Ericsson continued to talk with other companies, now determined to create a consortium to

develop and push the technology across a variety of business disciplines. They were searching

for the right industry mix—ideally, market leaders in mobile telephony, portable computing,

and digital signal processing (DSP) chip technology.

That mix was achieved in early 1998, when Ericsson formed a close working relationship

with Nokia (mobile telephony), IBM and Toshiba (portable computing), and Intel (DSP

chips). All of these companies (along with Ericsson, of course) were instrumental in

developing various aspects of what was to become the Bluetooth wireless technology.