ZOI Zone of IoT The evolution of the ZBOSS Open Initiative

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+

Explore the ZBOSS Development Community →

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

ZOI Community

Nordic Semiconductor Texas Instruments NXP Amazon Synaptics onsemi Espressif General Dynamics Mission Systems

+ 11 Chip Vendors, Product Companies & System Integrators


Join ZOI

Interested in joining? Contact the ZOI team for more information.