Back in June, the IEEE suspended the working group developing 802.20, the wireless standard intended to compete with Intel's Wimax, because of allegations that Qualcomm was improperly influencing the group. Qualcomm first fought basing 802.20 on Flash-OFDM (first gen: 1.5Mbps, low latency) technology - then bought the company behind Flash-OFDM and supported it.

The real problem: the 802.20 working group chairman was revealed to have been on the Qualcomm payroll.

A report released this week by the Standards Board of the IEEE stated that "After completing our investigation and hearing from interested parties, the SASB unanimously concluded that the existing IEEE 802.20 process was not effectively serving the IEEE-SA goal of high-quality standards achieved through a fair and open process." The entire process is to be revamped, including excusing anyone in the decision making authority that might have a conflict of interest.