SK Telecom to export RFID Reader USIM to Sunnada (S Korea)
SK Telecom has signed a deal with with Sunnada Communication to export 55,000 units of its RFID Reader USIM product, which could help businesses better manage products such as liquor and pharmaceuticals.
RFID is a technology which communicates through radio waves to exchange data between a reader and an electronic tag attached to an object in order to identify or track it.
The technology could be used to confirm the authenticity of goods such as liquor and pharmaceuticals and improve management of the products.
The exports of the RFID reader USIM will be the first since it was developed through a project assigned by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy from July 2009-June 2010. It was commercialized in July last year.
SK Telecom started supplying RFID Reader USIM from December 2010 since the National Tax Service made it mandatory for five Korean liquor companies to attach RFID tags to their products. Along with providing RFID Reader USIM to liquor retailers, SK Telecom also developed a mobile application that provides a system to check authentication of Korean whisky to prevent distribution of fake liquor and tax evasion in the distribution process.
In addition, SK Telecom is also providing RFID Reader USIM to Hanmi Pharmaceutical to be used for real-time distribution and inventory management of its medicinal products. Furthermore, tests are underway to apply RFID Reader USIM technology to businesses in other industries.
Telekom Austria to launch car charging stations
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A prototype telephone booth is planned to be launched by Telekom Austria with an integrated charging station for electric cars. Through charging stations, payment could be done via mobile phone using text messages, paybox or a RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) card with a RFID chip.
13,500 telephone booths are currently operated by the company countrywide out of which 700 are multimedia stations and in the first roll out phase, the focus will again be on multimedia stations offering on-street parking opportunities for electric vehicles.
More than one vehicle could be recharged at a time by the installation of additional charging points and by year-end 2010, a total of 30 charging stations will go on stream. According to Hannes Ametsreiter, CEO Telekom Austria Group, the company is bundling its strengths from different corporate segments to realize this highly innovative project and company’s fixed net infrastructure is combined with its long-standing expertise in the mobility area, for instance, with successful services such as mobile parking.
