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International News
The Smart Card Alliance is a founding member of International Smart Card Associations Network (ISCAN), www.iscan.ca, an organization of international associations serving the smart card industry from the United States, Canada, France, India, China, Southern Africa, and Australia. Each week, the Alliance publishes an industry news summary that highlights international news about the smart card industry to its members. The following are some recent international news items we have distributed.
OTI wins Kenya contract for MediSmart card
Globes - Rishon Le-Zion,Israel
Smart is using the MediSmart card to provide a complete healthcare solution, including cards, readers and related software that are integrated with ...
UAE ID Card To Support Iris Biometrics
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
It’s an ambitious project: Besides serving as a residence and labor card, plans call for the ID to also double as a health card, e-passport within the Gulf ...
Microcontrollers suit SIM cards
Electronics Talk (press release) - UK
'With more than 20 years smart card experience behind us, and world-class manufacturing capability, ST can ship these new ST21 devices in the high volumes ...
Eurosmart Forecasts 20% Growth In Shipments
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
The bulk of EMV banking smart cards still will go to European banks. Banking smart card shipments increased by 22% in 2006. Included in the 490 million-card ...
Smart ID centres open until May 18
News.gov.hk - Hong Kong
The Smart Identity Card Centres will open to the public until May 18 for collection of new identity cards, the Immigration Department says. ...
Spain’s Sermepa Offers Higher-End EMV Cards
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
Fewer than 10% of banking smart cards shipped worldwide last year by the four largest card vendors carried such “open” software as Java Card or the rival ...
Taipei mayor calls for greater scope for Easy Cards
China Post - Taipei,Taiwan
Hau made the call at an activity hosted by the Taipei Smart Card Corp. to celebrate breaking the 9 million mark for issuance of the multi-purpose IC cards ...
Russian microelectronic company accepted to Eurosmart
OSP International - Moscow,Russia
Sitronics Microelectronic Solutions, a Russian producer of integrated circuits and smart cards within Sistema holding company, has become a member of the ...
Smart cards open doors for university students
VNUNet.com - UK
The University of Wolverhampton hopes to cut enrolment waiting times and increase security by replacing traditional student cards with smart card technology ...
Bus smart cards launch in Cumbria
eGov monitor - London,UK
The smart card then automatically prompts the ticket machine to calculate the correct concessionary entitlement and the relevant fare for the journey. ...
High Growth Reported in The UK Access Control Market
Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA
However, the sector appears to have reached its peak, and there is growing competition from hands-free systems and contactless smart cards. ...
UK-based NFC smart poster marketing system launched
UsingRFID.com (subscription) - UK
In the UK, marketing technology provider Glue4 has launched a full-service solution for NFC-enabled (near-field communications) smart poster marketing ...
Smart cards get bus tests
Melbourne Herald Sun - Melbourne,Australia
"Obviously, to get the smart card that will last over a long period of time, there will be a cost to it, and that's still to be determined," she said. ...
Beijing Devt. to issue up to 16 mln Smart Cards by 2008
China Knowledge Online - Singapore
22, 2007 (China Knowledge) – Beijing Development <154>, which runs the Smart Card system in Beijing, said 15 million to 16 million cards would be issued by ...
Go zig, zag, zoom with a smart card
Times of India - New Delhi,India
A smart card will also have a vehicle owner's photograph. For now, the smart cards are being issued only for private vehicles, two-wheelers and cars. ...
Citibank Unit Issues Smart Cards In Mexico
Card Technology - Chicago,IL,USA
The bank also said it has launched a test of contactless payment cards using a dual-interface Multos card. In March, point-of-sale terminal maker VeriFone ...
Aconite Wins First Deal in South Africa for EMV Migration ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) - Wien,Austria
Aconite, a leading global provider of EMV and smart card technology develops and delivers smart card payment solutions to issuers around the world, ...
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