Bluetooth

SAN JOSE, California, United States-While much has been promised for the short-range wireless technology Bluetooth, the delivery has been less than sparkling with delays to the specification, higher-than-anticipated chipset costs …

AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola’s Semiconductor Products Sector released the MC72000, an advanced integrated Bluetooth radio solution for wireless devices. The new solution reportedly increases radio operating ranges while decreasing interference from other …

BOSTON-TDK Systems introduced its Bluetooth application version 1.3 software designed to allow Bluetooth devices to exchange voice, images and data in support of advanced applications including MMS and imaging applications.The …

Wireless technology, from Wi-Fi to Bluetooth to GSM and CDMA, served a major role during the Comdex show, with attendees getting a peek at some of the latest initiatives in …

PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to release a new personal digital assistant with integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth capabilities during the Comdex show in Las Vegas next week, according to reports. …

LONDON-The Bluetooth industry received a boost from a Frost & Sullivan report noting the wireless technology has progressed from its simple cable replacement origins, with different deployment models anticipated from …

SAN DIEGO-JABRA Corp. will take part in a San Diego Trolley advertising program tied to Super Bowl XXXVII, to be held in San Diego in January. The promotion entails an …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Cambridge Silicon Radio signed a volume price agreement with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co, Ltd. to purchase 1 million BlueCore2 Bluetooth chips from CSR next year. SEMCO is expected to use …

DANVERS, Mass.-TUV America Inc. and 7 layers Inc. have partnered to establish a Bluetooth laboratory in Irvine, Calif., at 7 layers’ new facilities. The laboratory offers services for Bluetooth development, …

SAN DIEGO-JABRA Corp. said its JABRA FreeSpeak BT200 wireless headset, which uses Bluetooth technology to give users hands-free access to Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones, will be supported by the recently released …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Anritsu Co. has paired with Centro de Tecnologia de las Comunicaciones, S.A. (Cetecom Spain) to create a Bluetooth test solution that incorporates Anritsu’s ME7865A Bluetooth pre-qualification test system and …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-In addition to mobile handsets, Bluetooth is poised for growth across several industries and geographic markets according to a comprehensive report on Bluetooth technologies from Allied Business Intelligence. …

HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong’s wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. released its long-awaited GSM/Wideband-CDMA mobile phone, the 6650, a major step for carriers worldwide looking to build out W-CDMA networks. Nokia said the phone works on 900/1800 …

IRVINE, Calif.-Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc. launched a Bluetooth SDIO card designed to bring wireless capabilities to mobile and digital consumer products equipped with a Secure Digital Card slot. Toshiba …

CHICAGO-Socket Communications Inc. has added Bluetooth capability to its In-Hand Scan Cards, making it possible for Pocket PCs, Pen Tablets, or other wireless devices to incorporate bar code scanners with …

SAN DIEGO-The first International Wireless Symposium, scheduled to be held October 2-4, 2002, in San Diego, will be attended by wireless experts specializing in third-generation technologies, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, according …

SAN DIEGO-Antenna manufacturer Ethertronics announced Techmove Electronics will sell its patented antenna technology to wireless operators and handset manufacturers in Korea. According to the agreement, Techmove will sell Ethertronics’ entire …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group Inc. named Anders Edlund marketing director where he will initially focus on increasing the worldwide focus on SIG marketing efforts, developing long-term plans …

SAN DIEGO-Silicon Wave Inc. licensed Widcomm Inc.’s BTW Bluetooth communications software for its dual-mode mini-PCI Card Reference Design featuring Blue802 Technology. Under the agreement Silicon Wave said it can now …

TOKYO-Omron, a pioneer of automated control equipment, developed what the company called a next-generation ticket gate system that lets mobile-phone users go through gates without train tickets, the firm announced. …

JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore’s PSB Corporation is leading the provision of full Bluetooth compliance testing services in the Southeast Asia region. Centro de Technologia de las Communicaciones (CETECOM), a global supplier of …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a next-generation FOMA-compatible two-part terminal made up of a personal digital assistant base unit with a Bluetooth wireless handset. The base unit …

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AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Cambridge Silicon Radio launched a ready-engineered example of a Bluetooth headset, which the company said would make it quicker for companies to produce their own lower cost headsets …