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News Burst: Bluetooth in danger - Report

Justin Pearse ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 12 Jan 2000 16:57 GMT

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Bluetooth, the wireless technology on a chip, will see gargantuan growth over the next six years but could be scuppered by over zealous organisations trying to mould the technology for their own purposes. So says a report out Wednesday from global research firm Frost & Sullivan.

The report predicts that sales of Bluetooth products will rocket from $0 in 1999 to $36.7m in 2000, reaching $699.2m by 2006. The widespread industry support for the technology -- there are more than 1300 companies in the Bluetooth SIG -- may lead to interoperability problems threatening the standard, says the report.

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When all is said, if Microsoft produce the best product people will buy it and thats a good thing. If people have to buy their product because no one else can produce an alternative, only because interoperability protocols are kept secret, then thats a bad thing.

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