Card Technology articles from December 2002

Card Technology archives from December 2002

Toward A Happier New Year @BY#Don Davis.(year 2003 smart card industry outlook)(Editorial)
December 1, 2002... As we move to the close of 2002, the smart card industry is in a schizophrenic state, as illustrated by two articles in this issue. The cover story relates how some smart card manufacturers are struggling to survive. The industry has too...

A New Challenge To Java Card.(SchlumbergerSema develops smart card software platform)
December 1, 2002... The card vendor that created Java Card is now also pushing an alternative platform that, if successful, could break Java Card's hold on the market for so-called "open" or "nonproprietary" smart card software. SchlumbergerSema, which...

Card Technology Calendar.(industry conferences)(Calendar)
December 1, 2002... Jan. 15-17: Omnicard 2002-Berlin Organized by inTime berlin For more information, contact inTime berlin at: Phone: 49 (0)30 80 90 58 14 Fax: 49 (0)30 80 90 58 15 E-mail: officeintime-berlin.de Web site:...

Regional News.(includes, Oman to issue identification cards)
December 1, 2002... Middle East/Africa Oman To Issue ID Card: The Arab Gulf sultanate of Oman promises to be the first country in the Middle East to issue chip-based citizen ID cards. The mandatory cards will carry demographic data and digitized fingerprints...

Can Magnetics Change Their Stripes?(developing cards to store biometric data)
December 1, 2002... If cards are to store biometric data for cardholder identification, they will need greater storage capacity than current magnetic stripes offer. A new, higher-capacity magnetic stripe could be an option, if it can make it to market in time. ...

ID Focus.(air travel security may include development of smart cards to be used as identification)
December 1, 2002... No Direct Flight To Chip Cards Airlines and airports were looking at smart cards before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. They were trying to move passengers more quickly as their traffic grew at better than 3% a year, lower the $12...

Making The Smart Card Case For MasterCard.(Interview)
December 1, 2002... Top MasterCard executives answer tough questions about Mondex, Multos and MasterCard's smart card competition with rival Visa. Three years in the making, MasterCard International's recent acquisition of Europay International gives the card...

2003 Industry Outlook: Chip Cards Break New Ground.(multiapplications)
December 1, 2002... Cornwall is not the world's biggest smart card project. But it's growing, and could turn out to be a model for multipurpose chip cards that might be issued by local governments throughout the United Kingdom, and possibly beyond. Roy...

2003 Forecast by Smart Card Market.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
December 1, 2002... 2002 2003 Memory MCU Memory MCU Telecom 1100 415 1000 440 Financial services 2 170 0 200 Loyalty 40 12 40 15 IT security 0...

Surviving The Slump.(smart card vendors)(Industry Overview)
December 1, 2002... Buffeted by falling prices, sluggish demand and a raft of new competitors, major smart card vendors are doing their best to endure the second year of an industry downturn. Some are admitting it's time they changed the way they do business. ...

CIA Infiltrates The Smart Card Industry.(Central Intelligence Agency)
December 1, 2002... Are the spooks at the Central Intelligence Agency really interested in the secrets of the smart card industry? One could get that impression, especially reading headlines in the French press last summer. After all, the two largest smart...