-- Industry-wide agreement aims at eliminating cross-brand intercom 
incompatibilities

Cardo Systems, Midland and Uclear, have today jointly announced the launch of 
the 'Open Bluetooth Intercom' (OBI) - an open industry-wide Bluetooth Intercom 
standard, allowing seamless cross-brand Bluetooth Intercom connectivity.

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The partnership will help overcome many of the common frustrations experienced 
with traditional 'universally connected' devices, and foster a new era of 
significantly improved cross-brand experience.

While 'universal connectivity' enables pairing between cross-brand 
communicators, the experience for users is often inferior when compared to if 
they were connected to a device from the same brand. The pairing process can 
often be complex, previous connections forgotten and not always possible to 
make phone calls or listen to music in parallel to the intercom connection. All 
of these challenges are overcome with the introduction of the 'Open Bluetooth 
Intercom' agreement.

Speaking on behalf of the partners Shachar Harari, VP of Business Development 
explained: "Having just launched our 'Universal Communication Solution', the 
announcement of our 'Open Bluetooth Intercom' further cements our commitment to 
providing motorcyclists with the best solutions to communicate while riding. 
The new partnership will enable riders to fully enjoy seamless Bluetooth 
intercom connectivity across the brands and will further foster the penetration 
of communication solution among rider world-wide." 

'Open Bluetooth Intercom' describes various extensions to the 'Bluetooth 
Handsfree Profile', designed for direct duplex communications between 
Bluetooth-capable devices - enhancing the interoperability of different 
partnership brands in the Bluetooth communicator market, meaning that riders no 
longer have to agree with fellow riding partners on a brand to buy.

SOURCE  Cardo Systems

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