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Next session is June 21rst starting at 9 am – registration at 8:45 am.
Location: Oracle HQ in Mississauga – map and location at
Coffee etc. served. See you there.
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Topic:
Topic: The Wireless Supply Chain - Bar-coding, RFID, and Warehousing
Current and future wireless technologies, standards and systems in the supply chain.
Guest Speaker and Presenters to be announced shortly
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Submit articles and whitepapers and we will give away a new Blackberry to the best article and best white paper or case study.
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1) Articles:
- Mobile premium content generated $16.3 bln in 2006
- 56% of mobile connections in Western Hemisphere are GSM
- 250 mln users to rely on converged fixed and mobile networks for their calls by 2011
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RFID and Security Issues
By Cara Garretson Eweek, April 3, 2007
One way to gauge how much security to devote to RFID projects is by asking how much does the company value the information that is to be stored on these tags. If the information is at all sensitive -- such as personal customer or employee information -- or could be used to harm the company, say by allowing an intruder to break into the building, then security needs to top the list of requirements. The recurring topic of RFID security flaws has been making headlines again lately. But unlike new e-mail viruses or Internet worms that demand the immediate attention of the I.T. department, this threat isn't a front-burner security issue -- at least not yet.
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Unlock the Business Case for RFID
As companies struggle to find a compelling return on investment in RFID systems, they should look to the lessons learned from deploying other wireless technologies.
By Nicholas D. Evans
It doesn't matter what industry you are in, what region of the world, or what area of the enterprise—chances are you're struggling to develop a business case for deploying RFID technologies. If the costs seem high and the potential returns unclear, consider lessons learned from the deployment of other wireless technologies, including wireless infrastructure, devices and middleware, over the past several years. The business needs driving adoption of RFID are similar to those that drove adoption of these devices, and examining them could shed light on how to begin building the business case.
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RFID Reshapes Supply Chain Management
By Michael Caton,
RFID will be a major advance in supply chain management, but enterprises will need to do considerable upfront planning and testing to successfully implement and integrate the technology.
Although radio-frequency identification technology can be used in a broad range of applications, IT's focus right now should be on the supply chain. RFID will have a significant impact on every facet of supply chain management—from the mundane, such as moving goods through loading docks, to the complex, such as managing terabytes of data as information about goods on hand is collected in real time.
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Mobile Technology shorts:
1) Mobile premium content generated $16.3 bln in 2006
Driven by a seemingly insatiable consumer appetite for personalization and entertainment content on wireless handsets, companies that provide the platforms that deliver premium content to mobile phones reaped a $4.2 bln share of the $16.3 bln mobile premium content market in 2006, according to iSuppli.
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Total Mobile
Content Revenue Market Share by Market Participant, 2006-2011
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Market Participant
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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Content Provider and Aggregator
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7,714
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9,715
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11,832
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14,422
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17,064
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19,329
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Mobile Operator
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4,421
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5,294
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6,135
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7,109
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7,971
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8,537
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Content Enablement Platform Provider
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4,193
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4,936
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5,618
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6,397
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7,067
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7,468
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Total
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16,328
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19,945
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23,585
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27,928
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32,102
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35,334
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Source: iSuppli
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2) 56% of mobile connections in Western Hemisphere are GSM
GSM attains an market share of 56% in the Western Hemisphere and growing. EDGE is available through 59 operators in 24 countries. Globally, GSM’s net additions in 2006 far exceed the entire customer base of any other mobile wireless technology. In the past year, GSM gained 461 mln new customers worldwide, compared to 48 mln CDMA customers, according to estimates by Informa Telecoms & Media. In Latin America, GSM grew its subscriber base by more than 81 mln customers, surpassing the 200 mln customer mark, while CDMA added 6 mln customers for a total customer base of approximately 62 mln. There are over 700 GSM operators in service worldwide across 220 countries. This includes over 208 EDGE deployments worldwide, which highlights the winning combination of coverage, speed, devices, and low latency provided by the still-growing technology. The GSM family’s 3G services are being delivered across the world as well, with 155 UMTS commercial networks in service, 97 of which have already deployed HSDPA.
3) 250 mln users to rely on converged fixed and mobile networks for their calls by 2011
ABI Research has found that by 2011, some 250 mln users will be making and receiving phone calls over converged fixed-mobile networks and access points, and the firm expects capital expenditure in FMC infrastructure to exceed $450 mln by 2011. That equates to around 10% of households and 8% of enterprises using some form of FMC access point on the premises.
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