Two of the three most important organizations in the field of wireless charging, the Alliance for Wireless Power and Power Matters Alliance, have decided to merge. Mid-2015 should the organizations merge, what the development of products for wireless charging to promote.
The A4WP technology is based on magnetic resonance. Devices do not directly make contact to wireless charging, and multiple devices with different power needs are at the same time to load. PMA focuses on the development of induction, in which the charging device on a specific spot on the laadoppervlakte must be placed.
The two standards have now jointly the competing standard, Qi of the Wireless Power Consortium before him. Among others, HTC, Samsung, LG and Nokia made devices with support for charging via induction based on the Qi standard.