World's First Multi-Frequency Multi-Protocol RFID Reader/Writer developed by NEC

Filed in archive Tags and Readers on September 6, 2007

Though the RFID market is progressing quite well but still it has been facing certain roadblocks in its expansion because even though a variety of RFID tags with various frequencies and protocols are available but still a number of companies were missing a dedicated reader/writer for all these RFID tags.

I think now the companies will get what they had been missing for a long time - a multi RFID reader/ writer which can read and write any RFID tag information. NEC has unveiled what it calls the world's first multi RFID reader/ writer which supports three major tag frequencies along with world's most used protocols. It supports two protocols and three frequencies - 13.56 MHz, 2.45 GHz and UHF band. In case you are worried what would happen in case a new protocol is introduced in the market you don't need to worry since this device allows installation of new network software in case a new RFID protocol is unveiled and you would not be required to buy a new reader/writer every time. With plans for dedicated LSI to be commercialized in 2008 the RFID market would further witness reduction in size and costs of multi reader/ writer. So now companies have a lot to choose from.