB connectivity.