Top 27 Mobile Barcode vendors list

No.

Name

Description

Type

1

2D Sense Platform

Formerly iMatrix, www.2dsense.com is a user-oriented reader that handles QR, Datamatrix and Shotcode

A D

2

3GVision

A huge player in the mobile barcode industry in Japan, www.3gvision.com provides access to QR codes over a huge variety of platforms, and helps clients build their own QR campaigns.

A D E

3

BeeTagg

www.beetagg.com is a multi-code reader which also supports it’s own proprietary code, the BeeTagg System.

A C D

4

Camclic

www.camclic.com reads all major 1d and 2d codes, and adds web content to  existing physical codes

A E

5

GS1

www.gs1.org, the global standards organisation, also provides barcodes and solutions for barcode marketing

C E

6

i-nigma

Originally developed by 3GVision, www.i-nigma.com reads and creates QR codes.

A D E

7

Kaywa

www.kaywa.com offers a QRcode reader and campaign creator.

A D

8

Mbarc

Specialising in airline travel, www.mbarc.nl offers mobile ticketing, ID and coupon offers through barcodes

A E

9

Mobile Data Systems

http://www.mobiledatasys.com has  separate services for consumers (www.personalcodes.com) and businesses (www.clic2c.us). They issue a 1d and 2d code reader and code generating service.

A D

10

Mobile Discovery

www.mobilediscovery.com provides a mobile advertising network geared towards barcodes with their Connected Media PlatformTM

A C E

11

Mobile Tag

www.mobiletag.com is a French based company that provides a Datamatrix reader and commercial card code creator

A D

12

Mobiqa

Specialising in mobile ticketing and coupons, www.mobiqa.com focuses on Datamatrix codes

A E

13

NeoMedia

www.neom.com uses NeoReader software to read mobile barcodes, and concentrates on effective mobile ticketing, two-way transactions and embedded advertising campaigns

A E

14

Nextcode

www.nextcodecorp.com offers three services. 1) Barcode decoding software for mobile. 2) mCode, its own form of barcode. 3) Connexto, apps for carriers to connect barcodes to content.

A C

15

Nokia

Available out-of-the-box on most Nokia handsets, their software allows you to read standard barcodes and create your own

A D

16

NTT DoCoMo

Another Japanese company, www.nttdocomo.com provides software for creating and reading QR code over its family of products.

A D E

17

Qipit

www.qipit.com provide software to clarify and digitize mobile pictures of fine detail. Their software enables easy reading of any 1d barcodes.

B

18

Quickmark

Focusing mostly on eCommerce and business cards, www.quickmark.com.tw provide software for reading and creating codes that enable automatic billing and item purchase by mobile

A D E

19

RapidID

www.rapidid.com concentrate on mobile assets tracking and location. Their location-based service works by reading barcodes or other asset identification marks.

A E

20

Scanbuy

http://scanbuy.com supports QR and Datamatrix, but also issue it’s own proprietary EZcode.

A C D

21

Scanlife

www.scanlife.com provides an EZcode reader and creator for personal and commercial use

A D

22

Semacode

The creators of the open-source Datamatrix code, www.semacode.com main focus is using their code with social networks through a Facebook application

A

23

ShotCode

www.shotcode.com issues the proprietary Shotcode 2d barcode, and provide readers, creators and campaigns around it.

A C D E

24

Tagnition

www.tagnition.de specialise in solutions for publishers and agencies. The manage campaigns with their own platform.

A D E

25

Upcode

www.upc.fi uses Datamatrix codes and covers a wide number of applications for consumers, providers and clients

A D E

26

Windows Office  Marketplace

There is a wide variety of third-party software developed for reading and creating 2d barcodes available on the Windows Office Marketplace, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/marketplace/

A D

27

ZXing

http://code.google.com/p/zxing/ is an open-source Java programme that focuses on decoding 1D/2D barcodes on the device, without communicating with a server.

A