Computer and home entertainment giants are planning to promote an even faster wireless technology to transfer large files. WiGig is approximately 10 to 20 times faster than Wi-Fi and capable of transfers at 6 gigabits per second which is fast enough to send the contents of a DVD in 15 seconds. WiGig uses the 60-gigahertz frequency band, an unused space in the airwaves that permits extremely high transfer speeds at short ranges. Its range is shorter than Wi-Fi, about the distance of a room and its adjoining areas, but would do away with many of the cables currently used to connect home consumer electronics.

Many technologies, including UWB (Ultrawideband), WirelessHD and WHDI (Wireless Home Digital Interface), have already attempted the task of in-home wireless video transmission but none have held. A WiGig standard should be finalized by the end of this year, with testing to begin shortly thereafter to ensure it works properly in mobile phones, computers, and other gadgets. Manufacturers, such as Dell, Noklia, Intel, LG, Microsoft, Samsung and others, are not expected to begin making devices with WiGig until successful testing is accomplished.