Alien Technology Announces Gen 2 RFID Reader

Logistics Insight Asia - New Products, 10/12/2009

Alien Technology has announced the expansion of its high performance enterprise category reader platform. The ALR-9900-EMA reader is designed to European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) regulations, serving Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

“The reader elevates the 866MHz-band product line to a new plateau,” explains Victor Vega, Alien Technology Marketing Director, “This new generation architecture delivers performance within a compact package. It is designed to the ETSI EN 302-208-2 regulatory compliance standards, more commonly known as ‘the four-channel-plan’. It supports near-field and far-field coupling, and includes the Alien Reader Protocol (ARP) engine for stand-alone autonomous mode of operation as well as full support of all custom commands for the Higgs-3 based inlay portfolio, including extended memory, anti-counterfeit authentication, and read cloaking.”

Alien Technology, www.AlienTechnology.com