Thursday 26 November 2009 at 12:31
The common point between several announcements made on the occasion of the last Cartes trade show is speed. Each of us is used to the high data rates provided by high speed internet connections on our laptops, and the advent of 3G, and soon 4G, on our handsets. Now, the secure transaction industry feels its users are getting impatient if they have to wait for a transaction to be completed.
Thursday 19 November 2009 at 11:17
Marc Bertin, chairman of Eurosmart, summed up with these words the general mood of Cartes exhibition this year. The presidents and CEOs of the major players in the industry (Gemalto, Ingenico, Infineon, Giesecke & Devrient, Visa, Eurosmart, Sagem Orga, MasterCard, NXP Semiconductors Hypercom) were all in agreement on the fact our industry was more resilient than others by the economy shakeout.
Thursday 12 November 2009 at 12:55
As Cartes, the most important event of the year for our industry is getting closer, it is time to evaluate how we are doing. Our secure transactions industry demonstrates a good resistance to the ongoing global crisis. Our major customers, mobile network operators, banks, governments, etc. have kept on placing orders to the smart card industry, due to the sustained demand they were experiencing.
Thursday 5 November 2009 at 10:38
Regular Smart Insights Weekly readers are all aware the mobile phone is the technology that has experienced the fastest adoption ever. The first GSM network was launched in 1991, and at the end of 2009, ITU (International Telecom Union) estimates there are 4.6 billion mobile phones in use, out of a 6.8 billion world population.
