Nortel has a plan for municipal governments

• December 28th, 2006 | Tracking, Government

Nortel has plans in the offing for providing municipalities to use RFID along with their existing Wi-Fi infrastructure already in place. This will help municipal governments to track the movement of their assets and in RTLS. The equipment provided by Nortel will enable wireless Internet service providers to build wireless broadband networks with the help of Wi-Fi and WiMAX technology. Nortel is working in conjunction with companies like Blue Vector Systems to develop a platform to offer enhanced services that will make use of RFID.

Municipalities are huge entities in their own right with several movable and immovable assets that need tracking. Apart from innumerable vehicles, municipal governments need to account for expensive scientific equipment and various other knick-knacks in their offices, buildings, and schools. These items can be fitted with RFID tags that will transmit their information to GPS receivers.