Bluetooth

The Øresund Region cuts the cords between digital devices

The Øresund Region is not only the birthplace of the Bluetooth, the technology that is becoming the global de facto standard for short-range wireless connectivity. It is also a strong development centre of products and services based on the technology that cuts the cords tying up digital devices.

Bluetooth, named after the Danish Viking called Harald Blåtand, was created by Ericsson at Ideon Science Park, in Lund, in close collaboration with Intel, IBM, Toshiba and Nokia. The standard allows communication transfer between digital apparatuses.

Other companies and research institutions in the Region immediately saw the commercial possibilities created by the innovation and started to develop products based on the Bluetooth technology. The result is that the Øresund Region has become a fertile ground for breakthroughs in the development of Bluetooth products and services, such as the first commercial Bluetooth print server, launched by Axis Communications in 2001.