PAN consortia
PANs (both IP and non-IP based) have several consortia and governance committees. Many are formed by founding partners and require membership or affiliation for usage rights.
Bluetooth
The details of the organization are as follows:
- Founded: 1998
- Corporate membership: 20,000
- Website link: www.bluetooth.org
The Bluetooth SIG was formed in 1998 by five member companies: Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba. By the end of 1998, they had 400 members in the organization. The charter of the organization is to advance the standards, forums, markets, and understanding of Bluetooth technologies. The organization oversees the development, as well as the licensing and trademarks, of Bluetooth. Organizationally, the SIG is divided into smaller focused groups: study groups for research, expert groups that span multiple Bluetooth domains, working groups that are dedicated to the development of new standards, and committees that...