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Author: IDTechEx Limited, 2001. Downing Park Innovation Center, |
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Date Posted: 20:01:29 01/26/03 Sun http://www.idtechex.com/Journal1/journal_nov.pdf © IDTechEx Limited, 2001. Downing Park Innovation Center, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge, CB5 0NB, UK. Tel: + 44 1223 813703 Fax: + 44 1223 812400 Impressions of Cartes, Paris By Peter Harrop The IDTechEx Web Journal Issue 10 • November 2001 Smart Labels Analyst Inside this issue: Smart Objects in Transport 2 Smart Transport 3 RFID report from Japan 4 Top Firms Sign up for RFID Drive to Cut Crime 10 Frontline Solutions Europe Review 11 Highlights of PISEC 2001 18 News Snippets 19 Publications 20 Website: www.idtechex.com Email: info@idtechex.com Cartes (23-25 October) is Europe's largest smart card conference and exhibition. Because it has been growing unlike CardTech SecurTech in the US , it now rivals this in size. It concentrates on smart cards, most of which still have contacts because the banks stick with this awkward-touse, unreliable format. However, contactless cards and equipment were also much in evidence, though not from Gemplus, the world's largest smart card manufacturer which has recently changed course to concentrate on cards and, above all, services in telecoms and finance where the old contacted cards reign supreme, and the demand is inhibited as a consequence. For example, of the 100 million or so stored value purse cards issued across the world, we learnt that on average, only a few percent are used at all, so cash will not be replaced yet and most purse schemes are lossmaking. More successfully, credit and debit cards are increasingly being made using contacted chip cards, to deal with rapidly-increasing fraud and provide multifunctionality, particularly in Europe and East Asia, though they would be appreciated more if contactless. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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| Re: Gemplus,concentrate servicesin telecoms and finance | RFID products | 20:04:03 01/26/03 Sun |