John Perzow, VP of Market Development for the Wireless Power Consortium, which is responsible for the Qi wireless standard, is sure of many things, but the first thing he is sure of is the company name. “It’s pronounced ‘Chi,’” he says firmly.

However it’s pronounced, Qi, which powers smartphones, tablets and other devices wirelessly, seems to be doing quite well. Having recently brought several large vendors such as Dell under its umbrella, Qi is pushing to become the standard for wireless powering. According to Perzow, by the end of 2014, there were 635 products certified for use by Qi; currently, there are about 1,000 products. He also asserted that, as of the end of 2015 there were 150 million deployed Qi systems globally, up from 50 million in 2014.

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