Market potential of Bluetooth Low Energy Technology
Extend Your Personal Area Network
Bluetooth low energy technology extends your personal area network (PAN) to include Bluetooth enabled devices that are powered by small, coin-cell batteries. With low energy technology, sports and health care equipment, human interface (HIDs) and entertainment devices are enhanced. The technology can be built into products such as watches, wireless keyboards, gaming and sports sensors, which can then connect and communicate with to host devices such as mobile phones and personal computers.
In a market full of narrow, local, proprietary connectivity solutions, Bluetooth low energy technology differentiates itself through its:
- Ease of implementation and multi-vendor interoperability
- Ultra-low peak, average and idle mode power consumption
- Low cost of integration
- Power handling
- Resistance to interference
Bluetooth low energy technology enhances existing use cases and enables new ones, widening the marketplace for Bluetooth wireless technology.
New Research and Trials Underway on Bluetooth Low Energy Technology
Bluetooth low energy technology will open many new and interesting market segments. To help develop this market and help mobile operators better understand new revenue opportunities, we've chosen one market segment to focus on initially: Health and Fitness.
The Bluetooth SIG teamed up beginning in September 2010 with industry leaders in health and fitness, phone manufacturers, IMS Research and a major mobile operator to begin research and trials of new Bluetooth low energy technology products focused on health and fitness.
Learn More About Low Energy Technology
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