SolveYourProblem
Article Series: Bluetooth
Understanding Bluetooth Wireless Communication
Bluetooth
Fees: An Overview
When qualifying a Bluetooth product you need
to pay a qualification fee. The first possible fee is a Qualified
Products List listing fee. This Qualified Products List is
a listing fee required for each record. For Adopter level members
this fee is ten thousand dollars and for Associate and Promoter
level members the fee is five thousand dollars. At the time
you list the device the payment will be collected through the
Qualification Listing Interfaces. The fee is applied towards
all PRD 2.0 product types for each record you enter onto the
Qualified Products List.
The second type of fee is the Qualified
Products List product change fee. Members in line with the following requirements
assess this fee:
Any changes to a qualified product that does not alter the
original product's ICS and does not requires the product to
have an additional listing fee on the Qualified Product List.
Any changes to the qualified product does not alter the original
qualified products ICS and requires a new listing fee as according
to the fee structure listed below.
The following is the two parts to the fee structure:
1) The addition of a new Protocol or Profile costs thirty-three
percent of the listing fee.
2) If you are adding functionality within the normal qualified
product's ICS then the cost is twenty percent of the listing
fee for each update that adds functionality to the product.
The fee is collected once the product is listed through the
Qualification Listing Interface. The fee applies to each record
that needs to be entered into the Qualified Product List.
A third type of fee is a BQTF
Recognition Fee. This is an
annual listing fee of eight thousand dollars, which is paid
to the Bluetooth SIG on the first day of each year. You can
pay this fee in advance but it doesn't become effective until
three months after the BQTF is listed. The BQTF can be removed
from the list without notice at any time if you don't pay the
fee.
The fourth type of fee is a BRTF
Recognition Fee. This is
a two thousand dollar annual fee that is due to the Bluetooth
SIG on the first day of each year. The fee can also be paid
in advance and becomes effective three months after the initial
listing. As with the BQTF fee, if this fee is not paid the
BQTF listing can be removed at any time without notice.
The fifth type of fee is the BQB
Recognition Fee. This is
a fee of one thousand two hundred dollars that must be paid
to Bluetooth on the first day of each year. As with the previous
two fees this one can be paid in advance and is effective three
months after the initial listing is recognized. Also as with
the two previous fees this fee will result in the removal of
the listing without notice if the fee is not paid. However,
any initial partial-year payments that are made for BQBs prior
to March 1, which are recognized need to be paid on June 1
for the remaining seven months. To end a product listing there
is not fee.
As you can see, Bluetooth can be quite expensive. That is
why most of the people who are using it at this time are businesses.
There are tons of hospitals and offices that are teaching their
employees how to build better businesses with Bluetooth technology.
They realize that although the fees are a little high, the
great benefits employees and business owners get from Bluetooth
technology is worth the fees.
You may be wondering what type of Bluetooth fees would apply
to you. If you have more questions about where you fit into
the Bluetooth technology, you can always contact a local dealer
to ask more about the fees. You may even be surprised to know
there are other options for consumers other than these fee
schedules. You may be able to use Bluetooth for a monthly fee
from some dealers. So instead of thinking you cannot afford
Bluetooth technology, you might want to contact a dealer to
talk about it before writing off your chances altogether. Chances
are you will be able to afford more than you think!
# # # # #
SolveYourProblem.com : 2007
> Home > Bluetooth Articles:
Main Page |
