BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies with a suite of Bluetooth offerings called BlueWave, has commercially made available two of the newest Bluetooth Profiles, the Hands-free Profile and the Printer Profile. The Hands-free profile is designed to improve the safety and comfort of using mobile phones while driving, and the printer profile is expected to make the user experience of taking print-outs far more flexible.

Wipro’s Hands-free profile is integrated with other Bluetooth building blocks to develop the Hands-free Car Kit. This Hands-free car kit allows one to place and receive calls at the touch of a button, all while driving and keeping the mobile phone in the pocket. Wipro is planning to complement this offering with the Phone Access Profile to provide complete Bluetooth solutions to the automotive industry.

Wipro’s Embedded and Internet Access Solutions CEO M Divakaran said, "The new profiles that we have added, reflect our commitment to the Bluetooth wireless technology and reinforce Wipro’s promise to foray into the latest technology. Our new offerings should greatly enhance our position in the automotive and the computing space. Our IPs are robustly tested and are seamlessly integrated into any design, thus significantly reducing the time-to-market for various products." They are also backed by a host of design services in order to give the customers an end-to-end solution.

In addition to these two profiles, Wipro already has 13 BQB Version 1.1 qualified profiles. One of these, the Dial-up Networking Profile enables short-range wireless connectivity between a PC/Laptop and the PSTN line via an Bluetooth-enabled Modem. Wipro’s Dial-up Networking Profile software enables a customer to quickly plug-in the solution and build a Bluetooth-enabled Modem, thus getting vital time-to-market advantage.