Bluetooth SIG EPL

[gaminn]

We are a small start-up developing low volume product and paying 2500 USD to Bluetooth SIG for listing our BLE device in their EPL is too expensive for us. Is there any option how we can incorporate BLE in our product without the obligation of paying 2500 USD to Bluetooth SIG?

Basically what we need is to send/receive data over BLE from our BLE device to our proprietary mobile application. It is not important what GATT service will be used to accomplish that.

[Øyvind Karlsen]

Hi,

If you want to use BLE in your product, you need to be registered with Bluetooth SIG. There is no way around this.

Best regards,

Øyvind

[RK]

This is all on the Bluetooth site with presentations, FAQs in multiple languages, they also have a place you can submit a ticket and ask them directly, you're really better off doing that and telling them about your exact specific case.

Listing process updates: www.bluetooth.org/.../listing-process-updates

Fees and link to their ticket system to ask questions: www.bluetooth.org/.../fees

Bottom line - $2500 bucks is the minimum for the first product from a new company, then it's 4K or 8K after that even if you use already-qualified modules and stick strictly to the reference designs.

I still think this was a bit of a regrettable move from the BT SIG which undid a lot of the good work they had done making BTLE affordable, available and innovative.