The Bluetooth Special Interest Group recently approved a ZTE phone with Verizon branding on it. This would be the first ZTE phone picked up by Verizon if it goes on sale. The SIG's documents confirm the ZTE phone has ...

Companies in today's briefs include: Bluetrek Technologies, 1020 Placecast, Novatel Wireless, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, InterDigital, ROK Entertainment Group, Spoken Communications, USA Mobility.

Bluetooth Low Energy is a new open standard that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is trying to make popular. Its kind of hard without any chips on the market that support the new standard, but Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN) is looking to fix that with the CC2540. Its a complete system on chip that

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has said that Bluetooth 4.0 will be featured in products by the end of Q4 2010The new low-powered Bluetooth 4.0 standard will start to be implemented before the end of the year, with devices likely to be available in time for Christmas. Whilst v2.1 is the current standard seen in many smartphones and wireless headsets on the market currently, the Bluetooth SIG ...

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has formally adopted Bluetooth low energy, the low-power wireless technology originally developed by Nokia as Wibree. Read the full story here.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced the formal adoption of its next generation Bluetooth v3.0 + HS wireless connectivity technology on April 21, 2009, at the SIG Annual All-Hands meeting in Tokyo. Today, chip manufacturers Atheros, Broadcom and CSR announced products based on the new high speed spec. Atheros has received Bluetooth certification for

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced the adoption of Bluetooth low energy wireless technology, which is the hallmark feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. The organization says that as an enhancement to the specification, Bluetooth low...

Wireless transfer of large format entertainment data — music, video, and photos — between devices at short range is imminent. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced a new way it will provide for consumers' growing need for speed.The Bluetooth SIG is developing an innovative method of radio substitution. It will allow the well

Low power for high health The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has approved a low-power variant of the wireless standard, taking on Zigbee and Z-Wave and targeting heath care applications.… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has finally adopted 3.0, a much zippier version of the wireless data transfer solution. It utilizes the 802.11 radio protocol, enabling transfer of much larger files, and offers better power use. SIG member Broadcom already has projects in the works. - The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) formally adopted the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 3.0...