Bluetooth is now mature, say industry watchers

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Bluetooth is now mature, say industry watchers

Queenie Ng, Oct 27 2003

After years of evolution and many technical challenges later, Bluetooth has finally entered the maturity stage.

Unveiled in 1998, the wireless technology is designed to replace cables between mobile devices. It has a data transfer speed of up to 720Kbps within a range of 10 metres, and up to 100 metres with a power boost.

According to Frost & Sullivan, the worldwide Bluetooth chipset market only saw an annual shipment of below 10 million units in 2001. However, the market demand more than tripled to around 34 million units in 2002.

“Bluetooth has hit a major milestone in its evolution and even critics would be hard-pressed to name any other wireless communications technology that managed to achieve the volume and diversity of Bluetooth in just six years," said Carles Ferreiro, consultant, Frost & Sullivan.

He attributed the progress of the technology to its stable specification. “The specifications of Bluetooth have reached a stage where interoperability between devices is seldom an issue and interference with other radio technologies is an increasingly disappearing concern," he said.

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