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The most important RFID industry developments are displayed below, courtesy of RFID Update, the RFID industry daily.
09-09-09	$8 Billion in NFC Volume Expected This Year, $30B in 2012 Juniper Research predicts the value of NFC transactions will reach $8 billion this year and grow to $30 billion in three years. Coupon and promotion applications are expected to be prominent in the early market, but eventually will be supplanted by contactless payment.
09-03-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- September 3, 2009 Investment to develop RFID tags to secure pharmaceuticals plus RTLS contract agreements by a major hospital supplier highlight this week\'s RFID news, which also includes several NFC developments.
09-01-09	Bloomingdale\'s Tracks Strong Results from RFID Pilot RFID improved inventory accuracy by 27.2 percent and reduced the time required for inventory cycle counting by 96 percent in an item-level jeans tracking pilot project completed by Bloomingdale\'s. Researchers said the results were consistent with other pilots and suggest similar benefits would be available to other retailers.
08-21-09	Highlights from Baird\'s RFID Monthly for August Baird has published the August edition of RFID Monthly. It is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry\'s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report\'s summary.
08-20-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- August 20, 2009 Italian soccer tickets, hotel linens, car dealerships, documents and Coke machines are among the things that were announced as being RFID-enabled this week. Today\'s news roundup also covers new market research and second-quarter financial results from several industry companies.
08-18-09	IBM Releases New Version of RFID Software IBM released its latest RFID middleware product, WebSphere Sensor Events, which includes support for a variety of RFID and wireless sensor technologies and can scale to support high transaction volumes.
08-13-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- August 13, 2009 The RFID industry got a new trade show and industry association this week. Other news highlighted in the weekly roundup include multiple new implementation announcements and a handful of product releases.
08-11-09	RFID Mail Tracking Expands to 21 Countries This month 21 countries will begin using RFID to track delivery times for international mail. The Universal Postal Union expects the system will be adopted by more than 100 of its member nations.
08-07-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- August 7, 2009 A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Michigan farmers who claimed, among other things, that RFID cattle tracking violated their religious beliefs. That story, along with new RFID deployments at BMW and Siemens, disappointing financial results from several major RFID vendors, and a new standard for tracking medical equipment lead this week\'s news roundup.
08-04-09	Wireless RFID Reader Eliminates Need for Ethernet Invengo\'s XCRF-860E fixed RFID reader supports Wi-Fi, GPRS and Bluetooth wireless communications, allowing users to install it in areas without access to an Ethernet connection.
07-30-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- July 30, 2009 A major military contract award highlights this week\'s news, which also includes financial results from several industry leaders, expanded activity at METRO Group and CHEP, plus new product and partnership announcements.
07-28-09	Flexible Battery Maker Lands Funding for RFID Production Flexible battery manufacturer Blue Spark Technologies has closed $1.5 million of an anticipated $5 million round of Series B funding. The new funding will be used to support production ramp-up for large volumes of battery-assisted passive RFID tags.
07-24-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- July 24, 2009 Politics, patents, market projections and new products feature prominently in this week\'s roundup of RFID industry news.
07-20-09	Highlights from Baird\'s RFID Monthly for July Baird has published the July edition of RFID Monthly. The 20-page document is a worthwhile read for anyone requiring an overview of the industry\'s last 30 days. For those without time to do so, we have reprinted here the report\'s summary.
07-16-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- July 16, 2009 RFID at Wal-Mart, wine sales, a major RTLS implementation, $20 million in venture funding for one RFID company and €65 million in credit for another are among the highlights from this week\'s industry news roundup.
07-14-09	RFID Market Performing Unevenly During Recession The latest market data from VDC Research finds the recession is dragging down the RFID market, with vendors and end users differing on when the industry recovery will begin. The commercial services vertical is a bright spot for RFID sales, which are expected to top $4 billion worldwide this year.
07-09-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup -- July 9, 2009 The Fourth of July wasn\'t a holiday for RFID technology as several organizations collaborated to provide an RFID-based access control system and public safety officer identification system to manage the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. This article highlights that, plus all the other RFID news and developments from the past week.
07-07-09	Item-Level RFID Pilot Sees Major Benefits, Proves ROI Australian telecommunications provider Telstra has completed a successful item-level RFID pilot in which the company tracked 15,000 cellular phones across the supply chain to its retail outlets. The benefits were considerable, and the company may expand the rollout next year.
07-02-09	RFID Weekly News Roundup July 2, 2009 Industrial, warehouse and public sector deployments around the world, new passive UHF and active RFID products, enhanced RTLS capabilities from a leading wireless LAN vendor, and organizational developments highlight this week\'s RFID news.
07-01-09	New Component to Simplify RFID Tag Production Murata announced a new RFID tag chip which it says enables simpler and lower cost tag production. The company\'s new Gen2-standard MAGICSTRAP is available in sample quantities now and is scheduled for full production later this year.

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