See the person Who invented Bluetooth?

Dr. Jaap Haartsen,

Dr. Jaap Haartsen, who invented Bluetooth while
working at Ericsson in the 1990s, has been
nominated as a finalist by the European Patent
Office in the industry category for its European
Inventor Award.

The award is granted annually by the European
Patent Office (EPO) to outstanding inventors for
their contribution to technological, social and
economic progress.Bluetooth, a low energy, peer-to-peer wireless technology was born in an Ericsson lab in Lund,Sweden in the 1990’s and became a global standard of short distance wireless connection.When the technology celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2008, the amount of Bluetooth-enabled devices shipped in ten years was already 2 billion. Today, the technology is used not only by mobile phones
and PCs, but also by almost all consumer
electronics devices, medical and health devices,
sports and fitness devices, cars and smart homes.
(An Instant research report predicted last year that 2billion Bluetooth-enabled units would be shipped in 2013.*)

Dr. Jaap Haartsen is named by the Eureopean Patent Office as the "father of Bluetooth".
Haartsen says:

"The Bluetooth

technology has

become thé

standard for

device-to-device

communications.

Although challenged frequently, it has become a

huge success which I did not foresee. I am very

proud and honored being nominated by the

European Patent Office because of my patents

related to the foundations of Bluetooth."

Dr. Haartsen worked with a team of Ericsson
engineers to bring Bluetooth to the market. His
closest partner, Sven Mattisson, recalls their
assignment: "We were to replace cables, without
using more power than a cable – and we talked
about pricing at five dollars. Today, we’d be
laughed at for that price."
Ericsson has been focusing on research and
development activities ever since its dawn in
1800’s. Technology leadership has been supporting the company’s competitive edge and business development. Ericsson engineers wrote the Erlang code language, still used today in chat programs on social media sites and in other programs.
AXE, the first digital switching system, was made
from Ericsson’s invention and patents and played a key role in the technology shift from analogue to
digital in fixed line communication networks.
Ericsson has been driving cellular communication
technology development and has always been a key contributor to global standardization though 2G, 3G and 4G wireless technologies. For example,
Ericsson has had the highest impact on the
released LTE specification and expects to hold 25
percent of all essential patents in LTE.