It sounds like you have it right but let's review for the sake of the rest of the investors...
Hardware platforms are:
Microcontrollers - that act as the brain for most all electronic products - refrigerators, microwave ovens, etc. When ZigBee introduced its 802.15.4 protocol, it allowed these microcontrollers to "talk" with one another by using a radio attenea (which is another hardware platform) to send the information to each other. Therefore, when your alarm clock goes off, it can send a signal to your coffee pot to start brewing your coffee instantly. Another example would be that a set of smoke alarms can be disbursed throughout your house without any wiring because the ZigBee radios keep them connected on the same frequency at all times. This saves a great deal of time and money for the consumer.
Now, since each radio manufacturer has its own set of hardware settings, it requires software that will integrate directly with the hardware settings of the microcontroller.
Sounds easy, right? WRONG!!!
To accomplish this task requires A LOT of expertise because the software has to be developed using two different sets of hardware settings:
1) The radio has its own hardware settings and, it must integrate properly with...
2) The hardware settings of the microcontroller.
Then it must be tested for its ability to function under harsh conditions such as interference from other frequencies i.e., cell phones, microwaves, etc. This can take an average software company years to develop and perfect its software. (That is why it's not uncommon to hear companies announcing their products are "ZigBee Certified"...only to learn that they are referring to ZigBee 1.0 and NOT the new 1.1)
Now, here's where Airbee Wireless has a HUGE advantage over most other ZigBee software companies...
Airbee Wireless has developed software that is so advanced, it can actually be ported onto ANYONES hardware platform without having to be developed from the ground up. It is ready NOW!!!
Additionally, when it is fully integrated into their hardware platforms, it makes their microcontrollers/radios "open" to anyone elses microcontrollers/radio. Therefore, an OEM manufacturer doesn't have to hire a software company to develop new software from the ground up. With ABEW, it's already done.
Furthermore, the big semiconducter manufacturers are already catching onto this idea because Atmel (which is the largest semiconducter manufacturer in the world with approximately 1 million units per day...yes, I said per day!) is having ABEW integrate their software directly onto their microcontrollers.
Additionally, according to Gene Sharer, President of Airbee Wireless, he confirmed that ABEW's software is indeed inside the new MSP430 microcontroller by Texas Instruments. (TI is the third largest semiconducter manufacturer in the world.)
Hope that makes things clearer for the average investor. I tried to put it in laymans terms as best as I can.
Disclaimer: All comments are just my opinion and should NOT be considered as factual.
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