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Wider adoption of transit cards on its way

We have all heard of contactless smart cards used for Automatic Fare Collection in mass transit systems for years. We all know a few applications that work well, such as in Seoul, Hong Kong, Paris, Singapore, … Recently, there has been a global move towards a wider adoption of smart tickets starting with two white papers issued by the British Innovision Group and the Smart Card Alliance in the USA.

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Germany is under shock as BenQ Mobile goes bankrupt

Just a year ago, in October 2005, the Taiwanese company BenQ took over Siemens handset division, forming BenQ Mobile. At that time, this announcement was universally acclaimed as an alliance between a traditional industrialist from the old continent and a high growth electronics manufacturer from Asia.

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