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News Summary 2000
14th
June 2000
Partnership: TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg and 7 layers
 
World's first network for the qualification of Bluetooth®
products
Joint objective is market leadership as Bluetooth® service provider
Tokyo / Monte Carlo / New York. The TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg
inter-national service group and the engineering service provider 7
layers have agreed on a worldwide cooperation for the Bluetooth®
technology.
"Bluetooth® will lead to revolutionary changes in daily life in the area
of mobile phones, computers, printers, hifi systems and many other
electronic appliances. With our certification activities we are
contributing to the guaranteeing of maximum technical safety in this
high technology area", explained Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bruno O. Braun, Chairman
of the Management Board of TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg group of
companies, in the run-up to the world's largest Bluetooth® Congress, to
be held from 13 to 16 June in Monte Carlo. "Together with 7 layers, as
No. 1 among the independent service providers for the Bluetooth®
technology and the leading co-designer of the Bluetooth® Qualification
Program, we are now offering our customers rapid and uncomplicated tests
and certification for their products. As a result, TÜV
Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg will continue to operate as a leading
company in the market for the safety, controllability and efficiency of
new technologies."
Dr. Hans-Jürgen Meckelburg, member of the Board of 7 layers, also sees
an enormous synergy potential in the cooperation. "7 layers is an
engineering service company which, among other things, supports the
developers and manufacturers of Bluetooth® technology. We accompany our
customers from technology development right through to qualification of
chipsets, software or modules. Our partnership with TÜV
Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg guarantees our customers that the
integration of their Bluetooth® developments in products and their
subsequent testing and certification are optimally coordinated."
Global testing network and high-tech complement each other perfectly
For a successful market launch of the Bluetooth® technology, it is
necessary to guarantee the conformity of each product with the Bluetooth®
specifications. In addition, the communication between the products of
various manufacturers must function smoothly. Here, the cooperation
between TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg and 7 layers provides an
optimal solution.
The TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg already has a global network of
testing laboratories and possesses the authorization to certify products
in over 100 countries. With the support of 7 layers, these laboratories
will now be developed into Bluetooth® test centres. Within only a few
months, it is planned for the first Bluetooth® Qualification Testing
Facilities (BQTF) to be ready for operation in America, Europe and Asia.
Until this stage is reached, the customers of the two partners can rely
on 7 layers' Bluetooth® reference laboratory in Ratingen (Germany). In
addition to the test laboratories of TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg,
the test laboratories of the 7 layers customers will be supported and
sychronized by 7 layers. As a result, a self-contained development,
testing and certification cycle is established.
Today, the two companies already control 6 of worldwide 14 Bluetooth®
Qualification Bodies and are thus authorized to include products in the
"Bluetooth® Qualified Product List". This list documents, especially for
end-consumers, the perfect function of electronic equipment from various
manufacturers, which are linked together via the new wireless interface
technology. Both TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg and 7 layers have the
objective of becoming leading Bluetooth®
service providers.
Unique innovation
Bluetooth® is the result of a unique, worldwide cooperation. Global
players such as Ericsson, Nokia, Intel, IBM, Toshiba, Microsoft, Lucent,
3Com and Motorola have joined forces with around 2,000 other firms in a
working group (Bluetooth® Special Interest Group). Behind the innovation
- the name of which comes from the Danish King Harald Blåtand (English:
Bluetooth®) - is a wireless technology which makes cable connections, for
example between PC and printer, superfluous. And the troublesome cables
behind stereo systems with CD-player, cassette deck, radio and amplifier
will also disappear. The data exchange functions by radio in the 2.4 GHz
frequency range.
Bluetooth® can also be used to operate mini networks, so-called piconets,
for example, with up to eight computers within a distance of ten metres.
Bluetooth® Expert Forum at TÜV
With the agreement now reached between TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg
and 7 layers, the two companies will begin a long-term cooperation
which, following the Congress in Monte Carlo, will also be presented at
an international Expert Forum on 26 June in Cologne. Among other things,
the "Bluetooth® Spokesman", Larry Jones, will speak about the future of
the new technology.
Information on other items featured at the Expert Forum is available
from TÜV-Akademie Rheinland GmbH, Tel.: +49 (0) 221 806-3065.
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