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What is Bluetooth Wireless Technology?
Bluetooth wireless technology is the global wireless standard for personal connectivity that is appropriate for a broad range of electronic devices – from mobile phones and headsets to cars, MP3 players, cameras and printers. The range of Bluetooth technology is application specific meanining that although the Core Specification mandates minimums, there is not a limit and manufacturers may tune the range of their implementations to the use cases they are enabling.
Inherent Strengths:
- Small form factor radio
- Low power
- Low cost
- Built-in security
- Full featured via Bluetooth profiles
- Ease-of-use
- Ad hoc networking capabilities
- Does not require line-of-sight
- Backwards compatible
- Application-specific range
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Who is the Bluetooth Special Interest Group?
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is a trade association comprised of leaders in the wireless, telecommunications, computing, automotive, industrial automation and network industries, all working together to drive the development of Bluetooth wireless technology. The Bluetooth SIG is a privately held association and is not publicly traded.
Members
- Promoters: Ericsson, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia, Toshiba
- Over 13,000 Associate and Adopter member companies
Executive Director
Michael Foley, Ph. D., Bluetooth SIG
Founded
September 1998
Headquarters
5209 Lake Washington Blvd. NE, Suite 350
Kirkland, WA 98033
USA
- Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0 – Adopted by the Bluetooth SIG in December 2009, this version of the Core Specification includes the hallmark Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, which provides an ultra low power option for manufacturers of small devices that run on coin-cell batteries, expanding a number of new markets such as smart energy and enhancing existing markets including healthcare, sports and fitness, and security for Bluetooth technology.
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