Correos Chooses RFID Anywhere to Improve Process Quality Control and
Consignment Traceability
DALLAS, RFID World 2007, March 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sybase
iAnywhere today announced that Correos, the Spanish Postal Service, has
deployed its RFID Anywhere(TM) software platform in one of the largest RFID
projects in Europe. Using RFID Anywhere, Correos has introduced a radio
frequency control system, called Q-RFID, in 16 Automated Processing Centers
(APCs) throughout Spain and in four other bulk Admission Centers, enabling
the company to ensure quality control and the traceability of postal
deliveries.
"The use of RFID Anywhere enhances Correos' competitiveness as a result
of more efficient management of postal processes and an improvement in the
quality of its services," said Regina Defarges, organizational deputy
director, Correos. "We're proud to be the forerunner in the use of RFID
technology in the postal industry."
Correos' successful implementation of one of the largest RFID projects
in Europe highlights the potential of RFID solutions. The state-controlled
company required its RFID solution to be integrated into the Correos
computer systems, resulting in the purchase of 13,000 passive electronic
labels and installation of more than 2,300 permanent antennas and over 331
readers for the 16 APCs and the additional Admission Centers. The RFID
Anywhere-powered solution gives Correos the ability to monitor the status
and transit time of a letter at each stage of the delivery process,
allowing the company to oversee the entire process and adopt corrective
measures when a fault is detected in the system. Correos is one of the
earliest to use RFID technology to comply with the standards set by the
European Union (ETSI EN 302 208-1 and EPC GEN 2) and to be approved at the
state level by the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade.
"The postal industry provides an excellent example of how RFID
technology can increase process efficiencies resulting in improved delivery
times and streamlining of operating procedures," said Martyn Mallick,
director of RFID Technologies, Sybase iAnywhere. "Correos chose RFID
Anywhere for its superior ability to coordinate a vast number of RFID
readers in a dense environment and to integrate business logic and
processes with the latest automatic data collection and sensor
technologies."
To learn more about RFID Anywhere, please visit the Sybase iAnywhere
RFID World 2007 booth #1425. Additionally, director of RFID Technologies,
Martyn Mallick, will be speaking on "Tracking Mixed-Value Assets: The
Business Case and Technology Requirements," on Tuesday, March 27 at 3:30
PM. To join the very popular RFID Anywhere developer community and to
download a free development copy of RFID Anywhere, visit
http://www.ianywhere.com/RFID.
About RFID Anywhere
RFID Anywhere simplifies the development, deployment, configuration and
management tasks for highly distributed, multi-site, intelligent sensor
networks, and abstracts the interaction with the physical network of
devices. With support for over forty devices, this powerful infrastructure
enables the creation of intelligent sensor networks out-of-the-box. By
using RFID Anywhere, sensors are able to work together as an intelligent
network by combining, organizing and coordinating these technologies
through a common management structure, advanced feature set and
event-driven development framework.
About Sybase iAnywhere
Sybase iAnywhere enables success at the front lines of business. The
company holds worldwide market leadership positions in mobile and embedded
databases, mobile management and security, mobile middleware and
synchronization, and Bluetooth(R) and infrared protocol technologies. Tens
of millions of mobile devices and over 20,000 customers and partners rely
on the company's "Always Available" technologies, including SQL Anywhere,
Afaria and OneBridge. iAnywhere is a subsidiary of Sybase, Inc. (NYSE: SY).
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CONTACT: Crystal King of Sybase iAnywhere, +1-978-287-1524, or
crystal.king@ianywhere.com; or Scott Malinowski of Citigate Cunningham,
+1-617-374-4223, or smalinowski@cunningham.com, for Sybase iAnywhere
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CONTACT:
Crystal King of Sybase iAnywhere,
+1-978-287-1524, or crystal.king@ianywhere.com; or Scott
Malinowski of Citigate Cunningham, +1-617-374-4223, or
smalinowski@cunningham.com, for Sybase iAnywhere
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