ARCwire -- Savi Technology, a provider of active radio frequency identification (RFID)-based supply chain solutions, announced it is offering a RAND (reasonable and nondiscriminatory) licensing program on Savi's intellectual property for active RFID products, which are based on the ISO 18000-7 active RFID air-protocol standard.
Savi Technology, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin, launches the program with a Quick Start plan that will be available through Dec. 31, 2006. At the same time, Savi will also offer a regular license plan that does not have a limited period of availability. Companies that execute a licensing agreement under the Quick Start plan will pay lower up-front fees as an encouragement to early participation in the licensing program.