Bluetooth

Technology

By Callum Bruce

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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is a privately held, not-for-profit trade association. The Special Interest Group was founded in September 1998. The Bluetooth SIG itself does not make, manufacture, or sell Bluetooth enabled products. The SIG has more than 9,000 member companies that are leaders in the telecommunications, computing, automotive, music, apparel, industrial automation, and network industries. SIG members drive development of Bluetooth wireless technology, and implement and market the technology in their products. The SIG has a small group of dedicated staff in Hong Kong, Sweden, and the USA. The Bluetooth SIG global headquarters are in Bellevue, Washington, USA and has local offices in Hong Kong and Malmo, Sweden.The SIG staff is comprised of Executive Director Michael Foley, Ph.D., Marketing Director, Anders Edlund, and a small staff of marketing, engineering, and operations professionals. In addition to the Bluetooth SIG staff, volunteers from member companies play key roles in furthering Bluetooth wireless technology and the organization behind it. Members support a number of working groups and committees that focus on specific areas, such as engineering, qualification, and marketing.The Bluetooth SIG includes Promoter member companies Ericsson, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, and Toshiba, and thousands of Associate and Adopter member companies.The Bluetooth NameBluetooth started as the code name for the association when it was first formed and the name stuck. The name "Bluetooth" is from the 10th century Danish King Harald Blatand - or Harold Bluetooth in English. King Blatand was instrumental in uniting warring factions in parts of what is now Norway, Sweden and Denmark - just as Bluetooth technology is designed to allow collaboration between differing industries such as the computing, mobile phone and automotive markets. Mission StatementStrengthen the Bluetooth brand by empowering SIG members to collaborate and innovate, creating the preferred wireless technology to connect diverse devices.More about the Bluetooth SIG

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•The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is formed with five companies.

•The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 400th member by the end of the year.

•The name Bluetooth is officially adopted.

•The Bluetooth 1.0 Specification is released.

•The Bluetooth SIG hosts the first Unplug Fest for member engineers.

•Bluetooth technology is awarded "Best of Show Technology Award" at COMDEX.

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First mobile phone.

First PC Card.

Prototype mouse and laptop demonstrated at CeBIT 2000.

Prototype USB dongle shown at COMDEX.

First chip to integrate radio frequency, baseband, microprocessor functions and Bluetooth wireless software.

First headset.

First printer.

First laptop.

First hands-free car kit.

First hands-free car kit with speech recongition.

The Bluetooth SIG, Inc. is formed as a privately held trade association.

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First keyboard and mouse combo.

First GPS receiver.

Bluetooth wireless qualified products now number 500.

IEEE approves the 802.15.1 specification to conform with Bluetooth wireless technology.

First digital camera.

First MP3 player.

Bluetooth Core Specification Version 1.2 adopted by the Bluetooth SIG.

Shipment of Bluetooth enabled products hits rate of 1 million per week.

First FDA-approved medical system.

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The Bluetooth SIG adopts Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR).

Bluetooth technology reaches an installed base of 250 million devices.

Product-shipment rate surpasses 3 million per week.

First stereo headphones.

Product shipments soar to 5 million chipsets per week.

The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 4,000th member.

The Bluetooth SIG Headquarters opens in Bellevue, WA; regional offices open in Malmo, Sweden and Hong Kong.

First sunglasses.

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First watch.

First picture frame.

Bluetooth wireless reaches an installed base of 1 billion devices.

Bluetooth enabled devices ship at a rate of 10 million per week.

The Bluetooth SIG announces it will integrate Bluetooth technology with the WiMedia Alliance version of UWB.

First alarm-clock radio.

First television.

The Bluetooth SIG welcomes its 9,000th member.

Bluetooth SIG Executive Director, Michael Foley, wins Telematics Leadership Award

Wibree Forum merges with Bluetooth SIG.

Core Specification v2.1 + EDR announced.

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