Samsung, Intel & Foxconn said to be working on a wireless data transfer tech

Samsung is said to be working with a startup called Keyssa, backed by Tony Fadell, which is working on a way for mobile phones to transfer large amounts of data without using cables or Wi-Fi connectors.

According to Keyssa's Chief executive, Eric Almgren, his company's "kiss" technology allows two computing devices to be held near each other and transfer large files such as movies in just a few seconds. The ultimate goal is to remove the dependence on cable connectors inside devices like phones and laptops. If Keyssa is successful, the wireless data transfer technique could eventually be available in a wide range of devices.

The alliance with Samsung and Foxconn is aimed at creating a design for mobile phones. Apparently, the management team at Keyssa had previously developed the technology behind the HDMI standard for video connections. Samsung hopes Keyssa’s technology might become similarly widespread.

"Standards tend to get ecosystems built around them in a fairly complicated way," Shankar Chandran, head of the venture arm at Samsung Electronics, said in an interview with Reuters. "What's needed is a bunch of industry players across the value chain saying they're going to build to that standard. And that's really what we have."

Last October, Keyssa announced with Intel, that it had come up with a design that could be embedded in so-called two-in-one laptops which feature detachable touchscreens.

Keyssa reportedly has filed more than 250 patents around the technology, including nearly 50 of which that have been issued in the United States.