David Hughes, director of BT Mobility, launched an attack on Bluetooth at the WLAN Event recently held in London.
During a presentation on BT Openzone, he said that he “was struggling to know what to do with Bluetooth.”
He said, “I’m giving up on Bluetooth. I don’t think it will be a competitor with Wi-Fi. Anything that can be done on the internet can be done with Wi-Fi. It is about broadband everywhere.”
He admitted though that the Wi-Fi industry was in its “infancy” when it came to pricing policies.
“There are lots of people who will want to pay for broadband access at hotspots,” he said. “We will see experi-mentation over payment methods.”