The X-Change Corporation's Subsidiary AirGate Technologies Opens RFID Lab In Allen, Texas
AirGate Technologies, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the X-Change Corporation (OTC BB: XCHC), announced the opening of a new RFID lab in its corporate office in Allen, Texas.
In response to growing global demand for RFID solutions and requests from potential customers, AirGate is conducting "smart label" testing and label orientation and association studies with various tag readers in its RFID lab.
"The AirGate lab allows us to interact directly with our Matrix Analytic Engines in a controlled environment, operating with customer supplied data," said Mike Sheriff, CEO of AirGate Technologies. "The lab-based research is a first step toward developing consistent performance between tags and readers, but it in no way replaces testing in the customer's actual environment."
"The work we are doing in our lab is an effort to resolve many industry-wide questions about tag design, a tag's orientation on the 'package' (case or pallet), and its readability by various readers. Our engineering team is working with antennas, their placement, and 'tuning' of tags where required."
AirGate's development team is made up of engineers experienced in network integration and control systems, VoIP, database development and major application development in Windows and Unix environments. AirGate engineers have developed and deployed large-scale network management systems involving diverse hardware, nodes and simultaneous real-time events emanating from various data sources, including device, user interaction and alarms. This involved auto-discovery of IP devices and high-level presentation through a GUI interface. This is directly applicable to RFID, with huge amounts of data from tags, readers and gateways.
About RFID
RFID is an information management tool that employs miniature RF transmitters, sometimes called 'smart labels' or 'smart tags,' that are attached to product packages, cases, pallets and shipping containers to communicate their cargo's identification data via radio waves to 'readers' that allow a tagged item to be tracked every step of its journey from component stage in the assembly plant to final manufacture, shipping, and movement through all points in the distribution channel, all the way to the retail shelf and eventual purchase by the end user.
About AirGate Technologies
AirGate Technologies is a development stage company specializing in wireless data management technologies. The company designs and develops applications utilized in RFID ("radio frequency identification") deployments. AirGate will deliver RFID solutions in selected vertical markets built around a data management and integration strategy. This strategy is designed to ensure rapid market penetration and maximum return on investment. Please visit www.airgatetech.com for more information.
About The X-Change Corporation
The X-Change Corporation was organized to seek merger or acquisition candidates. The company intends to acquire interests in emerging technology opportunities that it believes will generate significant revenues and return a profit to shareholders. AirGate Technologies is a wholly owned subsidiary of the X-Change Corporation. Please visit www.x-changecorp.com for further information.