WIBREE TECHNOLOGY

Ultra low power Bluetooth technology is an open, globally viable wireless technology for small devices allowing compatibility and interoperability with existing devices. Ultra low power Bluetooth technology can be built into products such as watches, wireless keyboards, gaming and sports sensors, which can then connect to host devices such as mobile phones and personal computers. It is essentially the missing link between small devices and mobile phones/personal computers.
Ultra low power Bluetooth technology originated in 2001, when Nokia Research Center uncovered many interesting use cases for tiny low power devices, such as sensors, but realized that there was no suitable wireless solution for connecting them to devices such as mobile phones and personal computers. Therefore, Nokia began to develop the technology, and then branded as Wibree to cover this gap. Wibree was launched to the marketplace as a new low-power, low-cost radio technology in October 2006. To this day Broadcom, Casio, CSR, Epson, ItoM (Semiconductor Ideas to the Market), Logitech, Nordic Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, Suunto, Taiyo Yuden and Texas Instruments have contributed to the interoperability specification, profiles and use case definition in their respective areas of expertise and will continue this work in the Bluetooth SIG working groups. Several new companies, including terminal, watch and access systems manufacturers will join the finalization of the specification. Once the specification is finalized, the technology will be made broadly available to the industry via the Bluetooth SIG.