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Articles tagged with: Bluetooth Special Interest Group
2.5 Billion Bluetooth Low Energy Chipsets to Ship in 2014
The first Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) products are already lining up, ahead of a specification ratified by the Bluetooth SIG. According to a recent study from ABI Research, the BLE market will develop in two very separate stages. How well the players in each stage understand the technology and its potential will determine its success. more
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Bluetooth Technology Chosen as Health Device Standard
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the selection of Bluetooth wireless technology by Continua Health Alliance, the industry coalition of health care and technology companies charged with establishing a system of interoperable personal telehealth solutions. more
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Faster Bluetooth chips coming early next year
The next version of the Bluetooth wireless technology is expected to transfer data 10 times faster than the current incarnation. Gadgets using it could be on the market by early next year. more
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Consumer Awareness of Bluetooth At An All Time High
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has more to celebrate this week than just the 10th anniversary of its launch. According to an annual survey conducted by research firm Millward Brown, global awareness of Bluetooth technology is at an all time high with 85 percent of consumers recognizing the wireless technology. This is the fifth consecutive year awareness of Bluetooth technology has climbed, according to the annual survey conducted by research firm Millward Brown. more
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UWB to Have a Profound Impact on Future Mobile Device Communications
Wireless USB, based on the WiMedia Alliance's Ultrawideband (UWB) common radio platform which is promoted by USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), is slowly garnering attention from mobile device manufacturers as it has exhibited efficient power consumption. It is capable of transmitting data up to 480 Mbps at distances up to 3 meters and 110 Mbps at up to 10 meters. It is gradually being implemented in game controllers, digital cameras, portable media players (PMPs), and laptops. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has also announced that the next version of Bluetooth would be based on Wimedia's UWB common radio platform. more
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Mobile Users Will Be Winners with High Speed Bluetooth
High Speed Bluetooth - a new combination of Wi-Fi (802.11) and Bluetooth technologies, is certain to benefit users who transfer large multimedia files between wireless devices such as cellular handsets, according to a new Research Brief from ABI Research. more
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10 Years Since the Fomation of the Bluetooth Standard
Bluetooth technology, the global standard for short range wireless communications, turns 10-years-old this week. While the idea of Bluetooth technology was born over a decade ago, the first products didn't appear commercially until the year 2000. In that short time -- a span of eight years -- 1.5 billion Bluetooth enabled devices have been shipped, and the organization behind the technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, has grown from a handful of companies to 10,000 members. more
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Chinese Factory Raided - Counterfeit Bluetooth Accessories Seized
A police raid on a factory in Southern China has found thousands of products claiming to have official Bluetooth accreditation without permission from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) trade group. During the law enforcement action on September 12, Technical Supervisory Bureau and Public Security Bureau (the "Chinese Authorities"), based on information provided by the Bluetooth SIG, found over 4,000 units of trademark infringing earpieces and thousands of electronic parts and components waiting to be assembled at the suspected company - Shenzhen Wanshuo Digital Technology in Shenzhen. more
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Raid on Unapproved Bluetooth Products
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced a successful raid against a factory in Shenzhen, China suspected of infringing upon the Bluetooth SIG's registered trademarks by manufacturing Bluetooth products bearing the Bluetooth trademark and logo without the authority of the mark owner, Bluetooth SIG, and without going through the Bluetooth Qualification Program. more
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Bluetooth Group Opens Global HQ
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is setting up its new global headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, USA - just down the road from the HQ of T-Mobile USA incidentally. With additional operations in Malmo, Sweden and Hong Kong, and members in 78 countries around the globe, the Pacific Northwest will act as a global gateway for staff and members traveling in and out of the region. more
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