Mission : Our objective is to set a de facto standard by embedding wireless grid technology in as many OEM devices/applications and service provider/carrier solutions as possible.

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Wireless Grids Corporation is a software and application developer based in Syracuse , NY . It was founded in 2004, and is driving the evolution and emergence of a new de facto industry standard. Wireless Grids as a concept was born in the late 1990s, formalized in 2002 as a government-funded National Science Foundation (NSF) project. WGC enables sharing of music, videos, docs or pics across a wide array of devices with efficiency and ease, while adding tremendous value to users via a new paradigm in computing. "Me to the power of us".

The company obtained the exclusive license to the key intellectual property from 3 universities in 2005. The list of potential clients for Wireless Grids includes carriers, ISPs, home product vendors, those in the enterprise market as well as consumers.

The visionary behind this company is Dr. Lee McKnight of Syracuse University 's top ranked School of Information Studies . Dr. McKnight has been a key player in the evolution of media products and services since his days at the MIT Media Lab in the 1980s. He has led path breaking research on digital television, multimedia streaming, internet telephony, and wireless grids. Also involved are key people from the Yankee Group, Computer Associates, Aspect Communications, France Telecom/Orange and the Institute for the Future.

The 1st users to work with wireless grids will be students in University dorms and classrooms in March 2008. The WGC Innovaticus TM prototype beta enables document and device sharing, as well as initial benefits of a virtual file system. Early versions were tested in the Boston Science Museum trial in 2005 and in a proof of concept prototype for France Telecom.

It is dawning upon telecommunication and IT companies that there is a clear need to break out beyond phone and broadband services. People want much more. Wireless Grids offers partner companies an opportunity to deploy next generation services that share phones, cameras, video, sound, photos, documents, games, printers, displays – anything owned by subscribers. The applications are endless.