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by gautam on June 25, 2009
This is what Hakan Djuphammar, VP of systems architecture at Ericsson predicts for the technology. Let me quote the exact words of Hakan:
A year from now basically every new phone that's sold w...
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by gautam on May 16, 2009
The world economy is depressed and most of the sectors are in red and if you would ask any expert he would point out that immediate future doesn't look good either.
But if we consider the words ...
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by gautam on April 29, 2009
Want to know how RFID is being adopted world over? If yes then check out the new graphical interactive RFID deployment map introduced by RFID Journal. The RFID deployment map is somewhat like a wiki t...
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by gautam on March 27, 2009
Global meltdown has cast its ominous shadows on almost every sector around the globe and how could the RFID industry stay untouched.
On the whole the projected growth rates of the industry are not e...
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by gautam on August 27, 2007
In the year 2007 $4.96 billion will be spent around the globe on RFID and out of this $2.7 billion will be spent by East Asia and further out of $2.7 billion China will be spending $ 1.9 billion for t...
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by gautam on April 3, 2007
India is a hot destination as of now and the whole world has its eyes set on it. With its economy growing like never before it is offering immense opportunities for everybody so how could RFID stay be...
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by Anita Campbell on February 24, 2007
The Chinese are going to get you!
That's according to Peter Harrop, the chairman of IDTechEx.
While you weren't looking, China jumped to the number one spot for RFID volumes. And it's ...
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by Anita Campbell on February 8, 2007
Bert Moore, the Editor of RFID Insights newsletter at the AIMglobal website, writes a weekly column that I have come to enjoy considerably.
Some of his more recent columns have been especially inte...
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by Anita Campbell on January 18, 2007
Over at RFID Update they have an excellent 3-part article listing the top trends in RFID from 2006. It's really a "year in review" series of articles. Some of the key developments covere...
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by Anita Campbell on January 13, 2007
ABI Research is another group that faced up to the disappointing year that 2006 was for retail mandates and supply chain uses of RFID. ABI Research makes the observation that some consumer goods manuf...
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by Anita Campbell on January 7, 2007
Taking yet another look back on 2006 is Phil Lazo, VP and General Manager of Symbol Technologies, RFID Global Products group. In what is perhaps the understatement of the year, he says 2006 was "...
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by Anita Campbell on January 3, 2007
Analyst firm RW Baird has issued its December 2006 Supply Chain Technology - RFID Monthly, containing its take on the RFID market in 2006.
In one sense, RW Baird's reaction was similar to the oth...
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by Anita Campbell on December 29, 2006
Mr. RFID gives his take on whether 2006 was a good year. He says, it all depends on whom you to talk to:Here we are at the end of 2006, and what a year it's been for the RFID Industry. This year, ...
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by Anita Campbell on December 28, 2006
For my next several posts I plan to focus on reviewing the year 2006, and what it meant for the RFID market, so that we can set a baseline for where we are as 2007 rings in.
In this first post in the...
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by Anita Campbell on December 16, 2006
Want to see a map of the world with RFID points of interest superimposed? Head to the RFID tribe website, where you can find just such an RFID map of the world.
It uses a Google map, and pinpoints th...
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by Anita Campbell on November 23, 2006
My favorite RFID analysts, IDTechEx, have come out once again with another fascinating report. This time, they have compiled a report showing the countries that have adopted RFID the most.
The Unite...
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by Anita Campbell on September 28, 2006
Andy Kowl, subbing at Lou Sirico's column at RFID Switchboard, makes an interesting observation about Korea and its approach to RFID. In November, 2006 Korea will host the RFID/USN Conference.
He...
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by Anita Campbell on August 19, 2006
Inpinj, which until recently has had 100% market share when it comes to those Gen 2 chips that power RFID tags, is now facing competition as the market catches up.
Customers have ordered a billion ch...
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by Anita Campbell on August 16, 2006
Intermec is offering a trade-in program for older equipment. You can earn cash rebates for turning in old equipment and buying new stuff from Intermec.
Some of the items covered in the trade-in inclu...
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by Anita Campbell on August 9, 2006
RFID tag and reader manufacturer, Alien Technology, filed for an intial public offering (IPO) in April 2006, but then last week withdrew its plans.
The company gave as its reason the poor stock marke...
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by Anita Campbell on July 21, 2006
Editor's Note: I am pleased to provide another guest post by popular guest blogger, Chris Kapsambelis. The author asserts that given the way passive RFID is being implemented today, the economic a...
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by ehsan on April 27, 2006
I saw this interesting report by a market research company, RNCOS, titled "RFID Industry Analysis 2006,".
In this report, as one of the results, it's been mentioned that RFID's use...
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by Anita Campbell on March 29, 2006
If you want an overview of the big picture of the RFID market -- how big it is presently and the forecast for the future -- you need only look to yesterday's opening keynote at . Dr. Peter Harrop,...
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by Anita Campbell on February 8, 2006
Here's more about the market size for RFID. Glyn Holland of IDTechEx explains what's behind the conflicting analyst reports about the RFID market size:
"Several analysts, including IDTech...
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by Anita Campbell on February 3, 2006
By 2016, the global market for RFID will reach $26.23 Billion according to research firm IDTechEx. That is compared with a market size of $2.71Billion projected for this year, 2006.
IDTechEx's pr...
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by Anita Campbell on January 31, 2006
Here is an interesting tidbit about venture capital activity involving RFID companies.
Quan Ventures recently exited its investment in Alien Technology, bringing more than a 2-for-1 return to investo...
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by Anita Campbell on January 14, 2006
Texas Instruments announced the sale of its Sensors unit to Bain Capital for $3.0 Billion, but retained its RFID unit.
RFID Update has an insightful interview outlining the reasons behind TI's m...
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by Anita Campbell on January 2, 2006
VeriChip, the maker of RFID chips for pets and humans, and RFID-enabled medical bracelets, announced it is planning an IPO (initial public stock offering). Interestingly, for all the hype about RFID a...
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by Anita Campbell on December 23, 2005
The RFID Journal offers an interesting guest column about the state of RFID usage in Chinese manufacturing (or, perhaps non-usage would be more exact).
Steven H.T. Wong of China elite Technology opin...
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by Anita Campbell on December 16, 2005
RFID continues to attract investment money for the chip/tag providers (in case you were wondering about the attractiveness of the RFID market). Two different fundings were announced just in the past t...
