Card Technology articles from November 2004

Card Technology archives from November 2004

Our New Look.
November 1, 2004... As you may have noticed by now, Card Technology looks a lot different this month. The logo and front cover design have changed, and we've switched to a more modern type style. We think the magazine looks better and that the type is easier...

UK Drives Toward Its Chip-and-PIN Deadline.(Personal Identification Number )
November 1, 2004... Some predicted chaos, but the United Kingdom's switch to paying with smart cards and personal identification numbers appears to be going rather smoothly. If there is a glitch, it has been that banks have been sending out too many replacement...

Clock Is Ticking on U.S. Government ID Cards.(Identification)
November 1, 2004... Under orders from U.S. President George Bush to create a new standard ID card for government employees and contractors by February 2005, officials have set an aggressive schedule for developing a draft proposal that is sure to be based on...

NewsWatch: Asia.
November 1, 2004... KDDI TO ADOPT MOBILE FELICA: Executives at Japan's No. 2 mobile network operator KDDI have apparently decided that if they can't beat their counterparts at rival NTT DoCoMo on mobile-commerce technology, they might as well join them. KDDI...

NewsWatch: North America.
November 1, 2004... U.S. AWARDS E- PASSPORT CONTRACTS: The U.S. government last month awarded contracts to four vendors to provide samples of passports carrying smart card chips, the first step toward the conversion to electronic passports. The awards went to...

Calendar.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... Nov. 18-19: ID World 2004-Barcelona Organized by Wise Media For more information contact Wise Media at: Telephone: +44 (0) 1322 663006/614789 Fax: +44 (0) 1322 615868 E-mail: pamchattinaol.com Web site:...

NewsWatch: Europe.(transaction card industry preview)(ASEC Spolka Akcyjna)(InterCard Kartensysteme GmbH)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... OTI BUYS ONE COMPANY AND SELLS ANOTHER: Aiming to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, Israel-based On Track Innovations Ltd. has acquired software company ASEC Spolka Akcyjna of Krakow, Poland. OTI, which specializes in...

A Small Agency With A Big Vision.(United States Department of the Interior)
November 1, 2004... There seems to be little special about their ID badges as employees file into the U.S. Department of Interior offices in Washington, D.C. They flash their ID cards at a security guard, then proceed to the elevators. The first sign that the...

Digital Rights Pits SIMs Against Flash Cards.(Subscriber Identity Module)
November 1, 2004... Games are expected to become a big business for mobile network operators and content providers. And as network bandwidth and handset features grow, subscribers will soon be downloading lots of music, video and other multimedia content, too,...

Making Room In Handsets.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Share of the removable flash card market in mobile handsets (% of market for brands/formats) 2003 2004 2006 2008 Memory Stick 18 11 12 13 MultiMediaCard 27 45 ...

Eurosmart Revises Its SIM Forecast.(Subscriber Identity Module)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Eurosmart, the trade association of major European smart card vendors, isn't often guilty of underestimating its shipment figures. But that's exactly what the trade group now says it's done, and by a long shot. It recently revised upward...

Driving Access Control Data Down To The Door.
November 1, 2004... If you fire Joe today, will the door to his office know to keep him out tomorrow? If you schedule a driver to pick up material at a remote warehouse, will the warehouse door know to let him in today-but not tomorrow? Typically, the answer...

A Chip Card Answer To Parking Angst.
November 1, 2004... A familiar scene for anyone living in an urban area: someone parked in front of a meter, pawing through their ashtray for something other than pennies and old cough drops to pay for the privilege of letting their car sit still a couple hours....

In Brief.(smart card industry trends)(MBF Cards)
November 1, 2004... Contactless smart card chips may find their way into keyring fobs with merchant-specific designs, such as a hamburger-shaped fob to pay and collect loyalty points at a fast food restaurant. U.S.-based Cardxx Inc., which specializes in packaging...

Mastercard PAYPASS Makes Headway.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... MasterCard PayPass, the tap-and-go payment system from MasterCard International, will be tested this fall with mobile phones in the United States and with payment cards in Canada. U.S.-based Motorola Inc. last month announced plans to test...

Java and the New Era in Smart Cards: What you need to know about the far-reaching changes the industry has in store for its popular software platform-and for the smart card itself.
November 1, 2004... In the growing family of IT devices, the smart card is but an orphan. While desktop PCs, laptops, handhelds and cell phones are more and more linked by the Internet and broadband communication, the lowly chip card speaks a language all its own...

The Remaking Of Java Card: The Inside Story.(Microelectronica Espanola )
November 1, 2004... The annual SIMagine awards dinner held during the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, is a place for main event sponsor Axalto to socialize with big buyers of its Java SIM cards, while sometime during the evening the buyers hand out large...

Java Card, Spanish Style.
November 1, 2004... While smart cards that support the next generation of Java Card might be on the market as early as 2007, card issuers will be using the current version of the software platform-the 2.x series-for years ago come. This was the first Java...

...But Is It Java Card?
November 1, 2004... Spain's Telefonica Moviles prides itself on running the most interoperable Java Card program in the world. Cards and applications from the mobile network operator's four SIM suppliers are completely interchangeable, boasts SIM manager Carlos...

Java Card Through The Years: Platform weathers competition and compatibility problems.
November 1, 2004... 1996 * Sun introduces first version of Java Card, based mainly on work of card vendor Schlumberger (now Axalto). Seed for Java Card planted by Visa International, which sought open platform to avoid proprietary card software. 1997 ...

A Popular Platform.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Actual and projected Java Card shipments, in millions of units Year Units % Growth 2002 165 2003 220 33.3 2004 297 35 2005 398 34 2006 523 ...

Tricks Of The POS Trade.(Point-Of-Sale)
November 1, 2004... The move to smart cards in many countries is lifting the payment terminal market. But vendors are also introducing new services and products to keep revenue growing. Point-of-sale terminal vendors have something to cheer about. The...

Global POS Terminal Shipments By Vendor.(Point-Of-Sale )
November 1, 2004... Vendor/Country 2003 2002 % 2003 Shipments Smart Card- ...

Revenue Ups and Downs.(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2004... Revenue of four publicly traded terminal vendors in millions of dollars Company 2003 2002 % change 1H 2004 Ingenico* 427 516 -17 245 Hypercom 232 271 -14 116 Lipman...

Contact Our Advertising Sales Representatives.(Brief Article)(Directory)
November 1, 2004... United States and Canada Jim Baker phone 312 983 6179 fax 312 913 1334 Europe & Asia Bernard Pingree Jean-Charles Abeille phone + 33 331 46 43 00 66 fax + 33 (1) 46 43 01 34 bernard.pingreeinfopac.fricabeilleinfopac.fr ...