CHANGES TO THE BLUETOOTH® QUALIFICATION
7layers informs about the most relevant changes, which will become active on 1st February 2014:
Changing Bluetooth Listing Fees
Read more- A Declaration ID
- Is now required for
- Qualified Design Listing (QDL) AND
- End-Product Listing (EPL).
- Previously you had to pay only for QDLs.
- Is now required for
- 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.
- Member companies with
- 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).
- are only possible through a written request
Possible Scenarios
Read moreScenario | 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:
|
Adopter: USD 8000 Associate/Promoter: USD 4000 |
If you already have a Declaration ID for this design:
|
no listing fee |
Bluetooth Qualification Process
Read more- 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
PTS (Profile Tuning Suite)
Read more- 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
(login required)
or turn to your 7layers Bluetooth Expert directly: info@7layers.com