TPL Communications intros RF power amplifier 

TPL Communications has introduced the Smart RXR, the latest addition to its RXR Series of continuous duty RF power amplifiers. The Smart RXR adds the...

Sun Microsystems opens RFID test center 

Sun Microsystems has opened a radio frequency identification (RFID) test center in Dallas. The facility will enable companies to simulate RFID deployments...

Wal-Mart begins RFID trial 

Wal-Mart announced it has begun field tests of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology at seven “Supercenters” and one regional distribution...

Proposed RFID standard gains support 

Several key manufacturers and technology providers today announced they are submitting a protocol definition designed to provide a much-anticipated worldwide...

FCC adopts new RFID rules 

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday issued an order that clears the way for the use of improved radiofrequency identification (RFID) systems...

Wal-Mart postpones pharmaceutical RFID goal 

After initially requiring drug manufacturers to attach radio frequency identification (RFID) tags to products by the end of March, retail giant Wal-Mart...

epcSolutions releases RFID implementation software 

EPC/RFID middleware provider epcSolutions this week announced the release of ThingsNet, a software solution that is designed to reduce the time, effort...

Aberdeen: Manufacturers should pilot RFID now 

Manufacturers waiting to let other suppliers sort through the “inevitable problems” associated with RFID technology instead of conducting their own pilot...

Microsoft creates RFID group 

Software giant Microsoft yesterday announced the establishment of a new Microsoft Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Council that will consider ways...

Matrics introduces next-gen RFID reader 

Matrics this week announced the introduction of the AR 400 RFID (radiofrequency identification) reader, the send generation of the company’s RFID readers....

MRT’s Kinley authors book on RF devices 

Noble Publishing has published “The Radioman’s Manual of RF Devices,” authored by Harold Kinley, who writes Mobile Radio Technology’s popular “Technically...

FDA supports RFID use to secure drug supply chain 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week that radiofrequency identification (RFID) technologies should be employed by pharmaceutical manufacturers,...

Report: Most UK companies shun RFID technology 

A report issued by e.centre, a United Kingdom-based association that focuses on supply chain efficiency, indicated that 85% of UK companies have no plans...

Medical garment manufacturer embraces RFID 

SRI/Surgical Express, the Tampa, Fla.-based manufacturer of reusable surgical products, announced this week that it would install radio frequency identification...

NEDAP RFID solution selected for European taxi management system 

A radio frequency identification (RFID) system developed by Netherlands-based NEDAP N.V will be installed at London’s Heathrow Airport by taxi company...