CTIA, Bluetooth SIG Team to Strengthen Bluetooth Interoperability Standards
November 9, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), the Wireless Association and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), issued an agreement designed to help carriers increase the quality and consistency of Bluetooth wireless technology implementations in mobile phones.
The agreement enables the CTIA and the SIG to work together to provide consumers with a better Bluetooth technology user experience when using their devices, according to the SIG.
The initial focus will be on improving connectivity and the user experience between mobile phones, headsets, stereo headsets and car kits.
Later collaborative efforts will focus on Bluetooth printing, file transfer and input applications when connecting mobile phones with printers, computers, peripherals, mobile phones and other devices.
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless are supporting the agreement and working with the CTIA and the SIG on the new guidelines, said the SIG.
The joint program will require companies wishing to certify products to the CTIA standards to:
- Qualify the Bluetooth design using standard SIG testing tools and guidelines.
- Use the SIG's profile tuning suite (PTS) and PTS-extended interoperability testing suites to verify device interoperability on the end product.
- List the Bluetooth product on the end-user product list (EPL) at Bluetooth.com.
- Use CTIA certified labs to test the device.
- CTIA certified labs will be Bluetooth SIG associate members and required to provide feedback on any issues identified in the specifications or test cases to the Bluetooth SIG and CTIA.
The Bluetooth SIG's test plan generator will also be used to track the enhanced requirements and to help companies establish their test plans.
The agreement comes at a time when mobile phones are becoming the central personal electronic device in a consumer’s life, said the SIG.
IMS announced that 63% of mobile phones in North America include Bluetooth technology, according to the SIG.
In the U.S., more than 75% of consumers recognize the Bluetooth brand while the technology continues to expand providing applications using high speed and ultra low power to be introduced next year, said the SIG.
Source: Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).