The European Commission of EU has decided to harmonize the RF (Radio Frequency) bands through out European Countries to increase the adoption of RFID tags and wireless devices including wireless computer keywords, headphones and garage openers.
The commission excepts by harmonizing RF bands, the customers both household and business enterprises will able to use same short-range of wireless product anywhere in Europe and manufacturers require to develop one product for whole internal market. This would bring down the price of wireless devices than before.
The EU also plans to harmonize frequencies for RFID devices that are being widely adopted in the retail, logistics, security and systems in all most all the countries in Europe.
Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for the information society says,
From garage door openers to baby monitors, alarms and wireless medical implants, short range devices affect us all, from the very young to the very old. That’s why these Commission decisions will help create a single market for wireless devices, stimulate their uptake, boost industry in this vital sector and provide benefits to all Europeans.
The EU predicts the value of the market for wireless devices is set to hit A€25 billion by 2009 and value of RFID market in the EU countries will touch A€4 billion by 2010. The introduction of an identical RF band would further boost these markets.
