- UK Retailer Tesco announces that it has selected the Mercury4 platform for one of the largest RFID reader orders ever.
- RFID standards body EPC Global launches the 'Generation 2' tag specification. ThingMagic begins a major user information campaign, producing white papers and a DVD. While all other RFID readers became obsolete or need hardware changes, Mercury4 adjusted to the new standard with a simple remote software upgrade, proving the power of ThingMagic's advanced software defined radio technology.
- Technology Review magazine names co-founder Yael Maguire as one of its top 35 innovators under the age of 35.
- ThingMagic takes its first ever round of investment, raising a total of around $21m from investors including The Exxel Group, The Tudor Group, Cisco Systems, Morningside Technology Ventures, Inventec Appliances Corporation and Topline Growth Capital.
- ThingMagic named to Red Herring's 100 North America, a list of privately-held companies playing a leading role in innovating the technology business.
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