RFID Asia has tapped the power of WidSets and QR Code to provide mobile services for the RFID community.

(RFID ASIA LLP, Singapore, June 15, 2007) – RFID Asia, the prominent RFID community in Asia, has released a couple of new mobile services for the RFID community. These new mobile services enable the access to the RFID Asia website content through mobile devices.

After a 9-month successful trial with WidSets, a mobile service that keeps you up-to-date with the latest news, RFID Asia now provides a direct access from the RFID Asia website to the RFID Asia widget available from the WidSets' Widget Library. By adding the widget, you can keep an eye on RFID Asia Journal Entry directly from your mobile devices.

Beside the RFID Asia widget, you can also access the Mobile version of RFID Asia Journal Entry from your mobile devices using the QR Code provided on the RFID Asia website. The QR Code allows you to fetch and display the latest RFID Asia Journal entry on your mobile devices.

As a two-dimensional symbol developed by Denso Wave, QR Code contains information in both the vertical and horizontal directions, whereas a bar code contains data in one direction only. In addition, the symbol also holds a considerably greater volume of information than a bar code.


About RFID ASIA LLP
RFID ASIA LLP is a Singapore-registered body corporate providing RFID Technology Consulting Services. With a base in Singapore, RFID ASIA LLP manages and disseminates knowledge of RFID technology, standards, innovation and business. Providing services for profit-oriented organisations, RFID ASIA LLP also develops RFID Knowledge Products and Services.

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About PT. RFID Centre Asia
PT. RFID Centre Asia is the organization that coordinates RFID Asia – the prominent RFID Community in Asia. As a global organization with more than a thousand members in Asia Pacific, RFID Asia aims to be the Independent Knowledge Centre in Asia by facilitating RFID community forum and RFID partnership platform in Asia, build, disseminate and nurture knowledge around RFID technology and promote RFID standards, innovation and business.

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Adi Tedjasaputra
PT. RFID Centre Asia
Singapore Representative Office
9 Temasek Blvd
#31-02 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989
E-mail. adi.tedjasaputra@rfidAsia.org
Web. http://www.rfidAsia.org

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The Asia Pacific region comprises a market for RFID products and services predicted to reach at least $2 billion by 2010. RFID Asia to help RFID vendors tapping the market through its new RFID kiosk in Indonesia.

(PT. RFID Centre Asia, Jakarta, March 12, 2007) – PT. RFID Centre Asia, the organization that coordinates RFID Asia – the prominent RFID Community in Asia, is opening the first RFID kiosk in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The new RFID kiosk will be one-stop RFID store to help companies across various industry verticals, government agencies, research organisations and universities in the region to select, try out and buy a range of RFID products and services from various RFID vendors. The kiosk will link up RFID vendors and consumers alike to conduct trading and training on RFID products and services.

"This RFID kiosk is a win-win solution for both RFID vendors and consumers", said Adi Tedjasaputra, Founder of RFID Asia. "The new store will provide a good opportunity for RFID vendors to show and sell their RFID products and services in the centre of South-East Asia's biggest economy and RFID end-users will have one-stop access to select, try out and buy the best RFID products and services for their needs."

Anticipating the rapid growth of RFID technology adoption in the Asia Pacific region, the store will play a dominant role in promoting RFID standards, innovation and business in the region. RFID vendors interested to show and sell their RFID products and services in the kiosk shall contact RFID Asia for further information.

About PT. RFID Centre Asia
PT. RFID Centre Asia is the organization that coordinates RFID Asia – the prominent RFID Community in Asia. As a global organization with more than a thousand members in Asia Pacific, RFID Asia aims to be the Independent Knowledge Centre in Asia by facilitating RFID community forum and RFID partnership platform in Asia, build, disseminate and nurture knowledge around RFID technology and promote RFID standards, innovation and business.

Contact
Adi Tedjasaputra
PT. RFID Centre Asia
Singapore Representative Office
9 Temasek Blvd
#31-02 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989
E-mail. adi.tedjasaputra@rfidAsia.org
Web. http://www.rfidAsia.org


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During the RFID Asia Meeting in Jakarta last December 2006, we presented the Mobile RFID 2.0 project to the RFID community for the first time.

Utilising mobile and RFID technologies, we have outlined several guidelines and concepts that characterize the Mobile RFID 2.0 ubiquitous network architecture. One of the concepts, the blur distinction between RFID tags and readers, suggests for RFID applications that require logical bond or connection among physical objects.

Interestingly, a European semiconductor manufacturer, EM Microelectronic, has also started to look into some RFID applications beyond traditional transportation, access control and animal identification markets. In their projects, physical objects are logically paired together using passive RFID communication technology. The company further illustrates the benefits of RFID pairing applications through smart refills and automatic identification of wireless device pairs.

After the public presentation, we have received some interesting feedbacks from the RFID community that sum up the positive interests and responses for Mobile RFID 2.0. Based on the feedbacks received from the RFID community, RFID Asia has envisioned the development of Mobile RFID 2.0 open platform and interoperable Mobile RFID 2.0 open standards and protocol.

Prospective partners interested to participate in the Mobile RFID 2.0 project are invited to contact RFID Asia for further information.

Further Info
Adi Tedjasaputra
PT. RFID Centre Asia
Singapore Representative Office
9 Temasek Blvd
#31-02 Suntec Tower Two
Singapore 038989
E-mail: firstname.lastname@rfidAsia.org
firstname: adi
lastname: tedjasaputra


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Edited Press Release.

SK Telecom announced that it had established a strategic partnership on the 24th with Symbol Technologies for cooperation in the areas of RFID and mobile computing.

With the partnership, the two companies plan to work together in development of technology for building of corporate mobility solutions, such as RFID and M2M solutions. As a result, SK Telecom is now able to propose or sell Symbol's diverse RFID related solutions in the domestic market, and when Symbol builds the corporate mobility solutions in Korea, which requires use of WAN such as CDMA, it will first use SK Telecom's wireless telecom network.

The two companies also plan to conduct joint marketing activities in order to actively target the corporate mobility solutions market, and have also decided to work together to enable SK Telecom's wireless solutions to advance abroad through Symbol's overseas distribution network.

Through partnership with Symbol, SK Telecom is expected to discover new business opportunities in diverse business areas, including the industrial RFID market. A synergy effect created from the integration of the two companies' technology, knowledge and business expertise will allow the consolidation of a leading position in the domestic corporate mobility solutions market.

Managing Director Lim Gyu Gwan, head of SK Telecom's Solution Business Division, remarked, "Through partnership with Symbol, the number one company in industrial RFID worldwide, the new corporate mobility solutions will allow us to accelerate targeting of the domestic and overseas markets."

Kim Gyung Suk, branch manager of Symbol Technologies Korea, remarked, "Through an alliance with SK Telecom, Korea's largest mobile telecom operator, Symbol has acquired a basis to strengthen and expand its business in Korea. We plan to work closely with SK Telecom to provide strengthened mobility services optimized for the consumer."


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Seoul, Korea – 16 November 2006 – In a ceremony today attended by Motorola Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior, and Minister Junhyong Rho, Korea’s Ministry of Information & Communication, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) officially opened its Things-to-Things Research Center (T2TRC) in Seoul.

Motorola and ETRI also announced a multi-year joint research agreement for the development of the ubiquitous sensor network (USN) technologies that enable things-to-things connectivity. The agreement is part of an effort by the Institute of Information Technology Assessment (IITA) to help Korea realize its IT839 vision of Ubiquitous-City (U-City), meaning future cities seamlessly connected through USNs.

By researching ways to add connectivity and to extend today's Internet by creating a whole new range of products and services, the center will enable the development and ultimate commercialization of “things to things” communications solutions.

"Motorola is researching things-to-things solutions that will connect the physical world to the internet and enable billions of things like appliances, electronic goods, highways and more. to collaborate and simplify our lives," says Dr. Iwona Turlik, corporate vice president, physical realization research, Motorola. "Partnering with ETRI to further develop existing technologies in this area will bring us one step closer to realizing the U-City infrastructure vision."

"Ubiquitous sensor networks are one of the key infrastructures the Korean government has identified to make the U-City vision a reality," said Yoon Deock Lee, Project Manager of RFID/USN, IITA. "Motorola is a research leader in this space whom we are pleased to partner with in an effort to help keep Korea at the forefront of technology."
"Motorolas' expertise in wireless sensor network technologies complements ETRI's knowledge in developing U-City applications," said Jong-suk Chae, Vice President of Telematics and USN Research Division, ETRI. "This partnership promises revolutionary advances in extending the connectivity of the Internet into the physical world."

Initial focus of the Motorola/ETRI joint research agreement will be to develop USN systems that leverage the low-cost, low-power, easily deployable wireless technologies promoted by the Zigbee Alliance. Research will further develop Motorola’s own USN Middleware, NeuRFon hardware and software and MuSE dynamic programming system, which in the future may enable structural health monitoring, general environmental monitoring and periodic asset monitoring.


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In a recent survey conducted by the Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers, the lack of commitment in the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) adoption due to poor understanding and knowledge of RFID. From more than 2,000 respondents in the survey, less than 10% of the respondents understood the significance of the technology and its potential impact on their businesses.

Additionally, according to another recent survey conducted by Fusion Consulting with 136 international and local manufacturers, buying offices and logistics service providers located in Guangdong and Hong Kong, 94% indicated that they are currently not interested in adopting RFID technology for tracking their merchandise.

Of the 93 companies who had clear reasons for not adopting RFID, the main obstacle is ignorance i.e. "don't understand/not familiar with RFID" (44%). The main reasons given by American or European companies for not adopting RFID are they are "not interested/do not find RFID useful" (19%) and "not popular/wait and see market response" (11%), whereas the main obstacle to adoption for Asian companies is that they "don't understand/not familiar with RFID" (35%).

The Meeting Event
During the RFID Asia 1st meeting, the speakers and attendees will share their knowledge and experience, while networking among the RFID Asia community members and discussing strategic partnerships and alliances to participate in Asian RFID projects.

The event will gather senior management executives from companies and organisations working in the field of RFID, such as RFID component suppliers, RFID hardware and software developers, RFID system integrators, RFID academic and research institutions and RFID technology end users.

As the leading RFID event in Asia, this event will be held from 8th February to 9th February 2006 in Singapore at the UOB Plaza 1.

About RFID Asia
As a global independent and non-profit RFID community in Asia, RFID Asia adopts a vision of becoming the Regional Independent RFID Knowledge Centre in Asia by facilitating a regional RFID community forum for industrial, research and educational institutions and organisations, building and disseminating knowledge on the emerging RFID technological, business and societal issues, promoting regional RFID standards, innovation, venture capital, products, services, solutions, privacy issues and business opportunities.

Meeting Pre-registration
Pre-registration is available on-line and by sending a fax containing name, telephone, fax, e-mail, address and affiliation to:
Fax no. +62-21-4586 5545
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The number of attendees is limited to 50 persons to guarantee the high meeting quality. The RFID Asia community members automatically get a higher priority in acceptance than non-members.

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Psion Teklogix (LSE:PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing, wireless data collection and RFID and GlobeRanger, the leading provider of RFID, mobility and sensor-based software, today announced a partnership in which Psion Teklogix will resell GlobeRanger's iMotion Edgeware platform.

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