February 28, 2012 Antenova has announced that Deutsche Telekom has approved Antenova for its global M2M Partner Program. Having met the selection criteria for quality and leadership position in the M2M value chain, Antenova is joining a select group of authorized vendors for partnering with the M2M Competence Center at Deutsch Telekom. Read more

February 27, 2012 Libelium has launched a Wifi module for the Waspmote sensor platform. The radio module adds an extra layer of intelligence to the nodes allowing them to send the collected data to any web server in the Cloud. The Wifi sensor nodes will also be capable of sending data to any iPhone or Android device nearby by creating direct links with them. Read more

February 23, 2012 Imec and Holst Centre announce a 2.3-/2.4-GHz transmitter for wireless sensor applications compliant with 4 wireless standards (IEEE802.15.6/4/4g and Bluetooth Low Energy). Read more

February 23, 2012 Cambridge Consultants will demonstrate its latest Bluetooth low energy (BLE) iPhone 4S applications using CSR’s BLE devices at this year’s Mobile World Congress. Cambridge Consultants recently worked with CSR on tools and example device software that assists developers wishing to create applications for Apple's latest iPhone and Mac products; one key target group for this being the growing mobile health (mHealth) market. Read more

February 22, 2012 Medical electronics researchers showed advances in self-propelled implants and body area networks at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference. Read more

February 22, 2012 Sampling now, the nRF8002 extends Nordic Semiconductor's Bluetooth low energy offering with a cost-optimized, ultra-low power, and easy to design-in single chip for Bluetooth Smart (as Bluetooth low energy will now be marketed to consumers) tags and accessories. Read more

February 14, 2012 ConnectBlue has launched a Bluetooth module based on the latest Bluetooth Specification Version 4.0, featuring Bluetooth low energy technology. The Bluetooth low energy platform module OLP425 can either be delivered as is with digital and analog GPIOs or complete with battery, temperature sensor, accelerometers, and humidity sensor. Read more

February 14, 2012 Over the next five years, wireless connectivity to mobile devices and the Internet will redefine the mainstream products within the home audio market. Despite differences in capabilities, form factors, and usage scenarios, a variety of home audio products will all increasingly incorporate wireless functionality in order to play audio streamed from mobile devices, home networks, and the Internet. Read more

February 1, 2012 The Wi-Fi chipset market continues to march forward at a brisk pace as a growing number of consumer electronics are integrating Wi-Fi. As the demand for devices with Wi-Fi connectivity grows, and as prices for chipsets decrease, new markets for Wi-Fi are opening in areas traditionally dominated by other wireless connectivity standards. Read more

January 11, 2012 Nordic Semiconductor ASA has chosen CES to demonstrate the company's upcoming nRFready μBlue Smart Remote reference design -— claimed to be the world's first Bluetooth low energy/Smart advanced navigation remote for connected TVs and set-top boxes. Based on Nordic's market leading μBlue nRF8001, the reference design has been developed to take remote controls for connected TVs to the next level by delivering advanced navigation features such as multi-touch and motion control, plus QWERTY keyboard, while offering up to one year of battery life and compatibility with any Bluetooth Smart Ready TV. Read more

January 6, 2012 Spreadtrum Communications, a fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G and 3G wireless communications standards, has introduced 1-GHz Android smartphone platforms for TD-SCDMA (SC8810) and EDGE/WiFi (SC6820) and announced that both products are now sampling with customers. Read more

January 5, 2012 The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has announced it will demonstrate more than 75 new products and prototypes at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show. Demos will be held from January 10 through January 13, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Read more

January 2, 2012 Laird Technologies has released the APG BT W400 wireless access point gateway, which is ideal for M2M wireless communications and for connecting Bluetooth® enabled devices in a Personal Area Network to an IP network via an Ethernet or WLAN interface. Read more

December 15, 2011 IDT International Limited is claiming to have developed the world's first Bluetooth low energy (or Bluetooth Smart) blood pressure monitor, which is expected to be ready to go into volume production by March 2012 after receiving final US FDA and MDD (Europe) medical certification. Read more

December 15, 2011 The IEEE 802.15.4 IC market will grow to over $1.1 billion in 2016 — up from just $90 million in 2010. Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is still a key adoption market and there is significant impetus behind the continuation of this market. Read more

November 30, 2011 Nokia Research is courting partners and expanding Bluetooth as part of an initiative on indoor location-based services. The company aims to leverage its handset and mapping products to enable a wide range of services including indoor navigation and retail analytics. Read more

November 21, 2011 Nordic Semiconductor has announced plans to refresh its 2.4 GHz product line in the next nine months and debuted a reference design for a connected TV remote control using its current chips. Read more

November 16, 2011 As medical sensors monitoring both people and their environment proliferate, Freescale Semiconductor aims to reintegrate them with a home health hub (HHH) reference design that handles all popular wired and wireless protocols—a kind of universal router for connecting cloud computers to home health care. Read more

November 7, 2011 A handful of standards will drive new smartphone uses and interoperability, but some pose challenges. In addition, it could take four to six months before Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich, becomes widely available in handsets, said a Motorola Mobility executive. Read more

October 27, 2011 Austriamicrosystems has made two additions to the company’s Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) IC family for improved hearing in noisy environments. Both the AS3400 and AS3420 feature the lowest power available, resulting in at least 20% longer battery life than other ANC solutions. Read more

October 27, 2011 The platform is capable of sensing the flow of Bluetooth devices in a given street, roadway or passageway while differentiating hands-free car kits from pedestrian phones. Sensor data is then transferred by a multi-hop ZigBee radio, via an internet gateway, to a server. The traffic measurements can then be analysed to address congestion of either vehicle or pedestrian traffic. Read more

October 24, 2011 As the number of mobile payment users grows to over 375 million in 2015, the demand for devices with near field communications (NFC) grows as well. The latest research from In-Stat forecasts that adoption of this technology will push global annual shipments of NFC chips to over 1.2 billion by 2015. Read more

October 19, 2011 Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced a global distribution deal with leading distributor Mouser Electronics – a subsidiary of TTI Inc., and part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Read more

October 12, 2011 Ultrawideband is back. The IMEC research institute will describe and demonstrate early next year a chip set using the technology that sunk a handful of startups a few years ago. UWB rode up and down the hype curve in the past decade as Intel and others tried to harness it as the transport for wireless USB, outfitted with the WiMedia air interface for 100 Mbit/second data rates. Read more

October 4, 2011 EM Microelectronic has announced at the Bluetooth Technology Conference 2011 in Munich, Germany, the Bluetooth V4.0 qualification of its EM9301, the latest member of the company’s CoolRF circuits family. Read more

September 16, 2011 Armed with a new deal to integrate its MEMS sensor algorithms into Texas Instruments's ZigBee-based radio frequency for consumer electronics (RF4CE) hardware platform—RemoTI—Hillcrest Laboratories Inc., hopes to penetrate further into the fast growing markets for MEMS-based motion-control interfaces for Smart TV, streaming video, motion-based gaming and 3-D gesture control. Read more

September 15, 2011 ConnectBlue is expanding its Bluetooth module range with the Bluetooth Serial Port Module OBS421 which is designed for Bluetooth v4.0 featuring Bluetooth low energy technology. The ready-to-embed OBS421 module is a mid-range module tailored for the especially tough demands of industrial and medical applications. Read more

September 14, 2011 Laird Technologies has released its latest BTM 440/441/442/443 Bluetooth® Enhanced Data modules that meet full FCC, CE and Bluetooth SIG approvals and comply with the Bluetooth 2.1 standard. They are also available in either AT command or Multipoint API modes by default. Read more

September 5, 2011 Mouser is now stocking the Panasonic PAN1317/PAN1327 Bluetooth RF modules, which feature both Dynastream's dual-mode Area Network Technology (ANT+) software protocol and Bluetooth v4.0 connectivity. This combination is claimed to create a low cost, ultra-low power wireless networking solution for short range applications. Read more

August 30, 2011 Texas Instruments Incorporated has launched ten Bluetooth low energy technology (Bluetooth v4.0) profiles with associated sample applications to boost market development of Bluetooth low energy-compliant sensor devices. The Bluetooth low energy application software is a part of TI's BLE-Stack, and is available royalty-free to all using TI's CC2540 Bluetooth low energy system-on-chip (SoC). Read more

August 17, 2011 Bluetooth wireless technology continues to evolve and expand, taking advantage of the desirable attributes it possesses: small-form factor radio, low power, low cost, built-in security, robustness, ease-of-use, and ad-hoc networking abilities. The latest In-Stat research is forecasting continued success, with expected Bluetooth-enabled device shipments to exceed 2 billion in 2013. Read more

August 10, 2011 Claimed to be the industry’s lowest-power contactless short-range communication transceiver, TI says the TRF7970A extends battery life up to 2 times longer than competitive products, as it provides eight selectable power modes ranging from <1 µA in power-down mode to 120 mA in full-power mode. Read more

August 8, 2011 Nordic Semiconductor ASA has completed wireless communication tests between a prototype design for a small, low-cost Bluetooth low energy proximity fob and Broadcom’s BCM4330, the industry’s first combo chip solution certified to the Bluetooth 4.0 standard. Read more

July 5, 2011 The ability to find missing keys and smartphones, or alarm and securely lock almost any portable device that is separated from its owner, will be just the start of a new wave of proximity-based wireless sensing applications that the newly adopted Bluetooth low energy Find Me and Proximity profiles will allow as part of the latest Bluetooth v4.0 spec. Read more

June 22, 2011 Apple and Nordic Semiconductor have joined the board of directors of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. The companies expand the clout of the group at a time when Bluetooth is edging into TVs and medical gear. Read more

June 20, 2011 Startup Naratte Inc., has disclosed a technique for sending information via ultrasound using existing speakers and microphones in consumer devices such as smartphones. It is working with partners to enable applications such as mobile payments. Read more

May 4, 2011 RivieraWaves has announced that it has successfully passed the Bluetooth Qualification with its Bluetooth 3.0 baseband Intellectual Property (IP). Read more

April 20, 2011 Avago Technologies has announced a front-end module with robust filtering for 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth radios in handsets and mobile routers for tablets and other portable PC devices. Read more

April 13, 2011 RF Monolithics has introduced the WLS-series of Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi plus Bluetooth combination modules to the company's integrated short-range radio products. With the addition of three standards-based modules – the WLS1270, WLS1271, and the WLS1273 – the RFM integrated short-range radio product line now includes high-performance standards-based technologies in addition to the company's proprietary RFIC- and SAW-based product portfolio. Read more

April 13, 2011 Texas Instruments has announced delivery of a mobile-grade, battery-optimized Wi-Fi solution to the open source Linux community as part of the OpenLink™ project, focused on providing a wide range of wireless connectivity solutions for native Linux. Read more

March 31, 2011 Jorjin Technologies launched three wireless modules based on Texas Instruments WiLink IC solutions. The WG7350 3-in-1 module integrates dual band (2.4 and 5GHz) WLAN, Bluetooth, and an FM radio transceiver in a 11.6x9.6x1.4mm SiP module. The WG7500/7550 4-in-1 module, based on TI's WL1281/1283, contains dual band WLAN, Bluetooth, FM transceiver and a class leading GPS receiver. Read more

March 24, 2011 As many as 467 million health care and personal fitness devices will ship in 2016 using Bluetooth Low Energy, according to a new report by ABI Research. But a delay releasing the spec has given competing technologies a leg up in the new markets, it said. Read more

February 23, 2011 An emerging body area network (BAN) technology is gearing up to compete with Bluetooth Low Energy across a broad range of medical and consumer applications. The competition comes as medical devices are increasingly adopting a growing set of wireless network technologies including Wi-Fi and Zigbee. Read more

February 21, 2011 CSR PLC and Zoran Corporation have entered into a merger agreement under which Zoran will merge with CSR for an equity value equivalent to approximately US$679 million. Read more

February 11, 2011 Coresonic AB, a licensor of DSP technology for baseband applications founded in 2004, has announced that it has licensed its SIMT DSP architecture to MediaTek Inc. Neither the terms of the licensing, nor the value to Coresonic were disclosed. Read more

January 26, 2011 By delivering sub 12.5 mA peak currents and connected mode average currents as low as sub 12 µA (for 1 s connection intervals), the µBlue nRF8001 from Nordic Semiconductor ASA claims to be the industry's lowest power Bluetooth low energy solution. The device is the company's first chip in its latest μBlue Bluetooth low energy product line. Read more

January 6, 2011 Qualcomm Inc.'s surprising move to acquire Atheros Communications Inc. for $3.1 billion will enable Qualcomm to accelerate its efforts in the ''combo'' or integrated cellular-chip platform arena. Read more

December 1, 2010 The use of Bluetooth in handsfree devices soared as a result of a number countries and states banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving. Bluetooth and handsfree calling go hand in hand; IMS Research estimated that over 7 million cars were Bluetooth-enabled in 2009. Read more

November 16, 2010 Elan Digital Systems announces the immediate availability of its two new bridge chips designed to support latest tablet smartphones and other mobile system designs – the USBHC869 and the VUB300. Read more

November 2, 2010 Fabless RF and analog chip company RDA Microelectronics Inc. (Shanghai, China) has filed an F-1 prospectus form for a $100 million initial public offering of stock with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission. Read more

October 19, 2010 TI has extended its wireless connectivity range with its first complete Bluetooth low energy solution and highest integrated ANT network processor. The two ultra-low power, short-range wireless connectivity devices target consumer medical, mobile accessories, sports and wellness applications, allowing engineers to develop applications that last 'for years' on a single coin cell battery. Read more

October 13, 2010 The CSR8000 series joins CSR's 'Connectivity' platform range, along with its recent µEnergy device, extending the company's Bluetooth low energy product offerings. Initially the platform includes five variants, providing dual-mode Bluetooth connectivity with a dedicated DSP for advanced audio features. Members with integrated FM transmit and noise cancellation features will be added in the future. Read more

October 11, 2010 AT4 wireless have improved their Bluetooth Qualification Test Facility's (BQTF) capabilities to provide High Speed (HS) automated testing for a Bluetooth Controller. Read more

September 27, 2010 Cortus and RivieraWaves have announced a partnership to provide a range of Bluetooth IP solutions, including a complete, fully qualified, Bluetooth Low Energy solution, specifically designed for ultra low power systems, combining RivieraWaves' RF, modem and baseband hardware and the protocol stack running on the integrated APS3 processor from Cortus. Read more

September 13, 2010 Avago Technologies has announced production availability for its ADNS-7630 Bluetooth® (BT) 2.1 LaserStream System-on-Chip (SoC) navigation sensor for wireless mouse applications. It claims to be the industry's first laser navigation sensor to integrate a BT 2.1 transceiver, stand-alone baseband processor and VCSEL surface illuminator into a single package. Read more

September 8, 2010 Adeneo Embedded with facilities in Europe and in the USA, has announced availability of its Wi-Fi® and Bluetooth® technology drivers for the WiLink™ 6.0 single-chip solution (WL1271) from Texas Instruments (TI) which support Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3. The customizable, combined solution makes the design of reliable, high-performance wireless communications on the Windows Embedded CE operating system more efficient. Read more

August 31, 2010 The market for short range wireless ICs is forecast to expand this year; total shipments of Bluetooth, NFC, UWB, 802.15.4 and Wi-Fi ICs will increase approximately 20 percent compared to 2009. Read more

August 23, 2010 Shipments of “combo” chipsets for mobile devices that gather a variety of connectivity types in one small package are expected to approach 280 million worldwide by the end of 2010 according to ABI Research who forecasts that more than 979 million such chipsets will ship in 2015. Read more

August 13, 2010 Antenova Ltd has announced the addition of the M10385 dual-mode receive/transmit internal surface mount FM Antenna Module for a broad range of mobile and digital media device applications. Read more

August 10, 2010 Marvell and HARMAN, an automotive audio and infotainment leader, have announced they are enabling automakers to offer integrated Wi-Fi connectivity via Marvell® Mobile Hotspot (MMH™) technology. The 2010 Audi A8 is the first automobile on the market to feature a factory-installed mobile hotspot, representing a significant milestone for in-car Internet technology. The 2010 Audi A8 with MMH technology is now available in Europe. Read more

August 3, 2010 California Eastern Laboratories (CEL) is shipping two new RF antenna switches, the uPG2413T6M and the uPG2413T6Z. The single pole triple throw (SP3T) switches, designed by Renesas Electronics Corporation, feature low insertion loss and small size. Read more

July 8, 2010 The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has announced adoption of Bluetooth low energy technology, the hallmark feature of the Bluetooth Core Specification Version 4.0. In conjunction, Texas Instruments (TI) announced full qualification of the Bluetooth low energy stack supporting the BlueLink and WiLink  connectivity combo solutions. Read more

July 6, 2010 Anritsu Company introduces CombiTest, a PC-based software application that provides remote control of Anritsu's MT8860x WLAN Test Set and MT8852B Bluetooth Test Set. CombiTest simplifies the creation of test plans to accurately and more efficiently measure the performance of Bluetooth/WLAN combinational modules. Read more

June 24, 2010 The uptake of Wi-Fi within healthcare has grown at more than 60 percent over the past 12 months in both wireless local area network and Wi-Fi RTLS (Real-Time Locations Systems) deployments, and high double-digit growth is expected to continue for at least the medium term, according to ABI Research. Read more

June 16, 2010 Laird Technologies, Inc., is licensing apt-X audio codec technology for use in its Bluetooth BTM510/511 and BTM520/521 wireless stereo audio modules. Read more

June 14, 2010 Nordic Semiconductor ASA has released the third product in its nRF24AP2 ANT family – the nRF24AP2-USB – a single chip ANT solution with USB interface enabling compact, low cost ANT USB dongles for use in product applications such as wireless sport, fitness and health monitoring. Read more

June 10, 2010 Major global component and consumer goods supplier, Laird Technologies has entered into a technology license agreement with Belfast-based APTX, the audio software company now based at the Northern Ireland Science Park. Read more

June 8, 2010 CSR is collaborating with Intel Corporation to jointly develop a Bluetooth and Wi-Fi combination solution for the PC market, as part of CSR's ongoing selective partnership strategy. Read more

June 8, 2010 Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH has expanded its portfolio to include wireless components from Fujitsu Components Europe B.V. Read more

May 21, 2010 CSR has announced that LG Electronics's new HBM585 ultra-thin Bluetooth mono headset and HFB320 hands-free car kit both utilise CSR's audio platform incorporating Bluetooth wireless connectivity and fifth-generation CVC noise and echo reduction. Read more

May 18, 2010 Murata has begun shipping the latest version of its LBMA series Bluetooth® module, which at 3.5 by 3.5 by 1.0 mm claims to be the smallest in the world, 30 percent smaller than the company's previous version. Read more

May 4, 2010 Avnet Embedded, an Avnet, Inc. company, has announced that Avnet Embedded has signed a pan-European agreement to represent Bluegiga Technologies Inc., a world leader in Bluetooth® modules. Read more

April 21, 2010 Narda Safety Test Solutions has now equipped its SRM-3006 selective radiation meter with a “Scope” operating mode. Using this, it is now possible to analyze the frequency content and time characteristics of signals from radar equipment, mobile communications services such as Wi-Fi, WLAN, WiMAX, and DECT, or radio control systems like ZigBee and Bluetooth. Read more

March 15, 2010 With investments from Texas Instruments Incorporated and GetFugu, Inc., the MobileLab research group at the University of Texas at Dallas (UT Dallas) stands at the forefront of enabling next-generation human device interactions (HDI) technologies that merge a physical, real-world environment with virtual, computer-generated imagery on mobile devices. Each holding unique technologies that significantly advance HDI applications, TI and GetFugu are committed to helping UT Dallas researchers bring immersive applications to the end users around the world, providing quick access to information, always-on connections and revolutionary multimedia experiences. Read more