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Bangladesh may be the most difficult place you can think of to apply RFID technology, but in fact, RFID applications have quietly taken root in the country. This is largely due to Deltech, a fledgling RFID hardware and systems integration company.

Deltech was founded in 2005 by Delwar Hossain, a Bangladeshi military veteran who worked as a software engineer in several high-tech companies in the United States. Hossain hopes Deltech will speed up the modernization process in his hometown.

Bangladesh is located in South Asia, bordering Myanmar to the southeast. It is adjacent to India to the east, north and west, and the Bay of Bengal to the south. Bangladesh declared independence in 1971, but the country’s economic development has been rather slow and political instability; the country has about 150,000,000 people, one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and the vast majority of its inhabitants have a standard of living Very low.

“Typically, Bangladesh is one of the last countries in the world to adopt new technologies, even though they have been used in other countries for several years,” Hossain explained. “The main reason is the lack of technology, and the second is the risk of investing in new technology.” However, Hossain decided to make Deltech a leading global provider of RFID solutions, and he began researching the technology in 2002 and developing a corresponding business plan . “I believe Deltech can promote global RFID adoption and Bangladesh’s economic development,” he said.

Deltech has successfully implemented several RFID projects. Apollo Hospitals Dhaka (probably the most modern hospital in Bangladesh) has completed the first phase of the RFID staff attendance project. When hospital staff enter and leave the hospital, RFID readers and antennas pick up the RFID badges worn by the staff. Apollo now plans to integrate the attendance tracking system with the hospital’s payroll calculation software and eventually use RFID to track the location of employees and assets in the hospital in real time. Apollo uses passive UHF tags that contain Ucode HSL chips from NXP Semiconductors. The operating frequency band is 902-928 MHz and conforms to the ISO 18000-6B standard.

The Bangladeshi military plans to use RFID technology to track soldiers and visitors entering Dhaka Cantonment. The Bangladeshi military has purchased 20,0000 tags containing UPM Raflatac DogBone UHF EPC Gen 2 UHF chips. The system will also be used to track purchases at the Dhaka Cantonment retail store.

“Bangladesh Special Forces are now also planning to use RFID security systems to monitor visitors, vehicles and employees entering and leaving the President’s Residence and Prime Minister’s Office,” Hossain said. "

According to Hossain, Deltech is the only RFID company in Bangladesh, providing RFID analysis, system design and integration, implementation and support, and RFID hardware and software. He said Deltech can develop and support any type of RFID system, including HF and UHF systems.

Barrier-free access control, employee tracking systems and asset management are the most popular RFID applications, Hossain said. Although early adopters are now expected to receive a decent return on their investment, Hossain said, the process of convincing them to invest in the technology at the earliest was quite difficult. “Here, people want to get things done, but they lack direction and trust,” he said. “What we need to do is research the market, talk to companies face-to-face, show them the business case for getting a return on investment, and fully support them.”

The application of RFID in Bangladesh faces many challenges and few consumers understand the technology. To improve this situation, Deltech has conducted several technical seminars to help end users understand RFID technology and its applications.

RFID also faces some legal issues. “Government restrictions and conservatism in the RF space is a concern for us,” Hossain said.

However, Hossain said that the situation is now improving, and the government is becoming more and more interested in RFID technology; in addition to the military’s interest in RFID applications, the government is also planning other RFID applications, such as automatic vehicle toll systems; the government is even considering adopting RFID ID cards, these government-initiated applications will greatly promote the application of RFID.

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