Correos using radio to track packages
Spanish postal company Correos is to use a system of computer chips embedded in packets to identify their location using a radio identification system.
The chips are embedded in the RFID stickers placed on the items, and a trial of the system has shown that 10,000 packets were identified correctly.
The company has invested one million euros in the project, and now it will be used firstly in the company’s messenger service, before being extended to other items.
Correos currently handles 5 billion items a year and delivers post to 19 million addresses a day.
