Motorola to Provide Multi-Application Transport and Public Utility Smart Card Solution in Changde, China.Business & Technology Editors CHANGDE, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- April 19, 2000 Motorola (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MOT (OpenView Managed Object Toolkit) An OpenView toolkit from HP for developing network management applications based on CMIS. The toolkit contains library routines that handle the transmission and receipt of CMIS requests and responses. ), through its Huamin Beijing Smartcard Systems Joint Venture, has been awarded a contract by the Changde Public Transit Co., Ltd. to implement a multi-application smart card system in Changde, China. The first phase of the project begins with an automatic fare collection (AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. ) system, with plans to grow the smart card platform into a broadly used payment method for public utilities, water, gasoline and taxi services. "We share in Motorola's vision of using multi-application 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 bring new convenience to our citizens and to help improve the efficiency of many of our city's service operations at the same time," said Changde Mayor Yang Gang Hong. "We are very pleased to cooperate with Motorola on this project and believe that Motorola can contribute greatly to Changde's modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, ." "This project is designed to give our riders the most convenient and efficient fare payment system available worldwide, and it gives our managers better information to help continuously improve our quality of service. We chose Motorola to design and implement this critical and strategic system because of their impeccable reputation for customer satisfaction, advanced technology and quality staff," said Liu Shuang Mo, general manager, Changde Public Transit. "We applaud this initiative which can bring the leading edge of multi-application smart card technology to the people of Changde," said Francois Dutray, Motorola's vice president and general manager, Motorola Worldwide Smartcard Solutions Division (WSSD WSSD World Summit on Sustainable Development (UN) WSSD World Summit for Social Development WSSD Websphere Studio Site Developer WSSD Work Skills Series Manual Dexterity WSSD Weapon System Support Development ). Motorola will design and implement the total smart card AFC solution for the Changde Public Transit Company's bus system, which serves the city's 600,000 residents, as well as the software system platform for multi-applications implementation. The new system can help maximize productivity through more accurate management data on ridership rid·er·ship n. The number of passengers who ride a public transport system. , commuting patterns, fares and utilization of buses. One of the world's largest system integrators, Motorola is providing a global smart card multi-application solution that includes cards, hardware and back office software as well as system integration and management. Full implementation of the AFC system is expected by September 2000. For the first phase of the project, users in Changde will use advanced M-Smart Mercury(tm) contactless smart card A smart card that uses radio frequencies to provide a wireless connection to the reader. The transmission range is only a couple of inches, but allows the card to be quickly passed by a reader in applications such as secured entrances. See smart card and UltraCard. technology from Motorola. Simply waving these cards near a reader built into the bus entrance will take off the correct fare. In many cases cards can stay in a wallet or purse. The result is convenience, simplicity and faster bus entry for commuters. At the core of the system is a back-office platform that manages information that will allow for improved service and more efficient utilization of assets by Changde Transit. This announcement builds on a series of major projects awarded to Motorola and the ERG Motorola Alliance in the past year, which will be used by over 10 million people worldwide. About Motorola Inc. Motorola, Inc., with sales of $33.1 billion in 1999, is a global leader in providing embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. electronic and integrated communications solutions. Motorola's Worldwide Smartcard Solutions Division (WSSD) provides complete multi-application smart card system solutions including smart cards, application development, systems integration and operations management Operations management is an area of business that is concerned with the production of goods and services, and involves the responsibility of ensuring that business operations are efficient and effective. . The company's platforms allow organizations to quickly deploy and build value-added smart card applications in areas such as transit, access control, campus, government and healthcare. More information on Motorola's Worldwide Smartcard Solutions Division can be found at (www.motorola.com/smartcard) |
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