Pan Asia Gets Personal, Embraces `Smart Card' Revolution.Business Editors SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 2000 From early mainframes to recent "PCs in your wallet (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. )," the computing movement has evolved rapidly and propelled Pan Asia's once economically riddled regions to jump aboard the technological revolution. With revitalized economies and digital wireless networks in place, Frost & Sullivan targets Pan Asia as a hotbed hotbed, low, glass-covered frame structure for starting tender plants. It differs from a cold frame only in that the soil is heated—either artificially as by underground electric wiring or steampipes, or naturally with partially fermented stable manure, which for multi-application systems and mobile e-commerce, both opportunities for smart card manufacturers. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. new Frost & Sullivan strategic research, (www.frost.com) "Pan Asian Smart Cards," total revenues are up from 233 million in 1998 to 263 million in 1999. Driven by increasing demand for multi-application smart cards, revenues should continue to increase at a strong pace over the forecast period (1997-2005). This study analyzes smart card markets in the following Pan Asian countries: Australia/New Zealand, China, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Frost & Sullivan industry analyst Alyxia T. Do believes digital wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. will be a strong growth opportunity in the near future. "Revenues for digital wireless telecommunication SIM cards (for both GSM and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. ) will increase dramatically over the forecast period," she predicts. "Though SIM card prices are expected to remain highly competitive, a trend toward upward migration by telecom operators is present--either through the addition of value-added services or increased security levels." Although most Pan Asian regions will witness smart card application growth, China will remain the most lucrative market for unit shipments and cumulative revenues. Payphone payphone Noun a coin-operated telephone payphone pay n → Münztelefon nt; (card phone) → Kartentelefon nt applications will continue to dominate unit shipments, yet will command much less in revenues over the forecast period. Do also projects demand for financial cards to grow in the medium to long term and institutional smart card markets will likely remain strong despite bureaucratic hurdles impeding new technology. Growth in the Pan Asian markets appears solid, yet smart card manufacturers must overcome significant challenges. "A challenge in China is delicately balancing demand and production capacity," Do says. China has experienced a skyrocketing production capacity while simultaneously witnessing low production utilization rates." Consequently, the Chinese market may be overheating Overheating An economy that is growing very quickly, with the risk of high inflation. fast, and the sharp downturn in revenues is likely to occur in the short term. Furthermore, smart card proprietary operating systems, such as Gemplus MPCOS MPCOS Multi-application Payment Chip Operating System or Giesecke & Devrient StarCOS will eventually be replaced by MultOS, Java, or Windows. As a result, manufacturers should fit the "chip embedder" role, which emulates strategies in mass production industries, or transform to a systems software house, which entails aligning strategies toward IT models. "Pan Asian Smart Cards" provides growth opportunities by application and by respective country, revenue forecasts for each region, application and country benchmarking for each region, and analyzes market drivers and restraints. Companies participating within this industry are divided by respective country. Companies participating in the industry include: Australia and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. : Andersec; Leigh Mardon; VFJ Technology Pty., Ltd.; SmartMOve (NZ) Ltd; Telstra Corporation, Ltd. China: Aerospace Golden Card; Beijing Giesecke & Devrient Smart Card Systems Co., Ltd.; Dongjian Group; Desheng Tecsun Group; Einolda Credit Card Mfg; Gemplus Beijing; Hangtian Golden Card; HuaMin Smart card; Huangshi wanda Golden Card; Huaxhuo Magnetic Card; Huaxu Golden Card; NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform Data Communication; ORGA Beijing Representative Office; Schlumberger Technologies (Asia), Ltd.; Shandong Donghua Golden Card; Shanghai Soliac; Shideao Smart Card; Tianjin Global Magnetic Card; Visa International Group; Zhongdian Smart Card; Hong Kong: Advanced Card Systems, Ltd.; Schlumberger Intercard, Ltd.; Toppan Form Cards Technologies, Ltd.; Smart Tech;japan. Japan: IC Card System Application Council; Dai Nippon Printing Dai Nippon Printing (大日本印刷 Dai Nippon Insatsu Company; NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation; Oki Electric Industry Company, Ltd.; Toshiba Corporation; Korea: Samsung Electronics; South Korea: Kyung-Duk Electronics; Jung Hwa Printing Company; Malaysia: Iris Technology Sdn Bhd; Telekom; The Philippines: Rizal Commercial Bank Corporation; Singapore: Gemplus technologies Asia Pte, Ltd.; Gieseck and Devrient Asia Pte, Ltd.; National Trades Union Congress; Orga Card Systems (SINgapore) Pte, Ltd.; SIngapore Telecommunications, Ltd.; Stoval Chip Card; Taiwan: Taiwan Victory Technology; Yuen Foong; Thailand: Data Product Toppan Forms, Ltd; Europe: Bull technology Group. Frost & Sullivan is an international marketing consulting and training company that monitors the telecommunications industry for market trends, market measurements and strategies. This ongoing research is used to complement a series of research publications such as (No. 5780-11) "World Smart Card Application Markets" and is used to support participants with customized consulting needs. Free executive summaries are available to the press. Pan Asian Smart Card Markets Report: 4180-11 Publication Date: January 2000 Price: $3,450 |
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