September 30, 2004
UPS Tests RFID Passive Tags
United Parcel Service has been using active RFID tags to track trailers for 15 years. But now, the shipping company is piloting passive RFID tags and multiprotocol readers.
According to InformationWeek:
UPS has tested RFID products from vendors such as Alien Technology Corp. and Matrics Inc. But the company's goal is to switch to what Nonneman calls "agile readers" or multiprotocol readers, which have broader capabilities than Class 0 and class 1 readers. "UPS has many retailer characteristics; therefore, it can't use a single class tag.
Read more: UPS Steps Up RFID Efforts
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