May 30, 2006

undefined undefined Research and Markets' China's radio frequency identification (RFID) Market Study, 2005-2006, analyzes the structure and trends of the RFID industry worldwide and in China.

The study gives details about mainland China and also gives information about the following:

• RFID chip manufacturers.
• RFID antennas.
• Tag and reader manufacturers.
• RFID system integrators.
• RFID product agencies.
• RFID relevant organizations and institutions.

Chinese RFID technology was applied and developed in 2005. Various applications and trial practices arrived in a competitive market.

The standards for RFID are an issue and a decision needs to be made regarding uniformity.

Currently, in China, RFID applications centralize in non-logistics fields, while in logistics, RFID is still experimentally adopted instead of being extensively applied, which is attributable to two factors:

1. There are no definite frequency allocation and technical standards for RFID. RFID applications in logistics are within the 860-960 MHz range, which contradicts the frequency band adopted in the China telecom industry. This problem cannot be satisfactorily settled in a short time, according to Research and Markets.
2. The RFID industry lacks a foundation and RFID technology requires improvements.

Compared with developed countries, the technology and application of RFID in China are still in their early stages, especially in ultra-high frequency (UHF) applications. China has not mastered core technologies in chip designing and manufacturing, antenna designing, packaging and equipments.

Low and high-frequency RFID application markets have low technical requirement and many enterprises involved. Those two frequency bands are fully developed and widely promoted, with a market share of more than 80%. RFID products are mostly of same quality.

Comparatively, there are higher technical requirements for ultra-high frequency RFID applications in which few enterprises are doing. The application of UHF RFID is progressing rapidly in spite of higher costs.

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