The Economist of last week had a 14-page special report on the coming wireless revolution. In the introductory article "When everything connects" they wrote something which also holds true for the current 2D space.

As is usual in the early days of a new industry, all kinds of proprietary systems abound, many of them built from scratch – rather as early computer fiddled with their Altairs in the mid-1970s. Until common standards and protocols emerge for machine-to-machine and wireless sensor communications, costs will be a problem.

That's why it is so important that clients make the right decisions. Only common standards will make the 2D Barcode field evolve as quickly as in Japan. And it's cool that Nokia is backing it.


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Tomi T Ahonen: Regular readers of our blog know we believe 2D Barcodes will be very big