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Bluetooth shipments double between May and September

"The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced that the Bluetooth market has passed the impressive milestone of 9.5 million Bluetooth units shipping per week. In May, the shipment figures were 4.75 million per week according to IMS Research and in September - only four months later - this figure has doubled, exceeding even the most optimistic analyst projections..."

[: 2 December 2005]

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