One ecosystem
Multiple technologies
Proven with Zigbee ·
Expanding Across IoT
Zone of IoT (ZOI) is a collaborative IoT software ecosystem built on the proven ZBOSS Open Initiative model. It brings companies together around production-ready technologies, combining shared development, predictable licensing, and long-term technology advancement.
Development Communities
Join a ZBOSS or OneNR+ to advance proven IoT technologies.
Flexible Add-On Products
Complementary products available through simple, individual licensing.
A Collaborative Development Model
Member Companies
- Production needs
- Market feedback
- Roadmap priorities
DSR Engineering & Development
- Development
- Testing & CI
- Maintenance & Support
Continuous Improvement
- Shared innovation
- Sustainable development
- Long-term value
Reduce cost and time-to-market
Improve security response
Drive interoperability across the device ecosystem
What Members Get
ZOI combines production-ready software, shared investment, and direct participation in technology development, helping companies reduce costs, accelerate product development, and maintain competitive products over time.

Access to source code and development tools
Get full access to the source code and essential development tools to build, customize, and maintain your products.

Royalty-free license
Use the technology with simple, transparent licensing options with no royalty fees.

Regular updates for the selected product
Receive ongoing updates with new features, improvements, and bug fixes for the selected product.

Knowledgeable support team and annual support hours
Work with an experienced support team and receive annual support hours to help you succeed.

Participation in a community using the same production technology
Join a collaborative community of companies using the same proven technology, share knowledge, and help shape its evolution.
How Members Engage
Explore
Access datasheets, architecture, evaluation versions, hardware requirements, testing/tools and high-level documentation.
Participate
Join Development Communities for technologies you use and shape the roadmap at the Core membership level.
License
Accelerate product development with complementary products through streamlined, royalty-free licensing.
Build & Maintain
Access source assets, testing procedures, documentation, updates and support based on membership level.
Two Ways to Participate in ZOI
Explore the ZOI Portfolio
Production-ready technologies for today’s and tomorrow’s IoT products.
Development Communities
For strategic technologies requiring ongoing collaborative development.
ZBOSS
Zigbee (GreenBOSS)
OneNR+ (Coming soon)
DECT NR+
Flexible Add-On Products
For complementary IoT software available through individual licensing.
- Smart Gateway Middleware
- X-to-Matter Bridge
- DSR Matter Controller
- zHome IoT Framework
- zRemote ZVD Mobile App
Flexible Licensing Options
Choose the option that best fits your product and business needs.
Annual Subscription
- Predictable annual fees
- Ongoing updates and support (for Development Communities)
- Option to convert to perpetual licensing
One-Time Perpetual License
- One-time licensing fee
- Source code or binary options
- Optional maintenance and support (for add-on products)
No Per-Unit Royalties.Licensing costs are independent of product volumes.
Why Join ZOI
If you are developing products with Zigbee, DECT NR+ or other strategic IoT technologies, ZOI is for you. A Development Community is the most cost-effective and efficient way to start up and maintain development for your company. The member-source approach reduces the need for in-house stack maintenance, and platform interoperability protects you from chip shortages and predatory vendor agreements.
Semiconductor Vendors
- Get access to proven protocol stack source code and insight into the implementation details
- Focus on serving your customers with great hardware, while stack maintenance is shared by the community
- Take advantage of simplified licensing mechanisms, exclusive to members
- Vote and influence the direction of feature development
- Contribute to ongoing development, submit bug reports and apply the latest community fixes
- Receive extensive support from the DSR ZOI team
Consumer Product Companies
- Gain the freedom to choose your hardware: keep your application as-is across platforms
- Secure your investment by getting control over all of the software layers
- Have a platform-agnostic solution and avoid being tied to any one hardware vendor
- Debug and improve your products at any level of development
- Drive development by contributing new ideas, feature requests and fixes
- Receive extensive support from the DSR ZOI team
Service Providers
- Understand the wireless stack from within, to build more efficient services on top
- Be more proactive: source code access gives your support team the insight to address customer requests
- Build custom services and speed up your reaction time
Test Houses
- Get the inside view on the latest protocol implementations
- Model software implementations more accurately and conduct more in-depth certification and testing
- Access test tools used by software development companies
- Get a head start on planning for new releases and standards
Join ZOI
Interested in joining? Contact the ZOI team for more information.







