Smart Card Technologies and Global Markets -- Focus on Asia-Pacific

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NEW YORK, Sept. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Smart Card Technologies and Global Markets -- Focus on Asia-Pacific

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INTRODUCTION

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVE

BCC's goal in conducting this study was to determine the current status of the global smart card industry and assess its growth potential in recent years (2011 and 2012) and make an educated forecast for the near future (2017). We were particularly interested in knowing what is happening in the smart card market and knowing how smart card projects are being implemented worldwide. In addition, we were interested in the market potential for emerging smart card technologies. The goal of the study also involves grasping basic smart card technologies that are available and in use. Our key objective was to present a comprehensive analysis of the current smart card market and its future direction.

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY

The smart card is the most sophisticated and advanced technology used mainly for payment and authentication purposes. The smart card market is growing at an amazing pace, and we are interested in knowing the trends this market will follow. It will also be interesting to know how smart cards are being utilized for enhancing our daily lives and businesses and making them secure.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This study is an extensive collection and analysis of market data that defines and explains how the smart card industry is developing and what its prospects are in the long term (2012 to 2017). The study includes the market findings of smart card projects implemented worldwide and also encompasses smart card usage and its acceptance by the public. This study can be of immense help to companies that are into card manufacturing, chip manufacturing, system integration and for the companies dealing with security issues. This study can additionally be of help to project managers, system developers and distributors who wish to exploit the smart card as one of their identification and authentication options. Government institutions and private company owners can also benefit from this study by gaining an understanding of how to secure and simplify their work with the use of smart cards.

SCOPE AND FORMAT

The scope of the study includes major smart card technologies, smart card types, platforms, its standards and various applications of the smart card. A major focus of the report is the market scenario of the smart card industry. This report discusses various smart card projects that are being implemented or that are planned around the world. The report is divided into easy-to-follow chapters such as an overview, applications, markets etc., while the markets are divided geographically and breakdowns are given by region, market segment and technology.

METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES

Both primary and secondary research methodologies were used in preparing this study. Information sources included professionals employed by smart card manufacturers and project implementers; press releases, annual reports and news from periodicals and company websites. The report has also sourced various companies' public relations officers for the specific queries and figures required for the report.

AUTHOR CREDENTIALS

Amit Gud is a freelance writer and a published author working with various magazines and e-zines worldwide. His expertise includes technical writing covering smart cards, IT, technological trends along with lifestyle features and world affairs. His articles and features appear regularly in print as well as in online media. His works have been published in the Indian Express and the Mid-Day, two of India's top newspapers, in the Mini World and English Zone, Japanese lifestyle magazines, Publisher's Auxiliary, a community newspaper magazine, Vision Magazine and others.

Amit holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Kansas State University and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Pune, India, with a specialization in operating systems and software storage technology. He has industry experience working with multiple Forbes 100 companies, including NetApp, VMware, Red Hat, Akamai and Symantec. He has published research papers in technical journals and conferences. Recently, his Master's thesis was published as a book, titled ChunkFS: A Recovery-Driven File System Design Approach: Improve the File System Recovery Time.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1

STUDY GOAL AND OBJECTIVE 1

REASONS FOR DOING THE STUDY 1

INTENDED AUDIENCE 1

SCOPE AND FORMAT 1

METHODOLOGY AND INFORMATION SOURCES 1

RELATED BCC REPORTS 2

AUTHOR CREDENTIALS 2

BCC ONLINE SERVICES 2

DISCLAIMER 2

CHAPTER 2 SUMMARY 5

SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS AND VALUE, THROUGH 2017

(MILLIONS) 5

SUMMARY FIGURE A GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS AND VALUE, 2011-2017 (MILLIONS) 5

SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2017

(MILLIONS OF UNITS) 6

SUMMARY FIGURE B GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY REGION, 2012 (%) 6

SUMMARY TABLE GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 7

SUMMARY FIGURE C GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, 2011-2017 (MILLIONS OF

UNITS) 7

CHAPTER 3 OVERVIEW 10

HISTORY 10

WHAT IS A SMART CARD? 10

PARTS OF A SMART CARD 11

FIGURE 1 SMART CARD CONSTRUCTION 11

FIGURE 2 TYPICAL SMART CARD INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PARTS 11

THE MICRO MODULE 12

Micro Module Components 13

READ ONLY MEMORY (ROM) 13

RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (RAM) 13

APPLICATION MEMORY 13

CHIP OPERATING SYSTEM 13

COS Families 13

TYPES OF SMART CARD 14

CONTACT CARD MARKET 14

TABLE 1 GLOBAL CONTACT CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS OF

UNITS) 14

TABLE 2 GLOBAL CONTACT CARD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 15

Memory Cards 15

Optical Memory Card 15

Microprocessor Cards/Multifunctional Cards 16

Cryptographic Coprocessor Cards 16

CONTACTLESS CARD MARKET 16

TABLE 3 GLOBAL CONTACTLESS CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 17

TABLE 4 GLOBAL CONTACTLESS CARD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 17

Proximity or Active Cards 17

Vicinity or Passive Cards 18

COMBI-CARD/DUAL-INTERFACE CARD MARKET 18

TABLE 5 GLOBAL DUAL-INTERFACE CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 18

TABLE 6 GLOBAL DUAL-INTERFACE CARD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 19

CHAPTER 4 THE GLOBAL MARKET 21

GLOBAL MARKET BY TYPE 21

TABLE 7 GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 21

GLOBAL MARKET BY APPLICATION 21

TABLE 9 GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 22

TABLE 10 GLOBAL SMART CARD MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 22

GLOBAL MARKET BY REGION 23

TABLE 11 GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY REGION, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS OF

UNITS) 23

TABLE 12 GLOBAL SMART CARD MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 23

TABLE 13 GLOBAL EMV DEPLOYMENT, 2011 (MILLIONS OF UNITS) 24

TABLE 14 GLOBAL GOVERNMENT SMART CARD MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2017 (%) 24

GLOBAL MARKET BY TECHNOLOGY 24

TABLE 15 GLOBAL SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY TECHNOLOGY, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 25

CHAPTER 5 THE ASIA-PACIFIC MARKET 27

SUMMARY 27

TABLE 16 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS OF

UNITS) 27

TABLE 17 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD MARKET BY TYPE, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 27

TABLE 18 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY REGION, THROUGH 2017 (MILLIONS

OF UNITS) 28

TABLE 19 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD MARKET BY REGION, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 28

TABLE 20 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD SHIPMENTS BY FUNCTION, THROUGH 2017

(MILLIONS OF UNITS) 29

TABLE 21 ASIA-PACIFIC SMART CARD MARKET BY FUNCTION, THROUGH 2017 ($ MILLIONS) 29

PAYMENT CULTURES AND TRENDS IN ASIA-PACIFIC 30

TABLE 22 ASIA-PACIFIC CREDIT CARD USAGE BY BRAND, 2010 30

FIGURE 3 ASIA-PACIFIC CARD-BASED PAYMENTS BY COUNTRY, 2010 ($ BILLIONS) 30

PROJECTS: FUNCTIONS 31

PAYMENT CARDS IN ASIA-PACIFIC 31

HSBC EMV Migration 32

M-wallet, Japan 32

TABLE 23 MAJOR M-WALLET CARDS IN JAPAN, 2010 (THOUSANDS) 32

EDY Card 32

Suica Card 33

iD Card 33

QUICPay Card 33

Smartplus Card 33

Nanaco Card 33

EMV Migration in Asia-Pacific 33

TABLE 24 ASIA-PACIFIC EMV ADOPTION, 2011 34

IDENTIFICATION CARDS 34

TABLE 25 MAJOR NATIONAL ID SMART CARDS IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2011 (MILLIONS) 34

TABLE 26 MAJOR E-PASSPORT INITIATIVES IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2011 35

National ID Card, China 35

MyKad, Malaysia 36

e-KTP, Indonesia 37

National ID Card, Thailand 37

Aadhaar, India 37

HKID, Hong Kong 38

e-Passport, Hong Kong 38

e-Passport, Malaysia 38

e-Passport, Philippines 39

TRANSPORTATION SMART CARDS 39

TABLE 27 MAJOR TRANSIT SMART CARD DEPLOYMENTS IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2011

(THOUSANDS) 39

TABLE 28 TRANSIT CARDS PER PERSON IN ASIA-PACIFIC, 2011 39

Octopus Card, Hong Kong 40

TABLE 29 DEVELOPMENT OF OCTOPUS CARD APPLICATIONS SINCE 1997 41

Pasmo, Japan 41

Yikatong, China 41

Macau Pass, China 42

Delhi Metro Card, India 42

Bangalore Metro Card, India 42

Shenzhen Tong, China 42

Transit Smart Cards in Japan 43

TABLE 30 TRANSIT SMART CARD SYSTEMS IN JAPAN, 2011 43

T-Money, South Korea 44

Transit Cards in Singapore 44

Smart Parking Cards, China 45

HEALTHCARE SMART CARDS 45

National Health Insurance Card, Taiwan 45

RSBY, India 45

TABLE 31 RSBY INDIA HEALTHCARE CARD PROJECT SCHEME 46

CHAPTER 6 COMPANY PROFILES 48

AMERICAN EXPRESS CO. 48

ATMEL CORP. 48

ATOS 49

CITIGROUP INC. 49

CUBIC CORP. 49

DATANG MICROELECTRONICS 50

E-DATA CORP. 50

EASTCOMPEACE SMART CARD CO. LTD. 51

GEMALTO NV 51

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT (G&D) 52

HENGBAO CO. LTD. 52

HYPERCOM CORP. 53

INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG 53

INGENICO CORP. 54

KEYCORP 54

LASERCARD CORP. 55

LIFESTREAM TECHNOLOGIES INC. 55

MASTERCARD INC. 56

NXP SEMICONDUCTORS 56

OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES 57

PUBLICARD INC. 57

RSA SECURITY INC. 58

SHENZHEN CHUANGTONG INTELLIGENCE EQUIPMENT CO. LTD. 58

SIEMENS CORP. 59

TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INC. 59

VISA INTERNATIONAL 60

WATCHDATA TECHNOLOGIES 60

WUHAN TIANYU 61

LIST OF TABLES

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