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What (if any) Bluetooth SIG fees are required for a product that uses the Nordic nRF52840 chip.

Nicholas Lee

What Bluetooth SIG fees are required for a product that includes the Nordic nRF52840 chip?

What about for a product that includes a 3rd-party Bluetooth module (that contains the nRF52840 chip)?

NB: The product would only be for sale within Europe.

I am concerned by the Bluetooth SIG "Qualification Testing" fees, which look prohibitively high, and could kill the project.

Ref: https://www.bluetooth.com/develop-with-bluetooth/qualification-listing/qualification-listing-fees

It isn't clear to me what "Qualification" even means or entails.

If the nRF52840 really costs $8000 in fees just to use it, then it is a very expensive chip!

Perhaps some kind person who has been through the process could help clarify all this for me?

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    Hi Lee,

    You are not paying that fee to Nordic, but you will be paying that to Bluetooth SIG. Nordic already have its stack qualified and pays fees to get a Bluetooth QDID for its stack. Check this. 

    The answer for this is already covered in forum, one of it, for example, can be seen here.

    In short, When it comes to Radio/Wireless technologies, the qualification costs are not small. Most visible needs to pay this fee to Bluetooth SIG are

    1. Using Bluetooth Logo on your product
    2. Getting a patent infringement protection from SIG.

    Also this fee is not related to Nordic BLE products only, you need to pay this fee for any other product that offers Bluetooth.

    You also most likely need to do other compliance certifications like FCC, CE etc based on where you want to sell your products are these are not cheap either. 

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