September 23, 2005
RFID in Europe
According to John Clarke, chief technology officer with Tesco, U.K, RFID deployment in Europe is a more challenging task than in the U.S. The major hindrances are the number of regulations that limit the range of frequencies available to the readers and the US centric RFID vendors. In the US, there are 60 channels that can be used for deploying RFID readers, however in Europe there are only 10 channels. This is because a 26 MHz spectrum is available in the US but only 2 MHz is available in Europe. rfidjournal.com reports:
One issue for European RFID users is the inability of readers to use spread spectrum technology to maximize spectrum usage. Instead, European readers use a listen-before-talk function that can limit the time that a reader can actually operate if there is too much activity or noise in the same spectrum.
Read More: Tesco CTO Describes Europe's Hurdles
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