Ericsson launches IoT Accelerator Marketplace to foster collaboration ••• Lantronix to preview embedded Ethernet IoT gateway ••• Asavie, Control bring secure IoT intelligence to Motorsport ••• Kerlink, DataLong16 to demo asset-tracking system in Barcelona ••• PoLTE, Sequans collaborate on location-positioning solution for Internet of Things ••• STMicroelectronics, Sigfox partner to connect billions of devices ••• Avast announces smart IoT security platform ••• Riot Micro, Amarisoft demonstrate NB-IoT/LTE-M module reference design.
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Honduras, Philippines Deploying RFID-enabled License Plate System
The Cayman Islands is already using Tonnjes’ IDePlate and IDeStix technology to link vehicles and plates, locate vehicles of interest, and confirm the identities of vehicles on public roads.
Garmin Releasing Its Second NFC-enabled Garmin Pay Product
The technology in the company’s vivoactive 3 and Forerunner 645 Music watches consists of NXP Semiconductors’ Secure Element and Loader Service for secure NFC-enabled transactions and integration to bank service companies.
RFID News Roundup
B.O.S. Better Online Solutions’ RFID and Mobile Division receives order for retail self-scanning project ••• Comprion launches NFC testing and troubleshooting system ••• Scania evaluates H&D Wireless RTLS solution for indoor positioning ••• SML sponsors Auburn University RFID Center, joins Board of Advisors ••• MetraLabs, Qopius collaborate on retail vision robot ••• Frost & Sullivan report cites high-revenue RF test and measurement areas.
Beacon Technology Market Set to Surpass $25 Billion by 2024
According to new research from Global Market Insights, retailers are leveraging modern technologies to offer a personalized, digital and rich content-driven shopping experience to the customers at their stores.
New Study Shows Strategy for Adopting Internet of Things
Gartner and T-Systems have concluded that companies must invest in IoT platforms based on a multi-vendor ecosystem and a variety of solutions.
Cattle Industry to Weigh In on RFID in Washington State
The Washington State Department of Agriculture will schedule a period of public comment, after proposing in December that all cattle in the state must wear an LF RFID ear tag to help identify them in the event of disease outbreaks.
Why More Retailers Haven’t Invested in RFID
Is it that they don’t understand the value of the technology, are afraid to take risks, or have other priorities?
Sales Are Up and Overstocking Is Down, Study Reports, Due to RFID Use in Stores
A University of Leicester study involving 10 participating retailers, sponsored by GS1 UK and the ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group, found that all companies realized a return on investment, with sales boosted by between 1.5 and 5.5 percent.
Sales Are Up and Overstocking Is Down, Study Reports, Due to RFID Use in Stores
A University of Leicester study involving 10 participating retailers, sponsored by GS1 UK and the ECR Community Shrinkage and On-shelf Availability Group, found that all companies realized a return on investment, with sales boosted by between 1.5 and 5.5 percent.
IoT Technology Measures Water and Air Quality at Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel
Sigfox operator Connected Baltics has helped the company to measure the quality of water and ambience on its premises.
Key-Printing Kiosks Automate RFID Card Copying
KeyMe has retrofitted 111 of its kiosks with RFID functionality so that users with LF access cards and key fobs can print copies, while all future kiosks will come with the RFID technology built in.









