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Report: Bluetooth Device Installed Base Reaches One Billion

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on November 14, 2006 - 2:44pm.
Bellevue, Wash. - The number of Bluetooth-enabled devices has now reached an installed base of one billion devices, while weekly shipments of Bluetooth devices continue at a pace of 12 million per week, according to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group.

"To put this number in perspective, one billion is greater than the number of PC users in the world and equal to the number of mobile phones shipped this year," said Michael Foley, executive director of the Bluetooth SIG.

Cellular handsets continue to dominate shipment numbers, along with audio headsets. Stereo headsets, vehicles, media players, notebooks/PCs, and mice/keyboard devices also contribute to shipment numbers. Medical devices, gaming devices, camcorders, projectors and digital cameras are expected to grow in volume after the introduction of the high-speed Bluetooth specification in 2007. The Bluetooth SIG said the trade group's next goal will be to ship two billion devices in one year in 2010.

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