The Bluetooth SIG announced that it is now able to reduce the product listing price for Associate and Adopter members who take advantage of the organization’s Profile Tuning Suite (PTS), because of the efficiencies it achieves in the qualification process. This one-of-a-kind tool, created by the Bluetooth SIG for its members, automates profile testing to reduce the cost and time associated with qualification and better ensures Bluetooth device interoperability at the application level.
The Bluetooth SIG works to maintain Bluetooth technology’s leadership in the personal area networking (PAN) market by evolving and developing programs and tools for its members. As more devices are developed by more companies and with increased functionality, the need for a standardized, efficient qualification tool is greater than ever. Bluetooth product qualification is at an all time high, setting records for number of products qualified in both January and February of 2006. Stuart Carlaw of ABI Research concludes in his March 16, 2006, global report that the market for Bluetooth radios will grow by 71 percent to a level just over 500 million radio shipments in 2006.
“In anticipation of continued rapid growth for Bluetooth technology, we have developed tools like the PTS that can automate the qualification process to decrease cost and increase quality,” said Michael Foley, Ph. D., executive director of the Bluetooth SIG. “Members that use the PTS during qualification will not only receive a discount, but will catch bugs in their products earlier, reducing cost and time-to-market and increasing customer satisfaction.”
“Microsoft has benefited greatly by using the PTS and by collaborating with the Bluetooth SIG to develop the PTS tests for the Human Interface Device (HID) profile,” said Peter Hauser, hardware test engineer for Microsoft. “The Bluetooth HID profile is a critical component of Microsoft’s Bluetooth enabled peripherals and PTS has helped ensure that end-users receive an excellent Bluetooth experience. By using PTS, we have also greatly reduced Bluetooth HID qualification testing time which results in reduced costs and a faster time-to-market for our end-products.”-By Jonathan Cheah
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