Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

IEEE RFID Trends: Some Insight

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Research into technical issues surrounding RFID is gathering momentum, blogs RFID Journal’s Mark Roberti:

“At least that’s the conclusion I draw from the number and quality of submissions received by IEEE for its IEEE RFID 2008 technical conference.”

The IEEE event will be held in conjunction with RFID Journal LIVE! 2008. [end] 

AOptix Technologies announced that SITA, a specialist in air transport communications and information technology, has joined the AOptix Value Added Reseller program.

Under the partnership, SITA, who has customers in more than 200 countries which includes 300 airport locations, would be able to offer its customers AOptix solutions. These offerings include the InSight iris and face recognition product as an automated solution for airports to quickly and securely identify passengers at security checkpoints with documents such as biometric-enabled passports.

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United Arab Emirates (UAE) travelers prefer making payments via mobile rather than using cash or credit card, according to a recent survey commissioned by travel technology and transaction processor Amadeus.

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2012 is predicted to become a “tipping point” for RFID technology in the retail sector, according to a new study from the VICS Item-Level RFID Initiative (VILRI).

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AOptix Technologies Inc. announced a partnership with emaratech, a regional system integrator for government, border control, aviation security and electronic identification systems and the provider of smart and electronic border control gates in all of UAE airports, Sultanate of Oman, Sultan Qaboos airport and Jordan Queen Alia airport.

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India is emerging as one of the world’s fastest growing smart card markets, according to a new research report by RNCOS. With more than one billion in population and increasing modern application areas, India is anticipated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 15% during 2011-2014.

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Javelin Strategy & Research has released a report detailing the latest trends that are expected to transform the banking, payments, mobile and security sector for 2012.

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