The details of the company are as follows:

• Website link: www.wi-fi.org
• Corporate membership: 700
• Founded: 1999

The Wi-Fi alliance is a non-profit standard body that was constructed to address the gaps of wireless interoperability in the mid-90s. With the advent of 802.11b, an industry-wide consortium was formed to build an effective governance body. The alliance controls the Wi-Fi certification process and the associated logo and trademark for devices that meet their standard. There are 19 working areas and focus groups, such as 802.11ax, security, and the IoT.

There are three levels of membership: an implementer membership allows the holder to leverage previously-certified Wi-Fi products for their end solution; affiliate membership, a unique type that affords Wi-Fi member benefits for an organization that is controlled by a sponsor or contributor member company; and contributor membership, which allows an organization to participate in certification programs and new technology definitions.