Epcglobal news summary (jan6-jan12)_e.hwp

China's smart tag market is projected to grow around 33.2 percent per year, buoyed by government support and promotion, according to a report released Wednesday by Analysys International.
The research company, based in Beijing, expects the Chinese market for RFID (radio frequency identification) technology will reach around 5 billion renminbi ($620 million) by 2009. About 3.8 billion renminbi will be spent on RFID products, 684 million renminbi for tag readers and 567 million renminbi for software and services, it said.
In 2004, China's RFID market was more than 1.2 billion renminbi, according to Analysys International. Most RFID applications were in closed and proprietary application fields, with software and services accounting for only 7.1 percent of the market, the company said.
The market has been slightly restricted by the technology's high price and interoperability problems caused by inconsistent standards between vendors, according to the report. Large-scale deployment of RFID in retail environments is unlikely in the next five to 10 years, it said. As standards evolve and prices fall, RFID is expected to catch technology and also has another program underway to use smart tags in the livestock industry, the report said.
The three central areas for smart tag development are Beijing, Shanghai and the Pearl River Delta, centered around the high-tech With a wave of his hand, Amal Graafstra, a 29-year-old entrepreneur based in Vancouver, Canada, opens his front door. With another, he Tiny radio frequency identification (RFID) computer chips inserted into Graafstra's hands make it all possible.
"I just don't want to be without access to the things that I need to get access to. In the worst case scenario, if I'm in the alley naked, I want to still be able to get in (my house)," Graafstra said.
The computer chips, which cost about $2.70, interact with a device installed in computers and other electronics. The chips are activated when they come within 8cm of a so-called reader, which scans the data on the chips. The reader devices are available for as little as Graafstra said at least 20 of his tech-savvy pals have RFID implants.
"I can't feel it at all. It doesn't impede me. It doesn't hurt at all. I almost can't tell it's there," agreed Jennifer Tomblin, a 23-year-old marketing student and Graafstra's girlfriend.
Mikey Sklar, a 28-year-old Brooklyn resident, said, "it does give you some sort of power of `abracadabra,' of making doors open and passwords enter just by a wave of your hand." The RFID chip in Sklar's hand, which is smaller than a grain of rice and can last up to 100 years, was injected by a surgeon in Los Graafstra was drawn to RFID tagging to make life easier in this technological age, but Sklar said he was more intrigued by the technology's potential in a broader sense.
In the future, technological advances will allow people to store, transmit and access encrypted personal information in an increasing number of wireless ways, Sklar said.
Wary of privacy issues, Sklar said he was developing a fabric shield to protect such chips from being read by strangers seeking to steal One advantage of the RFID chip, Graafstra said, is that it cannot get lost or stolen. And the chip can always be removed from a person's Finland's Nordic ID has launched a versatile, radio-based handheld computer designed for users in the retail and logistics sectors who prefer to collect and forward data wirelessly.
one-dimensional and two-dimensional bar codes, as well as RFID (radio frequency identification) smart tags, says Nordic ID.
The robust terminal can connect wirelessly to back-office computer systems via a handful of technologies, including WLAN (wireless LAN) 802.11a and 802.11g systems, GPRS (General Packet Radio Service), EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global Evolution) and Designed for easy use, the PL3000 has a 3.5-inch VGA (video touch-panel display and a backlit keyboard with 29 keys. It weighs 500 grams, is equipped with a 200 MHz processor designed by ARM and runs Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.
Memory can be adjusted to up to 4G bytes with SDRAM (synchronous dynamic RAM) and Flash chips, and the device has a slot for SD/MMCs (Secure Digital/MultiMedia Cards).
The PL3000 terminal costs between #3,000 (NZ$5,300) to #5,000 per unit depending on configuration, a Nordic ID spokesman says.
electronic identification in the trade sector.
The registration of barcode this year is estimated to grow by 100% Eddy Syahbudi, Head of Business Development at GS1 Indonesia, said that in 2005m there were 320 companies registering new code identification numbers for around 1,000 items of products. "Until the end of 2005, the total number reaches 2,343 prefix numbers," he said Membership of GS1 Indonesia at the moment consists of companies from the food and beverages, pharmaceutical, advertising, cosmetics, GS1 represents Global System, Global Standards and Global Solution and also represents organization standard and trade unification under According to Eddy, at the moment there were efforts to develop electronic identification using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and electronic Product Code (ePC) technology by using UHF 860-960 With RFID/ePC, consumers shopping in modern markets needed not to queue long in the cashier "Trolleys that pass through the cashier will The information technology in the trade sector has been used globally, especially in the supply chain line, to make tracking more efficient and to reduce human error rate. (Bisnis/roy) Mercury Infocomm System Pvt Ltd (MISPL) of Mumbai has launched a outsourcing (BPO) workers. The product combines radio frequency communication (GSM) technology. The unit will be fitted with the engine of the vehicle and a remote signalling key will provided to each of the passengers. The vehicle will be stalled with the press of a specific button on the key and messages requesting for help will be sent to 5 phone numbers, including the police.
Use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will increase this year, but early adopters moving to new standards could face costly transition periods, according to research.
A report published last week by market researcher Regan, Jacob and Sydney says wider adoption of RFID will push licence revenue up by 30 per cent in 2006, from $504m (￡285m) last year to $751m A new RFID standard, Gen2, was introduced in December, which sets interoperability and bandwidth technologies. ‘We expect to see stories in 2006 about the horrific costs of conversion from Gen1 to Gen2 tag frequency standards or users who made bad deployment decisions in 2004 and 2005,’ say the report’s authors Peter Jordan, international business-to-business strategy director at food giant Kraft, says new ‘I do not anticipate any real problems for those testing RFID because they are likely to go straight for the Gen2-compliant systems,’ he said. The report estimates that only 15 to 25 per cent of RFID deployment and support will be handled by large IT firms, and service providers or consultancies will only claim a 10 per cent share Culture Minister David Lammy officially launched Haringey Libraries' RFID (radio frequency identification) service at his local library just before Christmas. Haringey's system is the first in the UK with an innovative glass issue station, and multi-read capability that enables up to five library items to be issued at the same time.
The RFID tagging of library books enables library users to self-issue their own books at the 'Supa Kiosk' issue station and saves staff time through automatic sorting of returned books, better stock control and security improvements. The launch took place at the Marcus Garvey Library in Tottenham, David Lammy's local library, which he has used since he was a child and currently uses for his regular MP's surgery.
"As Minster for Culture, I visit many libraries. This year I have been to libraries in Liverpool, Hull, Peckham and many other places", said David. "Coming back to my own constituency it is good to know that, in Haringey, we have libraries that are right at the leading edge." The project was led by Diana Edmonds, Head of Libraries, Archives Chambers of RFID suppliers 2CQR. Diana Edmonds said: "Haringey Libraries is very proud to have launched perhaps the most advanced library automation solution in the world, which promises to make a great difference to both users and to staff." Cllr. Lorna Reith, Executive Member for Community Involvement, London Borough of Haringey, said: "This automated system succeeds in offering the people of Haringey an excellent level of library service." Library Projects Engineer for 2CQR Mike Chambers said: "The work we have undertaken with Diana and her staff at the Marcus Garvey Library has been both challenging and immensely rewarding." He added: "The installation has allowed us to demonstrate the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of our RFID products and I'm sure that they will benefit a large number of libraries across the UK." Although RFID is enjoying global usage, tag and reader vendors based outside the U.S. are working to strengthen their presence in North America, according to a recently released report by Oyster Bay, "Increased competition, and the infusion of international perspectives, will have a beneficial effect on the markets," says Erik Michielsen, research director of RFID, ABI Research.
According to the study, "RFID Research Service", companies from Japan, South Korea and Europe, including; Sato, KSW Microtec, Rafsec, Siemens, Omron and Samsung are refining their channel At the same time, EPCglobal is trying to take a leading role in traditionally the territory of technology giants such as Microsoft, Oracle, SAP, BEA Systems, Sun Microsystems and IBM according to Pfizer Inc., in a move to thwart counterfeit Viagra, on Friday said it packages of its anti-impotence pill to verify they are the authentic The world's biggest drugmaker said the new technology, which is difficult and costly to duplicate, would create barriers "for criminals who might attempt to counterfeit our products." Pfizer has previously also opposed illegal imports of authentic Viagra into the United States, where they can be sold at steeply discounted rates, but said the new technology is not designed to block such "We honestly have not looked at this from an anti-importation perspective," said Pfizer spokesman Bryant Haskins, whose company has vigorously opposed U.S. legislation that would legalize importation Haskins said the tiny tags are small computer chips that have been affixed to the underside of labels on each bottle of Viagra, as well as on cases and pallets of the drug. The invisible tags relay an electronic code that verifies the product is bona fide and authorized scanners that communicate the code over the Internet to a secure Pfizer Web site" for verification purposes, the New York-based Haskins said Pfizer is the first large drugmaker to put the radio-tag technology to use but said privately held Purdue Pharma LP already uses such tags to monitor shipments of its widely-abused OxyContin Although the technology can physically scan packages of Viagra and thereby authenticate them, Pfizer said it cannot yet "track and trace" the whereabouts of packages as they are distributed across the Tracking and tracing would require all parts of the distribution system to invest in compatible technology and agree to use it to The company said it plans to further explore tracking and tracing abilities of the technology and how the radio tag technology might also help thwart counterfeit versions of other Pfizer drugs.
Viagra had global third-quarter sales of $386 million, almost half of which were in the United States. Although it remains one of the competition from the longer-acting Cialis treatment sold by Eli Lilly Pfizer last February filed lawsuits against a number of Web site operators that it alleged have sold illegal versions of Viagra. At the time, Pfizer said it did not know how much the company was losing in Viagra revenue as a result of illegal Internet sales.

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