Oyster Bay, NY; December 4, 2007 -- This new study from ABI Research provides a comprehensive, detailed overview of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, applications, and addressable vertical markets by region. It is intended to provide readers with a general outline of the broad RFID market.

ABI Research publishes research services and focused studies that provide more in-depth, ongoing coverage for more advanced RFID research topics. The "RFID Annual Market Overview" is designed to ensure that ABI Research clients have a strong fundamental understanding of what defines RFID, from technology development to business case. Following a panoramic introduction, other sections cover the technology, the applications, the vertical markets, the high-level competitive landscape, and a summary of annual RFID end-user research. Forecasts are also provided for RFID transponders, readers, software, and integration services. Forecast segmentation varies by shipments, revenue, region, application, and vertical market.

The report covers:
-- What are the core drivers of overall RFID market growth?
-- How will the RFID market evolve into the next five years and what pieces are important to this evolution?
-- How do different RFID technologies affect business relevance?
-- How are RFID applications differentiated from one another and what are the major initiatives and drivers within each area?
-- What RFID technologies and applications apply to specific vertical markets and what are the key considerations within each area?
-- How is the RFID market expected to grow through 2012 by region, technology, application, and vertical market?
-- What kinds of companies constitute the RFID ecosystem, and how have these companies evolved with the market in recent years?
-- What are the key end-user RFID adoption drivers and which applications are being supported, evaluated, and installed?
-- Why are non-users not using RFID technology?
-- From which types of sources are end users sourcing their RFID systems?

Those who will benefit from this report include investors, integration service providers, potential RFID component and solution providers, vendors of technologies complementary to RFID components, governments, end-users requiring a broad understanding of the RFID marketplace, developers seeking opportunity assessment across RFID markets, and RFID manufacturers requiring broad RFID market analysis.

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