What is the Bluetooth SIG ?
Original Post: Various Posts (SIG Forum) Date: 2000-08-22
Bluetooth is a specification for a
wireless technology, developed by members of the Bluetooth SIG (Special
Interest Group).
The SIG was founded in February 1998, and
initially consisted of the five companies Ericsson, Intel, Toshiba, Nokia
& IBM. Today more than 1800 companies have joined the SIG to work for
an open standard for the Bluetooth concept.
Today the SIG consists of 9 promoter members
Motorola, Lucent, Toshiba, Lucent, Microsoft, 3Com, IBM, Intel, Nokia
& Ericsson, and 1790 Adopter/Associate member companies. By signing a
zero cost agreement, companies can join the SIG and qualify for a
royalty-free licence to build products based on the Bluetooth technology.
To avoid different interpretations of the
Bluetooth standard regarding how a specific type of application should be
mapped to Bluetooth, the SIG has defined a number of user models and
protocol profiles. These are described in more detail in the section
entitled Bluetooth Usage Models and Profiles.
The SIG also works with a Qualification Process.
This process defines criteria for Bluetooth product qualification that
ensures that products that pass this process meet the Bluetooth
specification.
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