BusinessWire
February 27, 2006 06:00 AM US Pacific Timezone

ThingMagic's Mercury All-in Solution Enables Large Scale RFID Deployments; Rugged, Durable, Lightweight Reader Stand Dramatically Speeds Setup of RFID

GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2006--ThingMagic, Inc. (www.thingmagic.com), a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, today announced it is shipping the Mercury All-In Solution. The rugged, durable, lightweight reader stand enables users to quickly deploy large numbers of RFID readers and antennas. The Mercury All-In Solution includes a Mercury4 RFID reader integrated with two or four RFID antennas. The stand is on display in ThingMagic Booth #223 here at the RFID World conference this week.

"The Mercury All-In Solution was developed following feedback from some of the world's largest users of RFID," said Kevin Ashton, ThingMagic vice president, Marketing. "The more we looked into demand for a low cost, integrated RFID stand, the more we realized this solved a number of issues. For businesses adopting large-scale RFID systems with hundreds of RFID readers, there's no faster way to setup the readers and antennas -- it literally takes minutes to install."

The Mercury All-In Solution features:

-- An EPC Global Generation 2 Certified Mercury4 RFID reader;

-- two or four RFID reader antennas, depending on user requirements;

-- two coaxial cable connectors;

-- cables and power supply; and

-- dual floor or wall mounts, for fast, secure installation.

ThingMagic's Mercury4 RFID reader platform, the only reader that can claim to read any RFID tag, is designed with a unique Software Defined Radio architecture. It is certified by EPCglobal and MET Labs for all three Generation 2 RFID modes, including the complex Dense Reader mode. As a result, this innovative architecture allows Mercury4 readers to be easily and remotely updated for any future Generation 2 variants and other new RFID standards, ensuring that customers will always have the latest RFID technology available.

Mercury All-In Solution recommended pricing begins at $3,800 for a single Mercury4 reader unit, with volume discounts available. It is available from ThingMagic partners AbeTech, Accu-Sort, Acsis, Creek Systems, BuyRFID, CIT, Conectag, Fujitsu, IconNicholson, Omron, Quest Solutions, RFID Global Solutions, Rush Tracking, SONTEC, Tyco Fire & Security, Ubi-Tech, and Venture Research.

About ThingMagic, Inc.

Founded in 2000 and based in Cambridge, MA, ThingMagic is a leading developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Mercury4(TM), ThingMagic's fourth generation agile RFID reader, builds on and substantially enhances the company's original platform created for early field tests of the Electronic Product Code (EPC). Designed to meet the business needs of a future where networked objects are pervasive, the Mercury4 line of RFID readers also includes an embedded reader module, Mercury4e, and a handheld reader module, Mercury4h. Mercury4 RFID readers are the only intelligent, network-ready RFID readers, and the only devices that can claim to read any tag. For more information, see http://www.thingmagic.com