With the purchase of a major supplier of fixed and handheld RFID readers, Zebra will now be one of the world’s largest providers of RFID hardware, including printers, encoders and readers, as well as software.
The award bolsters Savi’s long-standing leadership in providing radio frequency identification solutions to the military.
An increase in end users attending RFID Journal LIVE! is further evidence that RFID adoption is picking up.
Smartrac will offer a new line of EPC Gen 2 passive UHF inlays containing antennas that act as sensors able to detect humidity, pressure and other conditions.
The new company intends to deploy its network in 194 cities this year, to enable data from RFID readers and other types of devices to be sent to Internet-based servers without requiring a cellular or Wi-Fi connection.