Bluetooth History
The name Bluetooth was derived from the Danish king Harald
Blatand (Bluetooth), who is credited with uniting the people from Scandinavia
during the tenth century. The Bluetooth SIG (Special Interest Group) was formed
in February 1998. The original founding members of Bluetooth SIG consisted of
Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba.
By June 2001, the member list of participating companies
exceeded 2400. The role of the SIG is to develop the specifications for
Bluetooth as per the requirements, promote and market the technology and brand
name, handle legal and regulatory issues, and certify the Bluetooth products
that meet the conformance and interoperability requirements. Any company, by
signing a zero-cost agreement, has complete access to the SIG specifications and
can qualify for a royalty-free license to build products based on the Bluetooth
technology.
The Bluetooth SIG completed the initial specification work and
released the first version of the official Bluetooth standard in July
1999.
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