Vibrant RFID Markets

Applications are continuing to widen as well. For instance, European card leader Gemalto is working with Telecom Italia Mobile to permit NFC (RFID) enabled mobile phones to be used to pay for public transport, initially in the province of Trento in Italy. Behind that, we see robust investments in new RFID companies such as the additional $10 million just raised by Ekahau in Finland for their WiFi Real Time Locating Systems. RTLS is currently the hottest form of active RFID.