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Date Posted: 06:00:33 02/01/03 Sat In reply to: Brussels9/11/ 1998 developed for Creative Star Ltd 's message, "Re: The Octopus system --j/vERG " on 05:54:26 02/01/03 Sat http://epso.jrc.es/paysys.html  http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/contents01.html#thanks4 What's New Thanks for visiting the Sony Booth at "International Fair of Smart Cards China" Thank you for sharing your time with us at the International Fair of Smart Cards, China 2002 held in Beijing from June 5 through 8. We introduced our advanced technology such us SDK, PC Reader and World's various applications with FeliCa. We look forward to welcoming you back to our booth at SCC2003 !! Thank you for visiting the Sony Booth at "CTST2002" Thank you for visiting us at CTST2002 held in New Orleans from April 23 to 25. During the three days of exhibition term, we met a lot of people who were interested in world's leading card technology and we enjoyed to talk with all of you at 'FeliCa Booth'. We look forward to seeing you again and introducing more advanced technology in Orlando at CTST2003 ! Thanks for visiting the Sony Booth at "OMNICARD 2002" OMNICARD 2002 The conference and exhibition Period: Wednesday January 16th to Friday January 18th, 2002 Venue: Grand Hotel Esplanade, Berlin, Germany OMNICARD official web site] URL: http://www.omnicard.de Exhibition outline: Sony Corporation exhibited FeliCa related products at OMNICARD, Germany's leading smart card event. Sony introduced the various projects and the applications with FeliCa Contactless IC card system, which are the public transport, vending machines, photo services and many other services in Hong Kong, the buses and taxies in Shenzhen, China, the public transport in Singapore, the railway and e-money services in Japan. Sony emphasized the features of FeliCa system such as the high security, the high speed, the flexible access key and rights management, and the convenience and flexibility of use. Thanks for visiting the Sony Booth at "IC Card World 2002" We would like to thank you for coming to the "FeliCa Booth" at IC Card World 2002, held at the Tokyo Big Site this past March 5 through 8. Both our exhibit stand and presentation corner were an unquestioned success. The great number of people visiting our booth far exceeded last year's turnout. We would thus like to express our appreciation to all of you who stopped by and made this event such a success. In the future as well, we hope you will be able to get your own Sony Contactless Smard Card. PERTH’S ERG GROUP WINS WITH MOTOROLA MUSCLE Developed in Perth with the assistance of an Australian Federal Government research and development grant, the ERG Group’s multi-application smart card solution software is the first of its kind in the world. In 1997 ERG implemented Hong Kong’s integrated ticketing system ‘Octopus’ for Creative Star Limited. The system was designed and manufactured entirely in Australia and over 6 million cards have been issued to more than 80 percent of the population of Hong Kong. About 50 cities around the world are actively reviewing the Octopus system to determine their own needs. ERG’s global alliance with Motorola saw it win all four of the major transit ticketing contracts awarded internationally during 1999 – Berlin, Rome, San Francisco and Singapore. The software provides ERG Motorola Alliance-designed and implemented transit systems with a scalable, extendable, low risk clearing house solution to large and small smart card scheme requirements. In 1992, ERG Telecommunications, a subsidiary of the ERG Group and Nokia began a collaboration with ERG Telecoms acting as a traditional contract manufacturer, supplying Nokia with base stations to support the deployment of the Optus GSM network. Today this has evolved to where ERG’s Perth manufactured base stations have been integrated into Nokia-supplied GSM networks in Australia, SE Asia, China and Europe. For further information: http://www.erg.com.au/default.htm Date Of Media Release 25/08/1998 Title ERG Awarded Further Contracts In Hong Kong Contact Wendy Watson-Ekstein - General Manager, Corporate Marketing & Communications Phone + 61 8 9273 1100 Fax + 61 8 9273 1208 Email wendywe@erg.com.au Division ERG Transit Systems -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ERG Awarded Further Contracts In Hong Kong Following the outstanding success of the Octopus Contactless Smart Card System for public transport in Hong Kong, ERG has recently finalised new contracts and settled variation claims with its customer, Creative Star. The Hong Kong System, which was introduced in September 1997, now handles 3 million transactions per day on a card base of 4 million issued cards (with a further 2.8 million currently being issued). In the past two months its operation has been extended outside public transport so that the card can now be used in payphones. The new contracts are as follows: A contract to provide second-line maintenance and technical support for the hardware and software comprising the total Creative Star System for two years with a two year option. The total value of this contract is expected to exceed HK$70 (A$14.7) million if the option is exercised. A contract to upgrade the capacity of the computer system to increase the daily transactions that can be processed from 4 million to 10 million per day. A provisional contract to provide additional add-value machines for the network in Hong Kong, subject to final approval. These contracts are in addition to recently announced contracts to fit out a further 2,000 buses for Kowloon Motor Bus and City Bus. The total value of these contracts and the settlement of outstanding variation claims should exceed HK$150 (A$31.5) million. The resolution of the variation claims follows an earlier settlement of variation claims achieved with Creative Star in March 1997. As a result of this settlement all variation claims to date have been resolved commercially between ERG and Creative Star without the need to resort to arbitration. The addition of the above contracts brings the total contract value to approximately HK$650 (A$136.0) million. The System in Hong Kong is the most broad-based contactless smart card system in transport in the world today. With more than 4 million cards, fully inter-modal between rail, bus and ferry, and central processing, the System is THE contactless smart card reference site for transit authorities globally. Smart Cards Help Transit Authorities Close the Subsidy Gap Paul Gooderham Mississauga Ontario Canada -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A smart card is a credit card sized "passive computer" that becomes operational when connected to a power source either directly (contacted) or through a radio frequency inductive field (contactless). Smart cards used as transit fare instruments can be configured to hold stored rides, period passes or stored value (money) as well as other non transit applications like loyalty programs or electronic cash. INCREASED REVENUES AND REDUCED EXPENSES. Smart cards can help transit authorities increase transit revenues in a variety of ways. Being virtually impossible to counterfeit, they dramatically reduce most forms of fare evasion. Transit authorities can optimize their fare/service balance through more flexible and marginal fare pricing (e.g., by zone, distance, or time of day). Smart cards can be part of creative promotions and co-marketing strategies to increase total ridership. Operators can earn interest from money deposited on fare smart cards and transit authorities can charge transaction fees for other uses of the card (e.g., taxis, highway tolling, retail), making the card itself, a revenue generator. Smart cards enable transit operators to reduce operating costs tied to the handling and potential loss of cash, as well as many maintenance and staffing costs for fare collection systems. HONG KONG'S SMART CARD SYSTEM. Of the 10 million transit journeys in Hong Kong each day, 74% are by public transport and approximately 50% are completed using fares paid with smart cards. The introduction of contactless smart cards into Hong Kong transit systems was coordinated by Creative Star, a consortium of major Hong Kong transit operators including MTRC (Mass Transit Railway Corporation), KCRC heavy and light rail (Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation), KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus), Citybus, and HKF (Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry). Beginning revenue service in September 1997, the system now handles over 4 million smart card transactions daily with almost 5 million smart cards in circulation. BENEFITS. Smart cards have increased system reliability. Failures dropped from 1 in every 3,200 uses for the previous magnetic system to better than 1 in every 700,000 uses for the new smart card system. Passenger throughput has increased over 20%. Creative Star earns both an important interest on prepaid amounts deposited on the cards and added transaction fee revenue from other uses of the card. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Gooderham Paul Gooderham is President and Chief Operating Officer of AES Prodata (North America). He is a professional Engineer whose career has involved establishing, financing, building and operating a number of diverse high technology, engineering and manufacturing companies throughout North America. AES Prodata (North America) 151 Brunel Road Unit 1B Mississauga Ontario Canada L4Z 2H6 Phone: 905-890-2794 Fax: 905-890-4590 Other Phone: mailto:pgooderham@aesprodata-na.com http://www.erg.com.au Phone: Fax: Other Phone: Last modified: 10/22/99 03:19:09 PM [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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