Gemplus Does It Again.......
Fecha Martes, julio 15 @ 10:50:44
Tema Tarjetas Inteligentes :: Smart Cards
| By A. Ubhey, Smart Card Industry Analyst
Findings on the smart card market for 2003. Below is an example of how companies have faired in the memory market. The chart below only looks at the memory market, not the entire smart card market.
Gemplus delivers its 3 Billionth phone card
The French smart card manufacturer has made history again by announcing the delivery of its 3 billionth phone card in the public telephony sector. Gemplus 3rd billionth phone card delivered to Mexican Operator, Telmex. Gemplus is the first smart card manufacturer to reach this milestone, confirming its leadership in the market.
Below is a quote taken from the Gemplus press release from Phillippe Vallée, President of the Telecom Business Unit at Gemplus:
‘This is a major milestone for Gemplus as phone cards have been and remain a very important part of our business. We are producing innovative new products and value-added services for prepaid phone cards, enabling the operator to launch specific offers adapted to market trends. This is why we have a loyal client base and a solid future with operators continuing to invest in public telephony.’
Telmex is now the largest customer for the French smart card manufacturer who has remained in the number one spot in terms of number of smart cards shipped in 2002. Among Gemplus' eighty customers worldwide, are CANTV, Venezuela, China NetCom, China Telecom, Deutsche Telecom, France Telecom, Menatel and Telmex, Mexico.
Even though Gemplus shipments fell from 2001 to 2002 their lead in the market remains dominant. Over the 2002 period they actually widened the gap between themselves and their nearest rivals Schlumberger with Giesecke & Devrient a close third.
For Schlumberger
Yes, come 2006 and the World Cup being held in Germany will be using smart cards. No, not the players, but it I believed that German organisers of the World Cup will be issuing chips on the 3.2 million tickets they are looking to sell. Each ticket will carry a contactless chip that communicates by radio signals, so fans will be able to wave tickets past readers on turnstiles to enter.
The tickets are likely to be based on Mifare technology from Philips Semiconductors. Philips remain a stronghold on the contactless market and this is just another example of their market dominance. The chip can be affixed to a paper ticket with the antenna printed on the ticket with ink that conducts radio signals. With the use of contactless technology football fans will be able to ‘wave’ their rickets over readers while going through the turnstiles.
I believe there are 12 or so stadiums being used for the World Cup in Germany and each will need to be equipped with Mifare readers. I believe if this happens the rest of German football could quite easily settle on using Mifrae technology. This could turn out to be a very large and satisfying move for Philips Semiconductors and the smart card manufacturers supplying the cards.
This is just another move that follows numerous other European football clubs offering smart cards using contactless technology to help fans. Typical uses of such cards would be convenience, speed up entry into the ground, purchase goods from local stadium ships, top-up on electronic cash and so on.
Tickets for the 2006 World Cup are due to go on sale in late 2004, according to the German committee of FIFA, the Federation Internationale de Football Association, which organizes the World Cup every four years.
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