Card Technology articles from March 2007

Card Technology archives from March 2007

Like The Magazine? You'll Love The Web Site: Nine of 10 say they find information on the Card Technology Web site they don't find anywhere else. And new features are coming.
March 1, 2007... We succeed here at Card Technology when you, the reader, find the magazine valuable. And from time to time we check with you to see how we are doing. Last month we sent out an e-mail survey to 5,000 Card Technology subscribers and within...

Vision For The New SIM Unveiled At 3GSM World: 'We bring the power of the mobile. We can take encrypted credit information from a bank and download that.'.
March 1, 2007... Is a new era dawning for the increasingly cut-rate and commoditized subscriber identify module card for mobile phones? Some high-profile projects involving the SIM announced at last month's 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona promises to send that...

Newswatch: Asia-Pacific.
March 1, 2007... SMART CARD SYSTEM PROPOSED FOR SLOT MACHINES IN AUSTRALIA The Australian Provincial Cities Association, a consumer advocacy association, is urging the Australian government to replace cash at poker machines in South Australia with smart...

Newswatch: Europe.
March 1, 2007... MOSCOW METRO TO ISSUE DISPOSABLE CONTACTLESS TICKETS The operator of Moscow's Metro, one of the most heavily used subway systems in the world, is ordering paper disposable tickets for its occasional riders, says Finnish vendor UPM Raflatac....

Vendors Shoot For Higher Growth In 2007.
March 1, 2007... 2006 is a year major smart card vendors are glad to have behind them. While smart card volumes grew at a healthy pace, prices for the vendors' major product, subscriber identity module cards for mobile phones, fell by 30% to 40%. It caused...

People On The Move.
March 1, 2007... Germany-based card vendor Sagem Orga says Vice President Silvio Stockmann, who already oversees the company's banking unit, also will head the heath and ID business units...Singapore-based smart card company Cassis International has appointed...

Newswatch: Americas.
March 1, 2007... MORE AIRLINES AND PASSENGERS SIGN UP FOR FASTER AIRPORT SECURITY ACCESS Now that the U.S. government has given the go-ahead, Registered Traveler programs are setting up shop in several U.S. airports, allowing prescreened travelers to pass...

Price Competition Dampens Revenue Growth.(Table)(Brief article)
March 1, 2007... Vendor 2006 sales % increase SIM % change Banking % change over 2005 cards over 2005 smart cards over 2005 2006 2006 Gemalto* 1,698 ...

Calendar.(Calendar)
March 1, 2007... March 27: NFC Planet - Orlando, Florida Organized by CMP Technology For more information, contact Timothy Downs, event director at: Telephone: +1 949 223 3628 E-mail: tdownscmp.com Web site:...

Security Concerns? Change The Subject.
March 1, 2007... Some consumers worry if they pay with a contactless card their card number might be stolen as data travels through the air, or they might be charged for someone else's purchase. How should issuers respond to these fears? The early rollouts...

NFC: Trials Proceed, But Phones Remain Scarce: While interest continues to grow in allowing subscribers to tap their mobile handsets to make payments, spend tickets and use other contactless services, a key question is yet to be answered: When will the NFC handsets arrive?
March 1, 2007... And the trials continue: A growing number of telcos, banks, transit operators and retailers are handing out mobile phones complying with Near Field Communication technology to a sampling of their customers and allowing them to tap the devices...

Germany's Giant Health Card Project Begins To Stir: In one of Europe's biggest IT projects, Germany's health care industry is finally moving forward to overhaul its paper-bound information network and low-tech cards. The "Gesundheitskarte" is destined to become the world's largest health smart card project and one of its most secure.
March 1, 2007... There are few office walls or cubicles at the headquarters of Gematik in Berlin, a fact obvious from the street through the glass facade of Gematik's post-modern building. The open architecture is fitting for an organization charged with...

German Health Card-Fact Sheet.
March 1, 2007... Trials begin for a much-delayed project Project description: Germany's second-generation 'Gesundheitscarte' health card is expected to be the world's largest when fully rolled out. It will store insurance ID, emergency medical data and,...

E-Passports The First Wave: Though a few travelers are using the new contactless travel documents, most border crossings lack readers, even as e-passports promise to influence other ID projects.
March 1, 2007... Earlier this year came two bits of encouraging news from the United States for backers of electronic passports. First, the Department of Homeland Security, the agency charged with protecting the country's borders, reported that 33 airports...

Advertising Index.
March 1, 2007... Advanced Card Systems Ltd. 10 Tel: + 852 2796 7873 Web site: www.acs.com.hk E-mail: infoacs.com.hk Arthur Blank & Co, Inc. 14 Tel: 617-325-9600 Web site: www.arthurblank.com E-mail: abcoabco.com Atmel 7...

Ready For Takeoff.
March 1, 2007... Why ID Is Growing Although it made up only 12% of revenue last year, the Identity & Security segment of giant smart card vendor Gemalto is accounting for a growing share of business. With citizen and employee ID cards, electronic...