Communications Advisory: The Potential and Challenges of RFID Technology
5/15/2004
The latest development in monitoring and identification, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), has been described as "barcodes on steroids." From smart cards and gas station speed passes to animal tracking, this technology is becoming more versatile and its use more widespread. This client advisory discusses the potential and challenges of RFID technology. While issues such as the cost of RFID tags and the integration of this technology into business process are important, this client advisory focuses on the challenges associated with regulation and allocation of radio spectrum used to support RFID, technology standardization, and privacy and security-issues that have received the most attention from government regulations, the RFID industry and the trade press.
