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- Technology challenges related to RFID tag performance and antenna design in near field and far field vis--vis RFID applications.
30st August 2005, Sydney
Bimal Sareen, CEO of AVAANA, (www.avaana.com) discussed some of RFID technologys practical technology implementation realties that affect the rate of adoption. Participating in a talk at the International Symposium of Signal Processing and its Applications, held in Sydney, Australia on 30 August, 2005, Bimal Sareen said marketing hype and technology naivete dominate the vast application potential offered by the technology without the balancing sober reality, that RFID is not plug-n-play He highlighted some of the challenges for RFID data processing. The technology challenges related to RFID tag performance and antenna design in near field and far field vis--vis RFID applications and the essence of market dynamics while emphasizing the aspects of commercialization of the technology.
Bimal Sareen is the Founder and CEO of AVAANA, a technology innovation and integration services company specializing in RFID. AVAANA has been founded in India, and is focused on the high growth RFID technology market. He is also the Founding President of the RFID Association of India (RFIDAI, www.rfidai.org) a not-for-profit organization. The RFIDAI believes in the responsible adoption of RFID across India and globally.
- HP is planning to set up the RFID Center of Expertise in Delhi at AVAANA and will offer a complete range of solutions and expertise in RFID.
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
BANGALORE: HP has announced its partnership with Avaana, an innovation and
integration services company focused on the high growth RFID market.According to the
press release, Avaana as HP's preferred RFID solutions partner will provide customers the
complete range of solutions and expertise including consulting thus expanding its RFID
technology offerings in the wide array of industries including manufacturing, retail and
service sectors. HP would set-up the RFID Center of Expertise in Delhi at Avaana. RFID is
a data collection technology that provides suppliers, retailers, manufacturers and
distributors with up-to-the-minute supply chain visibility, from inventory and logistics to
freshness dates. According to HP India director - enterprise marketing and alliance- CSG
Pallab Talukdar, "HP's partnership with Avaana is a key element in our strategy to provide
the customers end-to-end complete RFID solutions. RFID is gaining momentum in a
variety of sectors. We do believe with the combination of our domain expertise and
Avaana's expertise in RFID, we offer a distinct edge to address the requirements of our
customers in this emerging segment."Commenting on the MOU, founder and CEO of
Avaana Bimal Sareen said, "This relationship of Avaana RFID expertise and solutions and
HP's solutions will together bring a complete and unique value proposition for customers."
He added, "We regard RFID as a key technology that will help customers reduce supply
chain costs while speeding the distribution process, ultimately providing customers with
better product availability."Avaana works with customers across the entire value chain. It
delivers consulting services at the executive and other levels, solutions and application
development of RFID hardware and software, and distribution of select
products.
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- Dutch Transit System Goes RFID
Second week of August 2004
The Netherlands will be one of the first countries in the world to have a full RFID payment system throughout its entire public transportation network. The Dutch e-ticketing project involves a consortium of the five largest transit operators in the country and covers trains, subways, buses, boats and trams. ASK, a French manufacturer of RFID smart cards, has been selected to supply the RFID smart cards and tickets. The cards will use Philips' Mifare 4K chip, which conforms to the ISO 14443A smart card standard. The rollout will begin in Rotterdam in the fourth quarter and be extended to other cities in 2005. The system is expected to be completely deployed by 2006.
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- Siemens, SAP, Intel Announce New RFID Product
Second week of August 2004
Siemens (NYSE: SI) Business Services, SAP (NYSE: SAP) and Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) have announced a new radio frequency identification (RFID) product. Privacy experts, however, continue to express concern about the technology.
The new product allows suppliers to comply with demands from Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) , Target and German retailer Metro that they attach RFID tags to pallets and, in some cases, individual consumer
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- RFID-enabled license plates to identify UK vehicles
Thursday, June 10 2004
The UK-based vehicle license plate manufacturer, Hills Numberplates Ltd, has chosen long-range RFID tags and readers from Identec Solutions to be embedded in
license plates that will automatically and reliably identify vehicles in the UK.
The new e-Plates project uses active (battery powered) RFID tags embedded in the plates to identify vehicles in real time. The result is the ability to reliably identify any vehicle, anywhere, whether stationary or mobile, and - most importantly - in all weather conditions. (Previous visually-based
license plate identification techniques have been hampered by factors such as heavy rain, mist, fog, and even mud or dirt on the plates.)
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- Identities secured
Thursday, June 10 2004
A key benefit of the e-Plate is that the tag provides an encrypted and secure ID code which is registered in the UK Ministry of Transport's vehicle database. This code prevents tampering, cloning, or other forms of fraud that can currently happen with camera-based systems. Additionally, the e-Plate is designed to shatter if anyone tries to remove or otherwise tamper with it, and the tag can be programmed to transmit a warning if any attempt is made to dislodge the plate.
- Surveillance applications
Thursday, June 10 2004
The system is expected to be used to identify vehicles for applications such as security, access control, electronic payment, tracking and processing, traffic management, and customer service. Commercial applications could include car dealerships, rental companies, insurance companies, fleet operators, and parking garages. In the public sector, the main applications would include enforcement (compliance with road tax, insurance, and mechanical checks), access control to restricted areas, combating vehicle theft and associated crime, and traffic flow counting and modelling.
According to Richard Taffinder, operations director for Hills Numberplates, the e-Plates were developed to provide companies and public authorities with a more reliable way to positively identify and capture information on a vehicle.
- Twilight of barcodes and the dawn of RFID
April 17, 2004
While RFID faces many hurdles, observers feel the technology will take root. "Because established companies, such as Wal-Mart, are backing RFID, it will be successful," IDC's Boone told TechNewsWorld. "Deployment may not occur as quickly as the big retailers would like, but I expect it will happen in the next few years."
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- RFID on the brink of European breakthrough
April 16, 2004
The key findings of an international study undertaken by LogicaCMG reveal that Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is high on the agenda for European retailers, food manufacturers and logistic service providers. A majority of the companies interviewed in the Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Germany, France and Belgium, gave RFID top priority in terms of planned IT investment.
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- HP: RFID chip price expected to drop below US$0.05
April 15, 2004
At a Hewlett Packard (HP) conference in Taipei yesterday on RFID (radio frequency identification) chips, Lucien Repellin, the company’s representative for RFID technology and solutions said that RFID chip prices should drop by as much as US$0.20 from the current US$0.25-US$0.35. Repellin anticipates the cost will drop significantly this year as adoption of RFID technology increases. As RFID technology is implemented worldwide, chip prices should level out at around US$0.05, Repellin also said.
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