Hitachi Asia announced that it has been selected by the
Singapore Civil Defense Force (SCDF) to supply a Passive Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) equipment tracking solution.

This is Hitachi Asia’s first IT project with a Singapore
Government agency. It comes after Hitachi established a partnership with the
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) through a Memorandum of
Intent which was signed in January 2010.

The order from SCDF will help Hitachi gain a foothold and
further expand its IT solutions business in Singapore as well as the Asian Belt
Zone.

“Hitachi values this RFID project with SCDF, to further enhance its
operational excellence. With Hitachi’s increasing focus on Social Innovation
Business, which includes a diverse range of IT solutions, we are keen to deepen
our partnership with the Singapore Government and are confident that this
project is the start of a journey to more future local and regional collaborations,”
said Lee Kian Seng, vice president & general manager of Information and
Communications Technology Solutions Business Group, Hitachi Asia.

RFID solution enables SCDF to track equipment such as
fire extinguishers, portable pumps, on board SCDF’s three main operational
appliances, namely Pump Ladder (PL), Light Fire Attack Vehicle (LFAV) and
Ambulance at all 16 fire stations across Singapore.

The RFID reader has a reading range of 1 meter and the
equipment onboard SCDF’s appliances can be scanned by a swiping movement of the
RFID reader even when the tag is not facing the reader or visible. 

Under this agreement Hitachi will provide about 13,000
Passive RFID tags and 55 RFID handheld readers with a customized client-server
application for managing tagged equipment records, synchronizing data between
the handheld RFID readers & PCs/server and managing user access control.

RFID is a technology that uses radio waves to transfer
data from an electronic tag, called RFID tag, attached to an object, to a
reader for the purpose of identifying and tracking the object. 

Hitachi’s Passive RFID solution will replace SCDF’s existing practice of
conducting manual checks during shift duty changes and recovery of equipment at
incident sites.

Hitachi Asia recently announced the launch of
the Christmas Light Up 2011 Event at Saigon Tax Trade Center, one of Saigon’s
most popular shopping malls in District One. This year marks the 4th
consecutive year Hitachi is sponsoring the Christmas Light Up event at this
prominent landmark, which will take place from 9 December 2011 to 1 January
2012.

 

By Telecomlead.com Team
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