Wibree Forum Merges With Bluetooth SIG

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Wibree Forum Merges With Bluetooth SIG

Bluetooth Technology Expands for Ultra Low Power PAN Applications With
Nokia's Wibree
BELLEVUE, Washington and ESPOO, Finland, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the more than 8,000-company
strong trade association responsible for advancing Bluetooth wireless
technology, joined Nokia (NYSE:NOK) today in announcing that the Wibree
forum, the group specifying the Nokia developed ultra low power wireless
technology, will be merged with the Bluetooth SIG.
With this announcement, the Wibree specification will become part of
the Bluetooth specification as an ultra low power Bluetooth technology.
Because Wibree addresses devices with very low battery capacity and can be
easily integrated with Bluetooth technology, it will round out Bluetooth
technology's wireless Personal Area Networking (PAN) offering and
strengthen the technology's ability to provide wireless connectivity for
smaller devices.
"By including or referencing other wireless technologies like ultra
wideband for high speed applications, near field communication (NFC) for
association and now Wibree for ultra low power applications under the
well-established Bluetooth profiles, we are opening up a host of new
applications and functionality while keeping the user experience
consistent," said Michael Foley, Ph. D. executive director, Bluetooth SIG.
"Our members have been asking for an ultra low power Bluetooth solution.
With Nokia's innovative development and contribution to the Bluetooth
specification with Wibree, we will be able to deliver this in approximately
one year."
Wibree's development started at the Nokia Research Center in 2001.
Wibree was announced to a broader audience in October of 2006 and Nokia
stated its intention to incorporate the technology and its current forum
into an open, preferably existing industry forum to ensure Wibree's wide
adoption.
"The development work for Wibree began when we discovered a series of
interesting new use scenarios that no current local connectivity solution
was addressing. Now we are happy to see Wibree become part of the open
Bluetooth standard, opening new market opportunities and space to innovate
for the industry," said Jarkko Sairanen, Vice President of Corporate
Strategy for Nokia. "Including Wibree within an existing forum will ensure
interoperability and its wide and fast adoption. The Bluetooth SIG is the
optimal new home for Wibree."
To this day Broadcom, Casio, CSR, Epson, ItoM, Logitech, Nordic
Semiconductor, ST Microelectronics, Suunto, Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. and Texas
Instruments have contributed to the interoperability specification,
profiles and use case definition of Wibree in their respective areas of
expertise and will continue this work in the Bluetooth SIG working groups.
Several new companies, including device, watch and access systems
manufacturers will join the finalization of the specification. Once the
specification is finalized, the technology will be made broadly available
to the industry via the Bluetooth SIG.
"Nokia's contribution of its Wibree technology into the Bluetooth SIG
as the basis for ultra low power Bluetooth specifications will continue to
enhance the consumer experience of connecting to anything and anyone from
anywhere with Bluetooth wireless technology," said John R. Barr, Ph.D.,
chairman of the Bluetooth SIG board of directors. "This new technology, as
the basis of a wide range of ultra low power devices, is a commendable
advancement in Bluetooth technology."
From the start, Wibree was designed to work with two implementation
options - as an easily implemented extension to a classic Bluetooth radio,
and as a stand-alone implementation
The Bluetooth SIG recognized the potential of Wibree to enhance current
Bluetooth use cases around the mobile phone and PC by bringing very low
power, sensor type devices into the fold. The ultra low power extension
will allow watches and toys, as well as sports & wellness, healthcare and
entertainment devices to be easily added to one's personal area network.
This opens a new range of mobile possibilities for end users.
By leveraging Bluetooth technology's high consumer awareness (86
percent globally), the Bluetooth SIG's large membership and proven
development and qualification programs, the ultra low power solution will
be integrated faster and at a lower cost to the industry and consumers.
Thanks to its innovative design, Wibree consumes only a fraction of the
power of classic Bluetooth radios. In many cases it makes it possible to
operate these devices for more than a year without recharging.
As stated in his March 2007 ABI Research Short Range Wireless Service,
research Director Stuart Carlaw predicted a $432 milllion, 809 million
device industry for Wibree by 2012. Carlaw said, "We believe [Wibree] is a
unique technology that can leverage the very positive market position of
Bluetooth technology in segments such as medical, sports equipment and
well-being, where the total available market is extremely large and still
relatively untouched."
The work of integrating the low power technology within the existing
Bluetooth specification has begun and the first version of the
specification is anticipated during first half of 2008.
Live audiocast
Bluetooth SIG and Nokia are hosting a live audiocast for media at 16:00
CET today, accessible at: http://www.nokia.com/press
The audiocast will include a presentation by Michael Foley, Executive
Director Bluetooth SIG and Harri Tulimaa, Head of Technology Out-Licensing,
Nokia. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A where questions can be
submitted through the audiocast system. The audiocast will also be
available on-demand approximately one hour after the live presentation
terminates at: http://www.nokia.com/press
A follow up Q&A session for media will be held at 19:00 CET (13:00 pm
EDT, 10:00 am PDT). Please go to
https://lobby.mc.iconf.net/GCC/conferencing/partaccess.asp?ba=6 and enter
meeting number 751575
If you do not have internet access and want to attend the follow up Q&A
session please dial:
From the US 800-4105-734
From the UK 0800-032-4517
From Germany 089-244-43-26-33
From France 01-7099-3402
From other countries +1-800-4105-734
And when prompted enter meeting number *751575*.
About Nokia
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth
and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people
to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and
innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging,
games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and
services for network operators and corporations.
About Bluetooth(R) Wireless Technology
Bluetooth wireless technology is the global short-range wireless
standard for personal connectivity of a broad range of electronic devices.
The technology is now available in its fourth version of the core
specification and continues to develop, building on its inherent strengths
- small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security,
robustness, ease-of-use, and ad hoc networking abilities. More than five
new Bluetooth enabled products are qualified every working day and 13
million Bluetooth units are shipping per week. The installed base of
Bluetooth devices is one billion and climbing, making it the only proven
choice for developers, product manufacturers, and consumers worldwide.
About the Bluetooth SIG
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), comprised of leaders in the
telecommunications, computing, consumer electronics, automotive and network
industries, is driving development of Bluetooth wireless technology and
bringing it to market. The Bluetooth SIG includes Promoter group companies
Agere, Ericsson, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Motorola, Nokia and Toshiba,
along with over 7000 Associate and Adopter member companies. The Bluetooth
SIG, Inc. headquarters are located in Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. For more
information please visit http://www.Bluetooth.com.
The Bluetooth word mark and logo are registered trademarks and are
owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Inc.
Pictures of Wibree logo and use cases are available at http://www.wibree.com
Media assets (stills and video) to accompany stories about Bluetooth
wireless technology are available on Bluetooth.com, hosted by The
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