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| Analyst Update on RFID Adoption and Drivers | 04/18/2007 |
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Asset tracking is emerging as a breakout RFID application, but other mainstream application candidates are not clear, according to a briefing from industry research and analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. The company predicted 20 to 25 percent overall growth for RFID in the next two years, but said rates may very widely by technology type. |
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| Goliath Unlocks Retail Secrets with RFID | 04/05/2007 |
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In December 2005, we reported on a contract that Goliath Solutions had secured with Walgreens to equip all 5,000+ of the drugstore chain's locations with an RFID-based promotions tracking system. Today RFID Update interviewed Goliath for an update on how the company's business has progressed since the Walgreens deal put it on the map. |
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| Sirit Lands $2m RFID Contract for California Toll Roads | 04/03/2007 |
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RFID hardware and solutions provider Sirit announced today that it has been awarded a $2 million contract from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). Beginning in the second quarter of this year the Toronto-based company will deliver RFID transponders to the OCTA over the course of three years. |
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| Open Source RFID Projects to Integrate | 04/02/2007 |
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RFID applications company Pramari has teamed with the University of Arkansas to offer what the two are calling "a comprehensive open source offering for RFID". |
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| Starport Announces RFID Chip for Mobile Devices | 03/14/2007 |
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Fabless semiconductor startup Starport Systems last week announced the SP7001, a Gen2 RFID reader chip whose reduced price and small form factor the company hopes will enable the incorporation of RFID into far more devices than is possible today, eventually resulting in the emergence of a new class of RFID applications. |
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| Impinj Secures $19m to Pursue Item-Level RFID | 03/08/2007 |
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Semiconductor and RFID hardware manufacturer Impinj announced yesterday that it had raised $19 million in a private funding round, bringing total venture and strategic investment in the seven-year-old company to $98 million. The company will use the funds to pursue opportunities in item-level tagging. |
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| How RFID Adoption Varies By Region | 02/16/2007 |
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Manufacturing Insights has released some findings from the first installment of its 2nd Annual Global RFID Report. In addition to the high-level finding -- manufacturing end users are only cautiously adoption RFID, but "prospects are encouraging" -- the company has shed light on the differences in adoption across geographies. |
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| Xterprise Makes Multimillion RFID Tag Purchase | 02/07/2007 |
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RFID solutions provider Xterprise today released the latest update on the RFID deployment it is managing for pallet pool iGPS, the all-plastic pallet pool startup. Xterprise has placed an order for 4.5 million RFID tags, which the company says represents one of the industry's single largest tag orders in recent history. |
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| IDTechEx Releases RFID Market Predictions for 2007 | 02/01/2007 |
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Research firm IDTechEx of Cambridge this week released the 2007 update to its annual ten-year forecast on the RFID market. The company has published some of its key predictions for 2007, highlighted in this article. |
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| RFID Enables Personalized Billboard Displays | 01/31/2007 |
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MINI USA, the US division of the company that manufactures the MINI COOPER automobile, this week launched an innovative marketing initiative that relies on active RFID technology. The company will install roadside billboards that display personalized messages to MINI owners passing in their cars or on foot. |
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