Amid all the noise about RFID technology, one potentially important player has been noticeably quiet: Symbol Technologies, the world largest provider of portable data terminals and bar code scanners.

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Larry Blue was walking near the famed Sydney Opera House in Australia, back in August, when he spotted a discarded airline baggage tag on the sidewalk. The vice president and general manager of Symbol ...

Symbol Handheld RFID Mobile Computers Leverage Existing Wi-Fi Networks to Identify Location Where RFID Tags are Scanned DALLAS, RFID World, February 27 /PRNewswire ...

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RFID tools vendor Symbol Technologies reported on Tuesday that it has agreed to buy rival radio tag specialist Matrics for $230 million in cash. The deal marries two vendors that have been pushing ...

The MC9000-G RFID from Symbol Technologies is a rugged mobile computer that features integrated support for the most popular radio frequency identification standard — EPC™, the Electronic Product Code ...

Symbol Technologies, Inc. today unveiled the industry's first radio frequency (RF) wireless switch that bridges the gap between Wi-Fi, RFID and other key RF technologies. The RFS7000 RF Switch ...

Dubai, U.A.E. - July 25, 2006: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: SBL), The Enterprise Mobility Company, has introduced the Symbol XR480 EU, an industrial-class radio-frequency identification (RFID) ...

Symbol pulled the wrapper off what it calls “the industry’s first RF wireless switch that bridges the gap between Wi-Fi, RFID, and other key RF technologies.” Fresh from the floor (booth 205) of the ...

Symbol Technologies and Intermec Technologies have settled a dispute over intellectual property for RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, the companies announced Tuesday. Intermec last ...

The move marks Symbol's second acquisition in about a month. In mid-June, the Holtsville, N.Y.-based company agreed to acquire Trio Security, a Colorado Springs, Colo.-based handheld security vendor, ...