The original
companies, known as promoter companies, publicly announced the
global Bluetooth SIG in May 1998 and invited other companies to join
the Bluetooth SIG as Bluetooth adopters in return for a commitment to
support the Bluetooth specification. In July 1999, the Bluetooth SIG
published version 1.0 of the Bluetooth specification. In December
1999, four new promoter companies??”3Com, Agere, Microsoft, and
Motorola??”joined the Bluetooth SIG (Figure 1.1).
Since then, the awareness of Bluetooth wireless technology has
increased, and many other companies have joined the Bluetooth SIG as
adopters, which gives them a royalty-free license to produce Bluetooth-
Ericsson
1994
Ericsson
Intel
IBM
Nokia
Toshiba
1998
3Com
Agere
Microsoft
Motorola
1999
SIG
Formed
v1.0
Spec
2000 2001
v1.0b
Spec
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
v1.1 Spec v1.2 Spec v2.0 + EDR Spec
Thousands of Bluetooth SIG members
Figure 1.1 Bluetooth SIG time line.
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enabled products. Adopter companies also have early access to specifications
and the ability to comment on them. Interest in the Bluetooth SIG
has grown, and there are currently thousands of member companies.
These companies represent academia and a variety of industries.
Why is this technology called Bluetooth wireless technology? It was
named after a Danish Viking king, Harald Bla??tand,who ruled circa A.
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