The inexpensive wireless platform is poised to take over short-range systems. Few standards in the history of computing have taken off like Bluetooth, a radio-frequency-based short-range wireless-connectivity technology. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG)—founded by Intel, IBM, Ericsson, Nokia, and Toshiba and serving as a resource for companies interested in Bluetooth development—has grown to more than 1,200 member companies. Four more major companies—Microsoft, 3Com, Lucent, and Motorola—have united with the original founders to form the Bluetooth Promoter Group. All these vendors are committed to advancing Bluetooth as the next ubiquitous standard for short-range wireless connectivity, and anyone interested in wireless would be foolhardy to bet against it.
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