Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

Unitech taps Varlink to get word out in the UK

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Varlink has signed a deal with Unitech to distribute its handheld portable terminals, RFID readers and industrial PDAs in the UK market.

Now a Unitech mobility partner, Varlink is stocking various products such as its PA600 Phone Edition Mobile Computer, PA600 Healthcare PDA and PA600 Mobile Clinic Asssistant. Varlink will also be distributing the hardwearing HT680 mobile computer, which is aimed at the manufacturing, retail, logistics and transportation industries. [end] 

The Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois has equipped itself with an RFID-based surveillance tag system utilizing wireless sensing technology provided by Evigia Systems.

The integrated system consists of Evigia’s EV3 platform and will be used to track the physical locations and monitor the status to help ensure the safety and security of nuclear materials during processing, storage and transport.

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Portugal Telecom has launched an internal pilot of “tmn wallet,” a new mobile payments service that combines NFC technology, QR codes and text messages into one single platform.

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A new study reveals the market for RFID transponders, readers, software and services will generate more than $70.5 billion from 2012 to the end of 2017.

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Bibliotheca announced it is working with the Ottawa Public Library (OPL), and will soon begin converting its entire collection of 2.3 million items from bar code to RFID, spanning across 33 branches and two bookmobiles.

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SK Telecom, headquartered in South Korea, has designed an RFID disposal management system that will encourage citizens to recycle and reduce the amount of daily food waste, according to Earth911.com.

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Axios Mobile Assets Corporatio partnered with Canadian logistics firm, J.D. Smith and Sons, on a six-month pilot program using Axios’ RFID-enabled pallets and tracking technology.

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