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The article reports that Standards are fundamental in creating and maintaining an open and competitive market for equipment manufacturers and in assuring national and international interoperability of telecommunications technology and processes. Our interactive world is aided and achieved by standards which may be based on patented technologies that enable all types of devices to communicate efficiently with each other.

As this is written, a group of wireless professionals are preparing to gather to review the Spring 2011 WCET examination, for which the testing window recently closed. These experts do not study individual scores, but rather the overall exam, the questions, the difficulty, and the standard of performance that might be expected of qualified individuals taking the test. This process is repeated for each WCET exam: experts in the field review each question on the exam, discuss the level of knowledge and skill that would be required to answer it correctly, and develop a consensus as to how many correctly answered questions constitute an appropriate expectation for passing the exam. This is important because each offering of the WCET exam is somewhat different ? questions are replaced to keep the exam current, and also to remove questions that no one (or everyone) could answer correctly. Once the passing standard is determined, the candidates who took the exam will be notified of their scaled scores and whether they passed or not. That will conclude the process for this Spring?s exam and start the process for the Fall 2011 exam. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses the development of Center of Excellence in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology at some educational institutions in the U.S. According to Marlin H. Mickle, Center of Excellence refers to the places recognized for their excellence in research, development, and testing of a particular technology. In addition, Mickle points that the Pitt's Center of Excellence focuses on the technologies that make RFID work. On the other hand, the University of Texas, in Arlington, Texas also established their own Center of Excellence in RFID, which focused on evaluating, developing, and bringing to market new radio frequency technologies.