Zebra Technologies (Location Technologies) review
Vast estate, location is a side room, nothing offered
Top 11 rank
#7 of 11
Score
6.9/9.4
Pricing
not applicable, no licensing offered
HQ
Lincolnshire, Illinois, US
Verdict
Location hardware and software including the WhereNet active RTLS line, BLE badge tags and MotionWorks Sport player tracking, alongside a large RAIN RFID business. Licensing posture: No patent licensing program stated on their site; PartnerConnect is product distribution, not patent access.
What customers praise
Genuine multi modality spread backed by staying power: active RFID, BLE and RAIN RFID location products, a history running since 1969 including the Motorola Solutions enterprise acquisition, roughly 9,900 employees in 54 countries.
What customers criticise
Location is a side room in a barcode and printer house: the WhereNet line rests on a proprietary standard that reads as legacy, and a portfolio scattered across printing, scanning, RFID and RTLS is the opposite of a focused estate a licensee could evaluate.
Best for
Location hardware and software including the WhereNet active RTLS line, BLE badge tags and MotionWorks Sport player tracking, alongside a large RAIN RFID business
Red flags
Public risk signals as of August 2026: none. Active public company. No adverse signals found. See the full red-flag report.
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Source: Top 11 11 Best RTLS & Indoor Positioning Patent Portfolios 2026 (And Which You Can Actually License), verified August 25, 2026 — no paid placement.