Americas Smart Card Market Analysis Report

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The Smart Card Alliance, in collaboration with growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan, undertook an exercise in 2005 to evaluate the North and Latin American microcontroller smart card markets. The resulting report, Americas Smart Card Market Analysis, concludes that the smart card market will grow rapidly over the next five years throughout the Americas. The study provides detailed analysis of the size and growth of both microcontroller smart card shipments and revenue through 2010 by market sector, along with an analysis of key market trends and drivers.

Key findings of this study for the North American microcontroller smart card market:

• 132.2 million smart cards are expected to be shipped in North America in 2005, with over 27 percent compound annual growth rate projected through 2010.

• SIM is the largest market segment in 2005 followed by payments, pay TV, government & ID and access control. SIM share of market is expected to drop dramatically over the next 5 years as other applications become more widely deployed.

• HSPD-12 is a key driver for the government & ID market. The deployment of FIPS 201-compliant ID applications within federal agencies, as well as the U.S. e-passport project, will be the key growth factors in this market.

• Enterprise access control applications will feature a marked convergence between physical & logical access control. This, in turn, is driving smart-card-based ID badges that combine physical and logical access.

Within Latin America, growth is expected to be even more spectacular. Key findings for the Latin America microcontroller smart card market:

• 136.4 million smart cards are expected to be shipped in Latin America in 2005, with over 59 percent compound annual growth rate projected through 2010.

• The SIM mobile telecommunications market is the largest smart card market in Latin America comprising 86.4 percent of the total market in 2004.

• The migration of the financial industry to EMV in Mexico as well as Brazil will continue to grow at a steady rate in the short and medium term. Additional countries have also begun pilot projects for chip-based banking and payment cards.

An executive summary of the report is available at no charge. The complete report, Americas Smart Card Market Analysis, is available from Frost at http://www.frost.com at a price of $5,000 (US). Customers also have the option to purchase the North America and Latin America reports separately at a price of $3,500 (US). Smart Card Alliance members can purchase the complete report for $3,500 (US), a 30% discount, or the separate reports for $2,800 each, a 20% discount.

To purchase the report, visit http://www.frost.com or call James Politis at Frost & Sullivan, 210-247-3875, email: jpolitis@frost.com.