CHANGES TO THE BLUETOOTH® QUALIFICATION
7Layers informs about the most relevant changes, which will become active on 1st February 2014:
Changing Bluetooth Listing Fees
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- 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
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- are only possible through a written request
Possible Scenarios
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| 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:
|
Adopter: USD 8000 Associate/Promoter: USD 4000 |
If you already have a Declaration ID for this design:
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no listing fee |
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Bluetooth Qualification Process
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- 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[/expand]
PTS (Profile Tuning Suite)
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- The PTS becomes free to all members.
- Previously it was free only to Associate members and USD 7,500 to all other members.[/expand]
For more detailed information, please visit the Bluetooth.org website
(login required)
or turn to your 7Layers Bluetooth Expert directly: info@7Layers.com