iDTRONIC, a supplier of RFID hardware, today introduced the high-performance UHF Long Range Reader UHF-LR with a read range of up to 10 meters. The reader is described by the company as having a “robust design,” and comes in a very small form factor, with both USB and RS232 serial interfaces. It can be connected […]

RFID technology provider Sirit Inc. and NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company and RFID chip supplier founded by Philips, today announced they will jointly host an open Webcast on Thursday, January 17, 2008 at 11 a.m. EST. The Webcast, “Capturing the Value of Gen 2 Custom Commands,” will focus on use cases and benefits of […]

For those of you not keeping minute-to-minute tabs on New Hampshire analyses, there’s lots going on in California … and Portugal. Vue Technology, a provider of item-level RFID solutions, today announced that Byblos, a major Portuguese book retailer, has rolled out the world’s largest single-store, item-level RFID deployment in Portugal’s largest bookstore, Byblos Amoreiras. Byblos […]

Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu Limited today announced the development of what it calls “the world’s first 64 kilobyte (KB: 66.40, -1.89, -2.76%) ultra-high frequency (UHF)-band RFID tag with high-capacity FRAM[1].” This tag featuring memory capacity sufficient to store large volumes of aircraft part and maintenance history data, while supporting a number of different radio frequencies […]

The Three Creeks Community Library today announced the completion of its new RFID system. It’s the first branch in the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District (in Vancouver, Washington), to receive an RFID makeover. The new system was installed by the Integrated Technology Group, a division of Vernon Library Supplies, Inc. Twelve more libraries within the […]

Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech’s ViVOnfc infrastructure software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone payments is starting to be used by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in its first NFC mobile phone payment launch in conjunction with MasterCard at the Masters Golf Tournament in Australia. According to ViVOtech, this deployment marks Australia’s first NFC mobile phone […]

Silicon Valley-based ViVOtech’s ViVOnfc infrastructure software for Near Field Communication (NFC) mobile phone payments is starting to be used by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia in its first NFC mobile phone payment launch in conjunction with MasterCard at the Masters Golf Tournament in Australia. According to ViVOtech, this deployment marks Australia’s first NFC mobile phone […]

Tel Aviv-based Visonic Technologies has released an All Weather Asset Tracking Tag, the news site UsingRFID.com reported earlier. The “robust” device, for tagging and monitoring heavy industrial mobile assets, has significantly reduced the needed infrastructure by greatly increasing the tag’s radio range, according to Visonic. It is capable of communicating using a number of standard […]

RFID will help aide evacuees the next time a hurricane messes with Texas, RFID Update reports. The state’s Governor’s Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) has implemented its new Texas Special Needs Evacuation Tracking System (SNETS), which uses RFID wristbands to identify evacuees. The Update outlines how it works: When the GDEM calls for an evacuation, […]

More than 419 million NFC chipsets will ship in 2012, according to a new study from ABI Research. However, similar to revenue in most semiconductor markets, NFC revenue is offset by declining unit ASPs. By 2012, ABI Research forecasts that the NFC chipset ASP will decline to $0.97, for a total market revenue of $406 […]