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Ultra-Wideband: New Ultra-Connectivity for the Enterprise?: Page 5 of 9

From there, it's a short way to some kind of UWB capability being added to an enterprise-wide network.

"After all, what IT guy wouldn't want to use 480 Mb on the desktop?" asked Jack Sullivan, founder of Emergent Networks Inc., an Austin, Texas-based start-up that is developing embedded UWB solutions for the enterprise. "The real question is 'What is the best way?'"

Enterprise Applications

Enterprise PCs share similarities with home-based PCs and perhaps even some consumer electronics devices, but networking on an enterprise scale is a big leap of faith.

"We're not talking about [UWB enabling] point-to-point [connectivity] in the enterprise," Sullivan explains. "But UWB isn't just wireless USB or 1394, either - it's much more."