MANHASSET, N.Y. — Motorola Inc. and Oakley Inc. have announced a joint venture to introduce Bluetooth-enabled wearable wireless communications devices.

Under the collaboration, Motorola (Schaumburg, Ill.), will fuse its latest Bluetooth technology with the eyewear technology and design expertise of Oakley (Foothill Ranch, Calif). Details and designs will be unveiled by mid-2005.

Company executives said their mutual objective is to deliver products for consumers who want hands- free, untethered operation of their electronic devices.

"By teaming with Motorola, we're dramatically expanding the possibilities for our new electronics category," said Cos Lykos, Oakley's vice president of business development, in a statement. "Oakley's engineering team now has an expanded technology arsenal to develop new and innovative electronic products."