Understanding when Internet of Things devices and systems become subject to communications taxes and regulatory oversight can be difficult to ascertain, putting companies in a challenging and potentially costly tax predicament.
While the specific case involves U-NII devices, the precedent applies to RFID equipment suppliers as well.
Some companies want to implement RFID on the cheap, while others, such as Delta Air Lines, realize how powerful the technology is and want to get it right.
An active RFID system, provided by Triax Technologies, enables Lettire Construction Corp. to track the locations of 140 workers on its site at any given time, to ensure that they are authorized to be there, are not in harm’s way and are working where they should be.
The United Kingdom’s NHS Trust is launching a UHF RFID system from Ingenica Solutions to track implants received, stored and then placed inside patients, to reduce manual efforts for tracking the high-value devices, while also increasing patient safety.
Several agriculture partners have already put the system to work.
Nobilium’s solution, from Syrma Technology, provides an automatic-identification method for nursing homes and hospitals in the form of a passive HF or NFC tag built into the dentures, to link a patient’s ID with the false teeth as they are cleaned or maintained.
As we enter the era of the Internet of Things, the fourth Industrial Revolution, everything around us becomes connected and smart.
PervasID’s Ranger Series includes specialized readers for dock doors, overhead wide-area reading, point of sale and security, along with software to manage read data.
The increased number of connected devices in the field comes with a surge of data, and the question of what to do with all this information.