December 27, 2004
RFID Readers Get Cellular
SmartCode is adding cellular data capabilities to its UHF readers so that the devices can connect wirelessly to a corporate network, reports RFID Journal.
"Radio frequency identification (RFID) systems provider SmartCode has integrated cellular data capabilities into one of its UHF readers. The additional capabilities, says SmartCode, means that the reader can be deployed even where there is no LAN connectivity to link it to a corporate network.
[...] SmartCode says it plans to integrate cellular capabilities into a number of its RFID reader models. The cellular-capable versions will be priced less than 10 percent more than their noncellular counterparts. SmartCode says, however, it has yet to fully research the potential market for the new readers.
"This is the world's first such RFID reader, and we don't know how many solutions will be built around it yet," says Roy Apple, VP of business development at SmartCode.
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