The telecommunications equipment firm is integrating central sensor-networking appliances from Blue Vector so wireless ISPs can provide RFID services.
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Will RFID Cross the Chasm in 2007?
Maybe, but even if it doesn’t, you can expect significant progress as companies prove there is a return on investment from using passive UHF tags in the supply chain.
Scaling Down RFID Investments
Layoffs and cutbacks within the industry may not necessarily be a bad thing.
Harmon Hospital Implements RFID to Track Assets
The system provides location information of such high-cost items as wheelchairs and medical devices helping employees avoid placing unnecessary orders.
RFID Brings ROI to Air-Filter Maker
German manufacturer Herding is using RFID to track production, quality control and shipment of new and reconditioned filters. The company expects to recoup its investment in 2007.
RFID News Roundup
New book explores RFID supply chain apps; Korea’s LS Industrial Systems partners with Impinj; Reva’s reader networking device ALE-certified; RF Code adds wireless linkage to RTLS platform.
More Manufacturers Use RFID to Improve Than Comply
A new study from ChainLink Research produced some surprising results about RFID implementations: manufacturers are more likely to install RFID for internal process improvements than because of compliance requirements, and small companies are enthusiastic adopters.
Alien Technology to Open a Division in Korea
The RFID hardware provider’s new venture, scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2007, will provide sales, distribution, marketing, R&D and manufacturing for the Asian RFID market.
GAO Report Highlights RFID Weaknesses in US-VISIT
Citing low read rates of an RFID system that US-VISIT is testing, as well as other concerns, the Government Accountability Office wants an updated report on the goals and progress of the program.
RFID Keeps City Sewers Running Smoothly
In Warendorf, Germany, workers use RFID to track the maintenance of the city’s 127-mile network of sewage canals and pipes.
Top 10 RFID Trends of 2006, Part 3
This article is the last of a three-part series looking at the top ten trends in RFID over the past year. Today’s article looks at trends 3, 2, and 1, those that RFID Update considers the three most important trends of the year.
UWB Vendor Announces Pure RFID Platform
Multispectral Solutions’ new Sapphire Vision RFID interrogator works with the same active UWB tags used with the company’s real-time location system.