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Bluetooth Explained

The manufacturers of new and advanced technologies have created a type of wireless connection called Bluetooth that offers the possibility of establishing a wireless connection with a short-range radio link. This latest generation system has been created in order to facilitate communication between fixed and mobile units, eliminating cables and connectors. There are more than 300,000 devices all over the world that use Bluetooth -- including electronic telecommunications equipment, personal computers, cell phones, digital cameras, printers and so on. It is becoming VERY widely accepted.

Bluetooth's structure was composed by leading hardware and software companies. The Bluetooth technology has been expanded by the main and the most important manufacturers in the telecommunication sector -- Ericsson, Nokia, Toshiba, IBM, Intel and others. More new technologies will begin to use Bluetooth in the very near future and we will see this equipment in BOTH the office and in the house.

Bluetooth services have started to be utilized with great acceptance by the mobile phones companies, as well as electronic and medical instruments, and private industrial users. The range of Bluetooth can stretch up to 100 meters due to its wavelenght of 2.4 GHz.  The Bluetooth wavelength does not require a license or any additional costs for service. To use Bluetooth with GSM service, one has to have a contract with a cellular phone network. Bluetooth's small size, reduced cost of the chips, and the low-energy needs have caused Bluetooth technology to be one of the fastest new technology adoptions in history.