MSM: Nokia to build radio ID chips into phones for inventory control Posted by sakerfa on May 13, 2009

MSM: Nokia to build radio ID chips into phones for inventory control

Posted by sakerfa on May 13, 2009

Nokia, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, plans to incorporate radio frequency identification chips in its handsets to track them from assembly through recycling.

The company sees “numerous benefits” from using the chip tags “early in the process, and early in the process for Nokia means in the device itself,” Jarkko Jaervilehto, a Nokia development manager, said Tuesday at an industry seminar in Vantaa, Finland.

Radio frequency identification, or RFID, is already used to track boxes and pallets at factories and retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores, reducing the need for checking by hand or using bar codes. The chips equipped with radio transmitters are also used for tagging pet animals. The technology will help Nokia monitor sales stocks, getting quicker feedback on fluctuations in demand, Jaervilehto said.

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