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Lan-speed mobile technology to be showcased at 3GSM conference

Broadband-speed mobile technology will be showcased at this year's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona in the second week of February.

Radio tagging out of tune on ROI

  • News
  • Date: 25 January 2006
Some 12% of manufacturing, retail/wholesale and logistics companies in western Europe are reviewing radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, according to a survey by IDC. Another 5% are already piloting it.

Symbian mobiles targeted by three Trojans

Three new malicious Trojans aimed at mobile phones running the Symbian operating system have been released into the wild.

Wal-Mart tests RFID data integration system

Retailer Wal-Mart is testing a system to integrate data taken from radio frequency identification tags with automated electronic data interchange information.

Doubts over returns hinder RFID take-up

Few Western European manufacturing, retail, wholesale, and logistics companies piloted or were planning to pilot radio frequency identification technology in 2005.

First draft for 802.11n due to be approved

The IEEE standards committee is expected to adopt a first draft of the 802.11n specification this week. The 802.11n specification is designed to improve the bandwidth of wireless networks, supporting at least 100mbps, according to the IEEE.

Fast Wi-Fi speeds on the way

Much higher Wi-Fi speeds are on the way, following a decision by the IEEE standards body to approve the 802.11n standard.

RFID growing fast

  • News
  • Date: 19 January 2006
A report by analyst Regan, Jacob and Sydney says 2006 will be the year when radio frequency identification (RFID) crosses the chasm into mainstream maturity.

Wal-Mart advances its RFID system

Wal-Mart Stores is testing a system to integrate data taken from radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with automated electronic data interchange (EDI) information.

RFID tagging used to fight back against counterfeit drug problem

The pharmaceutical industry is increasingly using radio frequency identification tags to control prescription distribution, a meeting of the BCS South Wales branch heard earlier this month.
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