Wave Issue 0206 2/22/02 Article 4-01

***Bluetooth Wireless Technology Passes 500 Qualified Products
Milestone
(February 21)

Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Inc. announced it has been
qualifying, on average, over ten new Bluetooth wireless products
each week during the quarter ending 31 December 2001, bringing
the total number of qualified products to over 500. A number of
these products are now commercially available in Europe, Asia and
the United States. Nearly half of the 133 new products qualified
last quarter include mobile phone, computing and other consumer
electronics products. The remainder of the products qualified
during the quarter were the critical chips, software and
development tools from which equipment manufacturers can build
their own Bluetooth wireless products.

Also this week the Bluetooth SIG, Inc. publicly announced the
formation of its Interoperability Task Force. This group, which
began meeting late last year, is exploring ways to further
improve the interoperability and usability of products equipped
with Bluetooth wireless technology.

In late January, nearly 350 engineers tested over 150 different
products at the quarterly Bluetooth SIG Unplugfest in Hong Kong.
The Bluetooth SIG, Inc. sponsors Unplugfests each quarter as a
forum for developers to test interoperability and compatibility
with the Bluetooth Specification.

To date, there are over 500 qualified products. Work continues
among the Bluetooth Promoter and Associate member companies to
add additional applications to the Bluetooth wireless
specification. In-depth updates to the Bluetooth SIG membership
and the development community regarding these efforts are planned
at the upcoming annual Bluetooth Congress to be held in
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 11-14 June, 2002.

www.bluetooth.com