CHANGES TO THE BLUETOOTH® QUALIFICATION

7layers informs about the most relevant changes, which will become active on 1st February 2014:

Services for Bluetooth wireless technology

A Declaration ID
- Is now required for
  - Qualified Design Listing (QDL) AND
  - End-Product Listing (EPL).
- Previously you had to pay only for QDLs.
The Declaration ID fee will be
- USD 4,000.00 for Associate & Promoter members
- USD 8,000.00 for Adopter members
The QDID (Qualified Design ID) still exists.
- It will now be automatically assigned and does not have to be purchased.
- It is now the Project ID of the TPG Project (on www.bluetooth.org)
Design changes are not discounted any more.
- Previously they were 40% of the original listing fee.
“Innovation Incentive Program” for small companies and start-ups:
- Member companies with
  - less than one million USD (US$ 1,000,000.00) in annual revenues
  - and no prior listings (Declarations, QDLs or EPLs)
    can declare a product for USD 2,500.00. 
For existing EPLs
- it is not required to create a new listing or purchase a Declaration ID. 
Editorial changes on existing EPLs
- are only possible through a written request
  to the Bluetooth Qualification Administrator (BQA).

Scenario	Action	Fee
You create a new design, or make changes to an existing design (QDL)	Purchase and create a new Declaration (D0XXXXX), which references a new QDID.	Adopter: USD 8000 Associate/Promoter: USD 4000
You add products for any design your company owns	You already have a declaration ID for this design (B0XXXXX or D0XXXXX) and can update the products in your existing declaration	No listing fee
You add products for a design owned by another member	If you do not have a Declaration ID for this design: Purchase and create a new declaration, referencing the other member’s QDID Update the products in this declaration	Adopter: USD 8000 Associate/Promoter: USD 4000
You add products for a design owned by another member	If you already have a Declaration ID for this design: Update the products in this declaration	no listing fee

The Bluetooth Qualification Process remains basically unchanged
New Listing Interface will be introduced where QDLs and EPLs will be handled in a common and single interface

The PTS becomes free to all members.
Previously it was free only to Associate members and USD 7,500 to all other members.

For more detailed information, please visit the Bluetooth.org website
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or turn to your 7layers Bluetooth Expert directly: info@7layers.com