Axalto's Smart Card Solution Enables the Netherlands and Luxembourg to Combat European Road Safety Violations.AMSTERDAM, Netherlands -- Smart Card Based Tachograph tach·o·graph n. A machine that records the measurements of a tachometer, especially one in a vehicle recording its speed and the times at which it was driven. Helps Road Transport Professionals to Comply with European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community Regulations Axalto (Euronext: NL0000400653 - AXL), the world's leading provider of microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program. cards, today announces it has been selected by the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works public works pl.n. Construction projects, such as highways or dams, financed by public funds and constructed by a government for the benefit or use of the general public. Noun 1. and Water management, and Luxembourg Ministry of Transport to integrate its smart card technology into digital tachograph cards that will be available shortly to road transport professionals. This highly secure technological solution will not only combat road safety violations but also enable efficient fleet management by European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. hauling companies. Benefits include real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. information on driver activity, accurate planning for journey times, reliable recording and output of driving time and speed, as well as a reduction in administration operational costs. The digital tachograph, also implemented in France and Spain, has been developed as part of a European road safety project. In compliance with the European Commission legislation, it will be mandatory in all 25 member states in 2004 for all truck and bus drivers to be equipped with electronic tachographs. A wider range of countries - including Norway, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey - is expected to comply with this legislation by 2009, making the total number of vehicles which will be equipped with an electronic tachograph be numbered in tens of millions. Through Axalto's smart card technology, the ageing paper-based tachographs will be replaced by an efficient, portable security device that can reliably record personal and confidential data. "After a competitive bid, we are delighted to work together with Axalto in this challenging and exciting project", said Ernst Bovelander, Tachograph Project Director, Dutch Transport, Public Works and Water management Inspectorate in·spec·tor·ate n. 1. The office or duties of an inspector. 2. A staff of inspectors. 3. An inspector's district. inspectorate Noun 1. . "With Axalto's reputation of leadership and innovation, as well as an impressive track record in public sector smart card projects, we knew we were teaming up with the right partner. We are thus preparing with great confidence to deliver the first tachograph cards to their registered holders, initiating deliveries of up to 700,000 cards over the coming years". Frederic Trojani, Public Sector Director of Axalto comments: "This project further consolidates our leadership in the Public Sector market and Axalto is pleased to continue bringing reliable, interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. and secure smart card technology, based on an open system, to end-users in Europe. After France and Spain, we are confident that the adoption of our technology in the Netherlands and Luxembourg will greatly contribute to reduce road transport fraud and ultimately make the roads safer." About Axalto Axalto (Euronext: NL0000400653 AXL) is the world's leading provider of microprocessor cards (Gartner Dataquest 2004) -- the key to digital networks -- and a major supplier of point-of-sale terminals. Its 4500 employees come from 70 nationalities and serve customers in more than 100 countries, with worldwide sales reaching 3 billion smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. to date. The company has 25 years' experience in smart card innovation and leads its industry in security technology and open systems. Axalto continuously creates new generations of products for use in a variety of applications in the telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. , finance, retail, transport, entertainment, healthcare, personal identification, information technology and public sector markets. Microprocessor cards provide convenience, security and privacy to public and private services operators, their customers and end users. For more information, visit us at www.axalto.com |
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