Editing Bluetooth (section)

==== Ultra-wideband ====
The high-speed (AMP) feature of Bluetooth v3.0 was originally intended for [[Ultra-wideband|UWB]], but the WiMedia Alliance, the body responsible for the flavor of UWB intended for Bluetooth, announced in March 2009 that it was disbanding, and ultimately UWB was omitted from the Core v3.0 specification.<ref>{{cite web
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On 16 March 2009, the [[WiMedia Alliance]] announced it was entering into technology transfer agreements for the WiMedia [[Ultra-wideband]] (UWB) specifications. WiMedia has transferred all current and future specifications, including work on future high-speed and power-optimized implementations, to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), [[Wireless USB]] Promoter Group and the [[USB Implementers Forum]]. After successful completion of the technology transfer, marketing, and related administrative items, the WiMedia Alliance ceased operations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimedia.org/ |title=Wimedia.org |publisher=Wimedia.org |date=4 January 2010 |access-date=4 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020426095418/http://www.wimedia.org/ |archive-date=26 April 2002 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wimedia.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=15506 |title=Wimedia.org |access-date=4 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323120814/http://www.wimedia.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=15506 |archive-date=23 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Press-Releases-Detail.aspx?ItemID=4 |title=bluetooth.com |access-date=29 January 2015 |archive-date=8 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208013350/http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/Press-Releases-Detail.aspx?ItemID=4 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usb.org/press/WiMedia_Tech_Transfer/ |title=USB.org |publisher=USB.org |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=4 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610211240/http://www.usb.org/press/WiMedia_Tech_Transfer/ |archive-date=10 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.incisor.tv/2009/03/what-to-make-of-bluetooth-sig-wimedia.html |title=Incisor.tv |publisher=Incisor.tv |date=16 March 2009 |access-date=4 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916054407/http://www.incisor.tv/2009/03/what-to-make-of-bluetooth-sig-wimedia.html |archive-date=16 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In October 2009, the [[Bluetooth Special Interest Group]] suspended development of UWB as part of the alternative MAC/PHY, Bluetooth v3.0 + HS solution. A small, but significant, number of former [[WiMedia Alliance|WiMedia]] members had not and would not sign up to the necessary agreements for the [[intellectual property|IP]] transfer. As of 2009, the Bluetooth SIG was in the process of evaluating other options for its longer-term roadmap.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eetimes.com/bluetooth-group-drops-ultrawideband-eyes-60-ghz/|title=Bluetooth group drops ultrawideband, eyes 60 GHz|website=EETimes|date=29 October 2009|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=12 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612021636/https://www.eetimes.com/bluetooth-group-drops-ultrawideband-eyes-60-ghz/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eetimes.com/report-ultrawideband-dies-by-2013/ |title=Report: Ultrawideband dies by 2013 |website=EETimes |date=4 May 2009 |access-date=17 June 2021 |archive-date=12 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612021648/https://www.eetimes.com/report-ultrawideband-dies-by-2013/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.incisor.tv/download.php?file=140november2009.pdf|title=Simon Stenhouse – Leech Attempt|website=incisor.tv |date=November 2009 |access-date=4 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034305/http://www.incisor.tv/download.php?file=140november2009.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>