Established in 2002, the Connectivity Standards Alliance's wide-ranging global membership collaborates to create and evolve universal open standards for the products transforming the lives, work and play. With its members’ expertise, certification programmes, and a full suite of open internet of things solutions, they are leading the movement toward a more intuitive, imaginative and useful world. The alliance develops open, global standards for wireless device-to-device communication for the internet of things; certifies products to help ensure interoperability through its Certified programme; and promotes the use of its standards around the world.