Bluetooth Location Services

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From Proximity to Precise Positioning
From general proximity to high-accuracy positioning,Bluetooth® technology powers a range of reliable location
services that enhance the visitor experience and improve
operational efficiencies.

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Bluetooth® Location Services
devices will ship annuallyby 2026

Leading Categories of Bluetooth Location
Services Implementations
2022

62% Retail & Services

10% Warehouse & Logistics
9% Smart Offices

8% Health Care
4% Manufacturing

4% Airports & Public Venues
While retail will dominate the number of location services
deployments in the near term, airports provide an ideal exampleof how easy-to-deploy, cost-effective Bluetooth Location Services
serve a variety of settings — from retail centers, grocery stores,
and museums to office buildings, hotels, and sports venues

Operational Efficiency

Enhanced Visitor Experience

Asset Management

Indoor Navigation

The larger the building,the more important it isto track criticalresources to create
efficiencies. BluetoothBluetooth® RTLS
Real-Time Locating
implementations worldwide
by 2025
System (RTLS) solutions
can help staff find theclosest assets – fromluggage carts to wheelchairs to utility vehicles,
even if they are parked in the wrong spot or
hidden from view.

Visitors can easily
navigate a facility while
seeing if a favorite
restaurant is nearby or
locating the closest
Bluetooth® indoor navigation
restroom. Giving
implementations by 2025
travelers the fastest
route to theirdestination helps
improve traffic flow and eliminates congestionin the terminal.

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T H O U S AN D

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T HOUSAN D"Providing inventory visibility is often cited as
one of the main value propositions for basic
RTLS deployments in the industrial sector"- ABI Research

Point of Interest Information
Creating interactive points of entertainment
enhances the visitor experience. Visitors invenues like airports, museums, and tourist
attractions can use apps on their smartphones
to learn about pieces of art, historicalmonuments, and other points of interest.

Proximity Marketing
Increase sales and retail traffic by sending
discounts and promotions to visitors’smartphones and attract more customers to ashop or restaurant.

Personal Item Finding

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Personnel Tracking
Ensuring the safety and security of occupants
is key for any facility. Nearby personnel can be
efficiently dispatched to resolve maintenanceor custodial issues, and geofencing helps
ensure workers aren’t entering hazardous orsecure areas.

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Bluetooth® tags are projected
to ship each year by 2025

No need to worry overlost items. By tagging
personal valuables with aBluetooth tracker,
travelers can quickly finda misplaced suitcase inbaggage claim without
needing to rely on staff or
security for assistance.

Building Access Control

Automotive Digital Key

With Bluetooth enabled access control, asmartphone can provide employees withsecure, access to controlled areas of a building.
Adding access control to a device that is lesslikely to be lost or misplaced, such as asmartphone, enhances overall
security for the facility.

The days of fumbling for car keys while
juggling bags are coming to an end.
Thanks to Bluetooth technology, asmartphone can provide secure, passive
keyless entry (PKE), unlocking a car
on approach.

Smartphones Help Drive Rapid Adoption

Smartphones have become the go-to tool for location services, from indoor navigation and item
finding to proximity marketing solutions and access control.

100%

25%of Bluetooth® Low Energy
within key new
platform devices.

In Bluetooth® Location
Services devices from 2022
through 2026

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CAGR

See how Bluetooth Location Services can boost
productivity, enhance experiences, andimprove operational efficiency

Unless otherwise noted, data derived from ABI Research.
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