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Tags, readers and deployments in the 860 to 960 MHz band, where most retail, logistics and industrial RFID operates. Includes RAIN RFID implementations, hardware launches and performance benchmarks.

Bpost Uses RFID For Real-Time Visibility Across 93,000 Roll Containers, Reducing New Container Purchases by 85%

Bpost Uses RFID For Real-Time Visibility Across 93,000 Roll Containers, Reducing New Container Purchases by 85%

Every one of the 93,000 roll containers in bpost's Belgian parcel network now carries a tag combining passive UHF RFID and Bluetooth Low Energy. The postal operator has cut its…

Railway Safety Gets A Boost with RFID Powered Kavach 4.0 Commissioned On South Central Railway

Railway Safety Gets A Boost with RFID Powered Kavach 4.0 Commissioned On South Central Railway

Indian Railways has commissioned Kavach 4.0 on South Central Railway for the first time, covering 108 route kilometres between Malkajgiri and Kamareddi in September 2026. Three further Kavach sections went…

Six years of RFID tags now carry C&A’s whole store format

Six years of RFID tags now carry C&A’s whole store format

C&A Brasil tagged its first store in June 2020 and reached 100 RFID stores by September 2021. The Energia format it began rolling out in 2025 puts self-checkout, in-store product…

H&M Checkout Transformation with Chainway SR160 RFID Scanner

H&M Checkout Transformation with Chainway SR160 RFID Scanner

Chainway says H&M cut checkout time by up to 80 per cent by replacing two counter scanners with one SR160, a handheld that reads UHF RFID tags and printed barcodes…

RFID in Aviation: Why Every Airline is Tagging Bags and Parts

RFID in Aviation: Why Every Airline is Tagging Bags and Parts

Delta hit 99.9 per cent bag tracking accuracy after embedding RAIN RFID in its tags, and IATA now estimates 60 per cent of global baggage is tracked with the technology.…

How RFID Anti-Collision Works: Reading Hundreds of Tags at Once

How RFID Anti-Collision Works: Reading Hundreds of Tags at Once

Hundreds of tags all wake and respond at once when a reader energises its field, and every reply collides. Anti-collision protocols, from Slotted Aloha to EPC Gen2's adaptive Q-algorithm, are…

RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?

RFID Tag Costs: Where Are We in 2026 and Where Are We Heading?

Passive UHF inlays now sell for 4 to 8 cents, and 50-million-unit buyers are negotiating towards 2 cents. Chip die shrinks from Impinj and NXP keep pushing prices down, yet…

Tageos unveils EOS-450 MW microwave-compatible RAIN RFID inlays for food packaging

Tageos unveils EOS-450 MW microwave-compatible RAIN RFID inlays for food packaging

Tageos has launched two RAIN RFID inlays designed to stay on a ready meal while it is heated. The EOS-450 MW M830 and EOS-450 MW UX use antennas engineered to…

FEIG expands its access control portfolio with OSDP-capable UHF reader ID LRU500i-BD

FEIG expands its access control portfolio with OSDP-capable UHF reader ID LRU500i-BD

FEIG ELECTRONIC has added OSDP support to the ID LRU500i-BD, its long-range UHF reader for automatic vehicle identification. The reader keeps Wiegand output and gains the supervised, bidirectional protocol on…

Enhancing AV Equipment Management with RFID: Beontag & AED Group Collaboration

Enhancing AV Equipment Management with RFID: Beontag & AED Group Collaboration

AED Group, the Belgian AV rental firm, is bonding curved RAIN RFID hard tags onto aluminium truss that cannot be drilled, and aims to tag every truss in its inventory…

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