Can you please provide some examples?
—Name withheld
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Yes, absolutely. I believe Savi Technology is the only company that produces an active RFID tag able to communicate with cell-phone networks via general packet radio service (GPRS). Several firms offer readers that can transmit information to a host system via GPRS.
Our special report, How to Choose the Right RFID System: A Step-by-Step Guide, lists several businesses that offer RFID combined with Global Positioning System (GPS) transmitters:
AeroScout
300 Island Drive, Suite 20
Redwood City, Calif. 94065
(650) 596-2994
www.aeroscout.com
Identec Solutions
Millennium Park 2
6890 Lustenau, Austria
+43 5577 87387-0
www.identecsolutions.com
Savi Technology
351 E. Evelyn Avenue
Mountain View, Calif. 94041-1530
(888) 994-7284
www.savi.com
Zebra Enterprise Solutions
475 Half Day Road, Suite 500
Lincolnshire, Ill. 60069
(847) 634-6700
zes.zebra.com
—Mark Roberti, Founder and Editor, RFID Journal