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A Group Agrees on UHF RFID Spectrum Range

Taking RFID standards approach to the international level a group of thirteen companies proposed a standard for short-range RFID transmissions in the ultra-high-frequency spectrum band. This is only one of several proposals for creating a communications protocol for RFID that could set the stage for standardization of global RFID communications. If successful this would mean that international transactions that involve shipping of goods from one location on the globe to another could be electronically tracked as it moves across the world.

Next Flavor of UHF for RFID, Internet News.com, April 20, 2004