Philips has sold a near field communication (NFC) chip to South Korea’s Samsung, officially marking the world’s first NFC sale.
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RFID Journal Bets $10,000 on 5-cent Tags by 2008
Mark Roberti, founder and editor of RFID Journal, offered to make a $10,000 wager that 5-cent passive RFID tags will be available by 2008.
RFID, Bar Codes, and Browser Cookies
Both bar codes and web browser cookies had their detractors who insisted upon the potential evils of the technologies. Is RFID a case of history repeating itself?
RFID Standardization in China
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The 5-Cent Challenge
RFID Journal Editor Mark Roberti is betting $10,000 that end users will be able to buy simple, passive UHF RFID tags for a nickel in 2008.
Service Bureaus for Smart Labels
Avery Dennison and Paxar have each launched services that encode, print and deliver EPC-compliant labels to order.
RFID and Consumer Demand
By tagging people who agree to allow their shopping habits to be tracked anonymously, retailers could gain unparalleled insights into consumer behavior.
RFID News Roundup
Mitsui invests in Savi; RFID printer-encoder gets wireless support; Printronix adds label software partner; ViVOtech adds IR to RFID payment systems; MasterCard taps OTI and Atmel.
5-Cent RFID Tag Unlikely in 4 Years
The ARC Advisory Group asserts that passive RFID tag prices will not have dropped to 5 cents by 2008.
Verticalization is the RFID Strategy for Consulting Firms
Consulting firms will tend to focus their RFID efforts in vertical industries whose business processes they already know well.
5-Cent Tag Unlikely in 4 Years
Average price of a passive UHF RFID tags will drop to only 16 cents by 2008, according to ARC Advisory Group, dampening wide adoption of item-level tagging.
RFID Consultancies Go Vertical
A report by ABI Research shows that consulting firms of all sizes are developing RFID integration services that focus on individual industries.