India, the next gold rush?
Thursday 31 May 2007 at 11:02
Smart card industry activity in India has reached a peak!
The mobile communication market enjoys a quick growth, with 3.4% increase, just in one month, in April 2007.
New form factors coming in our industry
Thursday 24 May 2007 at 08:16
Since its beginning, the smart card industry has been tied to the ISO 7810/7816 card shape. This was due to the necessary compatibility with magstripe reading devices, and also to the existence of manufacturing and personalization equipment.
The American Dream
Thursday 17 May 2007 at 09:34
The American smart card industry is meting this week in San Francisco for CardTech SecureTech conference and exhibition. After years of slow progress, projects are popping up everywhere in the North American card landscape.
Smart Card at the forefront of e-readiness
Thursday 10 May 2007 at 21:41
The Economist Intelligence Unit just published its "2007 e-readiness rankings", providing an in-depth analysis on how different countries adopt information and communications technologies (ICT).
Real Id or Virtual ID for a virtual world
Thursday 3 May 2007 at 07:19
Eurosmart recently anticipated in its Vision 2020 paper (cf. Smart Insights #07-17) that each of us is going to have many identities and to consider them legally and emotionally as important as our own surname. Identity, just like money, is purely based on trust and recognition.