Monday, August 30, 2004
Ericsson pulls Bluetooth division
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 06:00 AM
http://news.com.com/Ericsson+pulls+Bluetooth+division/2100-1039_3-5327431.html?part=rss&tag=5327431&subj=news.1039.5
"One of the key developers of Bluetooth is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology. Ericsson has already started to shut down its 125-worker Technology Licensing group and will reshuffle employees into other divisions, a representative confirmed Friday. A majority of the workers affected will remain with the company. Ericsson did not make a formal announcement of the closure."
Ericsson isn't totally abandoning bluetooth. They will continue to use it is some of their mobile technology. They just aren't going to develop it further inhouse, which is clearly a sign that I get to use this picture again, and will continue to do so over the coming months as others give bluetooth the boot. :devilboy: Verizon certainly isn't helping the bluetooth experience out.
Ericsson will leave it up to the "Bluetooth Special Interest Group" to develop bluetooth. That is the same SIG that has allowed the current messed up customer experience to happen. :roll:
"One of the key developers of Bluetooth is shutting down the division that helped foster the personal area networking technology. Ericsson has already started to shut down its 125-worker Technology Licensing group and will reshuffle employees into other divisions, a representative confirmed Friday. A majority of the workers affected will remain with the company. Ericsson did not make a formal announcement of the closure."
Ericsson isn't totally abandoning bluetooth. They will continue to use it is some of their mobile technology. They just aren't going to develop it further inhouse, which is clearly a sign that I get to use this picture again, and will continue to do so over the coming months as others give bluetooth the boot. :devilboy: Verizon certainly isn't helping the bluetooth experience out.
Ericsson will leave it up to the "Bluetooth Special Interest Group" to develop bluetooth. That is the same SIG that has allowed the current messed up customer experience to happen. :roll:
