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France lifts Bluetooth ban
France's National Agency of Radio Frequencies removed a major obstacle to the introduction of new wireless technology last week, raising a controversial ban on military range radio frequencies. The agency lifted the interdiction July 12, effectively allowing Bluetooth products to begin appearing on the market.
France's National Agency of Radio Frequencies removed a major obstacle to the introduction of new wireless technology last week, raising a controversial ban on military range radio frequencies. The agency lifted the interdiction July 12, effectively allowing Bluetooth products to begin appearing on the market. The act takes effect Jan. 1, 2001, however, which will conflict with the arrival of the first Bluetooth products later this year. Full story. -- Jerome Thorel and Matthew Broersma, ZDUK