°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°Smartcard - GSA - Info - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[laurent11]

...guten morgen

ich möchte, wenn möglich, dass wir alle in diesem thread nur informationen bezüglich Smartcards, OTi und GSA posten

es geht hier um die chancen OTi`s innerhalb des GSA projektes (standardisierung)und man kann hier ganz deutlich das GSA projekt, den aktuellen stand und die zukünftige entwicklung mitverfolgen

ich weise nochmals darauf hin, dass OTi-technik in CUBIC`s NEXTFARE definitiv enthalten ist !

um neueinsteiger und altaktionären einen einblick in die zukunft des marktes zu ermöglichen bitte ich höflichst, die üblichen diskussionen in anderen threads zu führen

zum übersetzen in englisch / deutsch hier ein link

http://de.altavista.com/babelfish/

der link wurde übrigens von optimaxx schon ins reg. board gestellt

quelle http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/MassTrans/mtpeps.html

besten dank
laurent

------------------------------------------

SMART FARE PAYMENT SYSTEMS FOR PUBLIC

Transportation Systems

Electronic systems for information storage, processing, and communication have entered practically every facet of our day-to-day existence, and paying bus and train fares is no exception. At least twenty public transit systems in the U.S. and abroad are increasing the level of automation in their fare collection systems.

Vision, Goals and Objectives

Our vision is to support a seamless interoperatable transportation payment infrastructure of all transportation modes, not be limited by institutional constraints, or the absence of interregional interoperatable payment systems, in the development of transportation payment products. Caltrans feels that it is in the best interest of the state to have established standards that will facilitate the seamless, safe and efficient movement of people and goods within, and through, the state.

Work with those public transit systems that are implementing this worthwhile technology and sharing those observations with all concerned. Our involvement will be maintained throughout the lifecycle of the (planning, development, implementation and evaluation) and operational testing of the system. We hope this pro-active approach will facilitate the statewide implementation of Electronic Payment Systems technology.

The California State Department of Transportation, Mass Transportation Program, has undertaken the role of facilitating the implementation of a statewide interoperative Smart Fare Payment System. Recent developments and government policies supporting projects involving electronic payment systems and card technology present a unique opportunity for the establishment of mutually beneficial partnerships in the development and management of electronic payment systems for transportation. These developments include stored-value card systems, contactless smart card systems for public transportation, electronic toll collection systems on highways and card systems for human service agency program management and benefits delivery. Private industry and public agencies foresee substantial benefits in establishing partnerships to develop further capabilities in electronic fee collection, delivery of benefits payments, funds transfer, settlement and clearinghouse functions.

Who Will Use Smart Cards?

San Francisco Bay Area transit riders have long expressed desire for a single transit card to smooth their transfers from one system to another and to eliminate the need to carry exact change or multiple tickets. "In a random telephone survey of Bay Area registered voters, a universal transit ticket ranked tops among their desired transportation improvements, favored by 76 percent of respondents."

Smart Card/ Benefits mean Riders no longer will have to fumble for exact change or keep track of complicated fares. The Card will mean no more waiting in lines to buy tickets, tokens or passes, and less congestion at fare collection points, and various programs allow riders to automatically transfer value from their bank accounts or credit cards to their Smart Card, whenever the stored value dips below a certain amount, and more accommodating for persons with disabilities, where conventional fare payment points presented physical barriers, to using public transportation systems, and In the future, Smart cards may be accepted at parking lots, parking meters, taxis and public telephones. They also could be used for retail purchases.

Smart Card Forums

Caltrans Mass Transportation Web Conferencing forum provides Smart Card project managers communications tool. We encourage discussions among project managers to be viewed by other members of the transit industry.


Benefits of multipurpose programs for transportation agencies

Seamless regional transportation travel through the use of a universal medium that allows individual operators the ability to retain their own fare structures and promotional programs.
Reduced revenue collection costs by having a bank or other private entity provide media, by introducing economies of scale in the implementation and management of are collection activities, or by using lower maintenance revenue collection technology.
Generation of additional revenues by reducing service payment abuse and evasion, expanding utility arrangements, float, expired card value and selling advertising space on media.
Improved customer convenience through the use of prepaid/stored value media in general or through the use easy-to-use media and through expanding the distribution network for prepaid media.
Expanded market base for transportation services by accepting commercial payment media (or by increasing employer participation) and increased ridership through the institution of loyalty tie-ins with merchants or frequent rider-type bonuses.
Improved data collection and reporting capabilities; improved equity and timeliness of the reconciliation and distribution of revenues collected in a multi-operator system.

Employers and Government Agencies will directly benefit from

Accurate accountability of employer and government funded public transportation programs for employees and recipients of government assistance programs.


Employers will be able to provide transit benefits to employees with Smart Cards without the need for vouchers.

In addition, Smart cards use state-of-the-art chip technology to provide card readers that function without movable parts. This technology provides for faster passenger boarding, reduced maintenance, and streamlined data recording and transfer.

Implementation of multi-modal transportation payment systems
TransLink, a regional transit fare payment system using `smart card` technology, is scheduled to launch as a demonstration project in the San Francisco Bay Area in mid-2001. The nine-county San Francisco Bay Area will be first in the state of California to have a single card that can be used on all forms of public transit in the region: buses, trains and ferries. The project, which began with the award of a contract to Motorola, Inc. in mid-1999, is scheduled to launch region wide in 2002. Motorola, Inc. is developing the system under contract to the San Francisco Bay areaís, Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC). It is being developed in two phases to ensure that the system meets the needs of the Bay Area residents and visitorís riding public and transit Operators.

The six-month demonstration project will include approximately 5,000 transit riders using TransLink on six Bay Area transit systems. The results of this demonstration will be thoroughly evaluated before the system is implemented region wide. In the long term,

TransLink smart-card technology can provide a broad range of services beyond transit fares. Future uses could include payment of parking fees, phone calls, retail purchases, and perhaps even Internet purchases

Example of associated costs of Smart Cards

An example of capital and operating costs for the (MTCís) TransLink demonstration program, which includes development, testing and installation of the system on portions of transit systems, are estimated to be approximately $20 million. This funding is made available through a variety of sources including federal, state and regional funds.

Total capital costs for fare collection equipment and installation throughout the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties, largely urbanized, is estimated to be $37 million. Annual operating costs for full rollout are estimated to be between $8 million and $14 million, depending on usage.

Because TransLink is designed to serve large numbers of customers regionally, the cost per ride will go down as the number of users increases. Once the program is up and running, the operating cost is estimated to be an average of 3.6 cents to 5 cents per ride. This amount covers data processing, system maintenance and customer support.

Early Automation Efforts

Although the advent of the Information Age has hastened such progress, the push toward transit fare automation began nearly thirty years ago when BART, the San Francisco Bay area`s then new rapid transit system, introduced a fare system based on inexpensive paper magnetic stripe ("magnetic stripe") tickets. This type of system, since emulated elsewhere in the U.S. and abroad use tickets having a stripe of magnetic material that can be read and written by read-write units in computerized ticket machines and turnstiles. Machines in stations that accept coins and bills dispense tickets. Ticket value is recorded on the magnetic stripe. When a rider enters the system the turnstile read-write unit records the place and time of entry. Upon exit, the turnstile computes and subtracts the price of the trip based on length of trip, and in some systems, the time of day.

One key functional aspect of the read-write and magnetic stripe fare card is its "stored-value" attribute. This represents a convenience for both the user and the transit system. A magnetic stripe fare card typically can hold more than a week`s worth of fares, thus greatly decreasing the number of separate cash transactions a rider must engage in, while not subjecting pocket or purse to a seam-splitting pile of tokens. The transit system benefits from automated cash collection through lower labor costs and greater money handling security.

Fare collection systems based on the paper magnetic stripe fare card have some shortcomings. The mechanical systems that transport fare cards inside read-write units are prone to failure and need a fair amount of maintenance, according to transit authorities using such equipment. Furthermore, the rate of processing passengers through turnstiles is marginally slower with magnetic stripe fare cards than with tokens, due to the routine of putting the card into one small slot and retrieving it from another. To speed up traffic through turnstiles, some transit authorities have tried plastic magnetic stripe cards of normal ATM card thickness, designed for hand-held swiping through a read-write unit. However, some transit authorities using such systems have found them to be problematical due to the unreliability of the write operations in the swipe-type read-write units.


Read-Only Passes and Fare Cards

There are alternatives to advanced transit fare payment systems relying on value stored on a read-write fare card. Pass-based systems operated by a number of transit authorities use rigid plastic read-only magnetic stripe pass cards for actuating subway turnstiles or for registering on bus fare boxes equipped with card readers. Automated fare collection using read-only fare cards is possible by recording transactions for subsequent billing to rider accounts. Buses of the Phoenix Transit System have fare boxes equipped with swipe-type magnetic stripe card readers, used to read Visa and MasterCard. Rider data is downloaded to a PC at the end of each run, and riders are billed once per month. Information concerning non-acceptable cards is uploaded to each fare box.

This scheme offers the convenience of a cash-less fare payment medium that many riders already have less cash to handle, and the opportunity to collect rider-ship information. To assure speed, entry of a personal identification number (PIN) by each card user is dispensed with, thus creating some small exposure to loss from the use of unreported lost or stolen charge cards. Automated Fare Card Sales as presently designed; the machines that dispense fare cards in major U.S. subway systems take only cash. But planning is underway in a number of rapid transit systems including those in San Francisco, New York and Boston to introduce transit ticket vending machines that take bank or credit cards.

This move will further reduce the expense and risk of cash handling incurred by transit operators. Smarts Fare cards a number of technical advancements beyond the read-write magnetic stripe card are available. One is the "smart" stored value card, containing a microcomputer, complete with microprocessor and nonvolatile electrically erasable programmable read only memory (EEPROM). The prime reason for including a microprocessor on the card is to perform security checks to guarantee the veracity and incorruptibility of information stored in the card`s memory. Smart stored value cards cost more than magnetic stripe cards, but offer operational advantages. The unreliability of a magnetic card reader is avoided, and security against tampering with the card`s data can be much greater.

Contact Cards

One type of smart stored value card is the contact card. This card contains a small array of electrical contacts on one surface of the card for carrying signals between the card and the base unit into which a card is placed, and for carrying power to the card`s circuitry. In a Delaware program such cards will be used for transit fares and other small purchases. US West has introduced such cards for use in pay phones in the Pacific Northwest. The Delaware and US West cards can be reloaded with value, although US West does not presently use the cards in that fashion. Both VISA and MasterCard, in coordination with their member banks are also developing new products based on the stored-value contact card. After agreeing on international standards for stored-value cash cards early in 1995, both credit card companies are supporting pilot projects for multi-use cards. The cards are used as "electronic coin purses" in place of cash for small transactions. Member banks will sell them.

If these cards are successful, they may offer transit operators an opportunity for relatively cash-less fare systems, without the paperwork and billing requirements of credit cards. VISA and three banks will be introducing "VISA Cash" stored-value cards throughout Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. Both disposable and rechargeable cards will be issued. These contact chip cards will be accepted at hundreds of local merchants. In addition, the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) also plans to accept VISA Cash at rail transit fare gates. This open system arrangement enables MARTA to take advantage of the extensive communications and financial management infrastructure being established by the financial industry for electronic payment systems. Stored value contact-type cards containing less processing capability have been used for a number of years for pay telephones in Europe. The European cards have hard-wired logic that allows their stored value to be decreased but not increased.


RF Coupled Proximity Smart Cards

Contact-type smart cards are viewed as having some shortcomings. The contacts can eventually wear and corrode; and subway passengers would have to slow down or pause to stick their cards into turnstile slots. For this reason contactless radio frequency (RF) coupling between smart card and read/write unit is used in a growing number of smart card systems.

These cards, generally designed to communicate with a base unit one to six inches away, are called proximity (prox) cards. The modulated RF signal transmitted from base unit to card also carries power to the card`s circuitry. Proximity smart cards presently represent the ultimate in reliability since there is a complete absence of moving parts and contacts. Passenger speed through subway turnstiles or past bus fare boxes is rapid, since the cards simply must be brought into an interaction zone for a transaction to be completed in less than a tenth of a second. RF-coupled cards had their beginnings as identification (ID) devices for tagging, labeling, and security applications.

RF ID tags designed for read-only use have applications that include controlled-access security ID cards, and anti-theft tags used on merchandise in many stores. Very small implanted RF ID tags are used for tagging household pets in Marin County, California. RF ID tag technology has been in existence long enough for it to become well developed and widespread.

There continues to be a migration of technology between transit and non-transit applications. A Perspective of the Future Transportation authorities are making use of advances in fare technology for more than simply collecting subway and bus fares.

Applications include collection of ridership information: multimodal, intermodal, and intersystem fares and transfers (including buses, subways, passenger ferries, commuter trains, and automobile parking); paratransit fare payment and record keeping; and multi-use stored-value cash cards useable for small purchases as well as fares. May provide more accessibility to persons with disabilities, when traditional fare, toll and fee collection devices have provided physical barriers in using public transportation. One great incentive for introducing more automation into fare collection is the desire of transit operators to avoid the expense and security hazards of handling large amounts of cash, coins, and traditional tokens.

Implementing a modern transit fare collection system is a complex undertaking that involves a variety of technological considerations, and also issues such as rider acceptance, financial management, alternative fare policies, operating and maintenance expenses, record keeping benefits, and costs of fare card media. The benefits offered by advanced technology have convinced transit authorities in Ann Arbor, MI, Washington, DC, and a dozen other transit agencies in the U.S. and abroad to implement fare collection systems based on RF read-write fare cards.

The Ventura County Transportation Commission in California is currently implementing a countywide contactless smart card system across six independent transit operators. Another systems recently implemented, around the world, is based on smart integrated circuit contact cards. Additional transit systems are implementing magnetic stripe read-write fare card systems.

The New York City Transit Authority has adopted a magnetic stripe system as an interim measure while it studies more advanced future alternatives, including smart cards. Given the benefits of user convenience, lower operating costs, improved record keeping and greater security, more in the future.


Nation`s First Smart Card-Based Transit Benefit Program Introduced



Oct. 6, 2000 - Metro riders who are eligible for monthly employee transit benefits become the nation`s first smart card users to receive their benefits electronically.

The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) and Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation, announce the beginning of WMATA`s new program called SmartBenefits.

The program transitions the authority`s Metrochek fare card voucher program to the WMATA SmarTrip® card, making it the nation`s first transit program to offer automated delivery of transit benefits. Cubic is the end-to-end provider of WMATA`s ``smart`` automated fare payment solution and technology.

The popular SmarTrip system utilizes a contactless smart card that provides subway and parking lot patrons a cashless way to pay. SmartTrip was the first major implementation of contactless smart cards for transit use in North America.

SmartBenefits utilizes the base technology developed by Cubic as part of its Nextfare(TM) Solution Suite, a package of advanced tools that can be integrated into automatic fare collection systems. Nextfare(TM) Express called SmartBenefits by WMATA enables employers to securely and conveniently deliver transit fare products as part of their flexible benefits offering.

With SmartBenefits, passengers will no longer have to wait in line every month to obtain their vouchers. The new application will allow Metro customers who currently receive Metrochek paper vouchers from their employers to have their transportation benefit downloaded electronically, directly to their SmarTrip card, at any WMATA Pass/Farecard vendor in the 78 rail stations in the WMATA system.

For employers who distribute transit benefits to their employees, SmartBenefits will deliver in seconds what used to take days under the paper-based system. WMATA will maintain an electronic database -- created by each participating employer -for all Metrochek-eligible employees. Benefit information will be loaded onto WMATA`s central computer via an Internet interface designed by the Authority, which will streamline the data reporting and records process, and reduce administrative costs associated with the handling and distribution of vouchers for participating employers.

In a related initiative, several regional transportation operators are in the process of purchasing SmarTrip-compatible equipment, which will enable seamless in SmartBenefits acceptance throughout the Washington-Baltimore Corridor.

Today, nearly 100,000 participants representing 2,300 companies and government agencies receive approximately $35 million in Metrochek benefits annually. This translates to 1.7 million specially encoded fare cards that are manually distributed from the transit authority to an armored car service, to employers, and finally to employees. Employees currently desiring to use through benefits on non-Metro facilities must trade these fare cards for third party operator fare media.

The WMATA SmartBenefits program likely will be a model for other transit agencies wanting to automate and integrate their transit benefits programs with the introduction of contactless smart card technology.

Future versions of the program will allow transit riders to download their transit benefit directly into their personal computers and other Internet-enabled devices.

Cubic is the world`s largest supplier of integrated ticketing and automated fare collection systems for mass transit. On an annual basis, at least 14 billion mass transit rides are made with Cubic-designed payment systems, accounting for $10 billion in annual fares.

In addition to providing the technology for the smart card-based fare collection system in Washington, D.C., Cubic supplied the nation`s second smart card-based mass transit fare collection system, which was recently introduced to the Chicago Transit Authority`s full fare customers. This new system is an intermodal, interagency program.

Cubic also has installed turnkey fare collection systems around the world, including London, New York, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Sydney. Refer to the following web site for further information

http://www.itsa.org/ITSNEWS.NSF/4e0650bef6193b3e852562350056…



Interoperability" smart card specifications established by Federal Government



With an interoperability specification nailed down, testing can begin. After months of work, the General Services Administration and vendors have achieved what industry has been unable to do on its own: agree on an interoperability specification that will allow different smart cards to work together across government.

GSA, along with vendor and agency representatives, recently drafted and agreed to an open, interoperable specification to enable smart cards bought off the government wide Smart Access Common ID contract by one agency to work with applications and smart card readers used by another agency. GSA has started testing the specification.

"To get all the prime [vendors] to agree on interoperability for applications I think is a huge step that will help the expansion of smart card technology," said Mickey Femino, director of GSA`s new Center of Innovative Business Solutions. http://smart.gov/

Lack of interoperability has been a major impediment to smart card adoption in this country, said Mike Brooks, director of GSA`s Center for Smart Card Solutions (see story, Page 52). The specification will be "a catalyst for smart card technology forging ahead in America," he said. "It will allow [agencies] to buy a smart card solution from GSA, and they don`t have to be concerned about proprietary systems."

When GSA awarded its estimated $1.5 billion smart card contract in May to five prime vendors - KPMG Consulting LLC, Litton/PRC Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., 3-G International Inc. and Logicon Inc. - it required all smart cards to interoperate so that agencies can use cards for multiple purposes. Because smart card vendors offer proprietary solutions based on their own specifications, vendors and GSA had to develop a neutral specification that all can support.

The specification covers five smart card applications: identification; logical access control, such as access to a computer network; physical access control, such as access to a building; biometrics, such as fingerprint scans; and cryptographic services, such as digital signatures. The original goal was to draft the interoperability specifications within 45 days after the award, but the process proved more complex than anticipated. Interoperability should bring prices down and make smart cards more attractive in government, said Rick Pratt, program manager for GSA`s smart card project at EDS. "I think it will make vendors more competitive," he said. "If it`s just your card, then you can ask any price. If you`re working against other vendors, it will bring the price down."

Competition is good for users, said John Moore, chairman of the Federal Smart Card Users Group and director of smart card studies in GSA`s office of electronic government. "Do you think the United States would work better if it were a dictatorship or if Microsoft was the only computer vendor?" he asked. "This has an enormous potential in terms of the size of the market that exists."

However, the most difficult part may still lie ahead. The National Institute of Standards and Technology initially will help GSA test 20 cards with 20 readers a process expected to last several months. Vendors must also develop middleware based on the specifications to enable different platforms to support different cards.

"You could end up with cards that are compatible, but if the middleware is not done correctly, it makes it useless," said Bill Bialick, technology director at Spyrus Inc., a subcontractor for two primes.

Donna Farmer, president and chief executive officer of the Smart Card Forum, said although there are standards in place, which doesn`t guarantee interoperability.

"It isn`t that the technology is the problem or issue, it`s all about how companies will interact with each other," she said.

Femino said he expects agencies to issue task orders for smart card services soon. Last week, the Defense Department said it plans to use the contract to buy about 1 million smart cards in January. The specifications, meanwhile, will continue to evolve over the 10-year contract.


10/16/2000

The Smart Access Common ID Contract utilizes card based technologies to provide government agencies with a standard identification card that provides the means for employees to authenticate themselves for secure access to government buildings, systems, and facilities. For those employees with heightened security needs, the cards can also carry biometric signatures that may be used for access control and/or for electronic commerce.

The contract prescribes a Government-wide interoperable standard. The contract provides the supplies and services necessary to support a common, interoperable, multi-application Smart Card program.

The Smart Card program will be available for use by all authorized activities that have received written delegated authority from the FEDCAC Contracting Officer. At a minimum, the ordering organization can use the Smart Card as an employee or employee beneficiary identification card.

The Smart Card program will allow ordering organizations to issue a Smart Card that can be used to provide basic visual identification, identification authentication, physical and logical access control, as well as a number of value added features.

Physical Access Control refers to an automated system that controls an individual`s ability to access a physical location such as a building, parking lot, office, or other designated physical space.

Logical Access Control is an automated system that controls an individual`s ability to access one or more computer system resources such as a workstation, a network, an application, or a database. Typical of many other uses is the ability of the card`s chip to store vital emergency medical data, training history, credit card or transportation fare (debit card) functions and almost limitless, yet to be discovered, features.

The Smart Card program will allow organizations to select from multiple and flexible solutions to meet their diverse requirements. When technically feasible, Smart Card systems may benignly interface with an agency`s legacy system for physical access and/or computer systems. In some cases, agencies will not have to replace their existing systems but may integrate Smart Card technology.

For further reading, http://www.fta.dot.gov



Die vorstehenden Informationen stellen keineswegs eine Aufforderung zum Kauf dar. Jeder potentielle Anleger ist selbst verantwortlich für seine Entscheidungen.

gruss & shalom
laurent

[optimaxx]

Cubic to Help Create Nation`s First "Smart" Interstate

Mass Transit Fare System



San Diego, Calif., February 1, 2001 -- Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB), has won a $20 million contract to provide the nation`s first interstate "touchless" mass transit ticketing system.



The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has named Cubic the prime contractor for a new regional program, linking payment for WMATA buses serving Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland and Virginia with the Metro`s existing SmarTrip® fare collection system. If regional operators in Maryland and Virginia exercise options that offer similar pricing and benefits, the total value of the integrated ticketing systems could be as much as $70 million.



"This is a smart business decision for Metro that will pay dividends for not only Metro, but other transportation systems in the region," said Metro General Manager Richard A. White. "Partnering with an industry leader in technology will enable Metro to concentrate on its core business and provide a better customer service base to the more than 500,000 people who use Metrobus on a daily basis."



Cubic was the architect of the two-year-old SmarTrip, the nation`s first mass transit smart fare collection system, that has attracted 140,000 smart card users. Cubic also supplies the popular magnetic ticketing system at WMATA that has been in operation since the mid-1970s. SmarTrip technology allows regular commuters to enter the subway without removing their cards from their wallets and gives them the option using convenient SmarTrip "fast" lanes at WMATA`s park-and-ride facilities. In addition, Cubic recently helped WMATA implement "SmartBenefits," a program that allows participating federal and private sector employees to receive transit benefits directly on their SmarTrip cards.



"We are pleased that WMATA`s confidence in our ability to serve Metro rail customers has allowed us to make our technology available to regional bus passengers," said Walter C. Zable, Cubic Transportation Systems president and CEO. "In addition to creating the nation`s first smart interstate fare collection system for mass transit, the program will be the first payment system in the nation that allows public transit customers to use one fare card for rail, bus and parking."



Under the new contract, Metro buses will utilize Cubic`s new Tri-Reader® technology to upgrade buses with new smarter fare boxes. The technology`s open architecture will give WMATA flexibility to utilize a range of card platforms as "smart" fare collection becomes more competitive. Tri-Reader is one of >Cubic`s Nextfare™ <Solution Suite advanced smart card technology tools, developed to plug into new and existing mass transit systems. Cubic has subcontracted with GFI Genfare for new validating boxes that will integrate the Tri-Reader.



Cubic Transportation Systems is the world`s largest supplier of total revenue services, including integrated ticketing and automated fare collection systems for mass transit that utilize a magnetic ticketing-based system to support the future addition of smart card systems as transit agencies expand their objectives. Nearly a half billion people in more than 40 cities use Cubic systems daily. Cubic has installed ticketing systems in Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Atlanta and San Francisco.



Cubic’s magnetic ticketing technology is the foundation for many of the world’s largest fare collection systems, including New York, London and Sydney. Cubic also pioneered contactless fare collection for mass transit more than ten years ago. Since then, the company has integrated various smart card technologies in Europe, Asia and North America. In addition to the SmarTrip system in Washington, D.C., Cubic installed the Chicago Transit Authority`s SmartCard fare collection program, which made contactless payment available in August to Chicago`s full-fare bus and rail passengers and suburban bus customers.

http://www.cubic.com/news/pressreleases/2001/010201wmata.htm…

Gruss optimaxx

[EcCo65HH]

Diese Meldung über MATRA hat also ähnliche Bedeutung wie die im März letzten Jahres über Freiburg ?


http://www.cubic.com/news/pressreleases/2000/000308germanbus…

Cubic Transportation Systems Completes First Production, Fully Integrated Smart Card System For Transit in Germany

SAN DIEGO, CALIF., March 8, 2000 – Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB), has completed installation of Germany`s first full-scale, fully integrated contactless smart card fare collection system for mass transit. The system, which ties 11 independent bus operators to a single fare medium, has just gone into operation in Freiburg.

The project was the result of a contract awarded to Cubic in March 1998 by SüdbadenBus GmbH (SBG) of Freiburg to design, build and integrate contactless smart card fare collection technology for the region’s complex bus system. Until remaining bus operators in the region are prepared to utilize contactless card technology, the Cubic system will support both magnetic and contactless card fare methods.

Cubic`s newest contactless ticketing application automatically processes payments, letting bus riders carry different types of "tickets" on a single card, and allowing payment by the German EC-Karte credit card.

The backbone of the integration -- developed and engineered at Cubic`s Denmark operation -- is a central computer system and network, which utilizes Cubic`s new Windows NT-based software for regional bus operators. The system will improve bus company data bank management and help SBG plan lines, routes, and stops, as well as track customer marketing and lost and stolen card information.

Cubic’s contactless smart card fare system and new radio modem data transfer system, for which SBG recently won the 1999 German Innovation Award, utilizes radio signals to send important fare information from bus drivers` data terminals to central office computers.

Cubic`s latest-generation Mobile Fare Computer enables SBG to use the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)-compliant Type A contactless card platform. Several cities in Germany have or plan to have transit smart card pilots. Freiburg represents the production implementation of contactless smart card technology.


und hier nochmal das Original zu NEXTFARE:
http://www.cubic.com/news/pressreleases/2000/000501Nextfare.…

CUBIC ANNOUNCES "NEXTFAREÔ SOLUTION SUITE"

21st CENTURY SMART CARD BREAKTHROUGHS

A Year After Company`s Introduction of "Contactless" Transit Fare Collection to the U.S., Cubic Continues to Lead the Global Transit Smart Card Transition



San Diego, Calif., May 1, 2000 -- Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) -- the first company to implement a fully operational contactless smart card payment system for transit in the U.S. -- today announced Nextfare™ Solution Suite, an integrated set of breakthrough technologies that will transition mass transit fare collection in the 21st century to a smart card environment. CTS, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX: CUB), unveiled the new and innovative features at a news conference on May 1, 2000, at the CardTech/SecurTech advanced card and security technology conference and exhibition in Miami.

"NextfareÔ Solution Suite is a package of advanced tools that can be integrated into automatic fare collection systems. It includes a variety of add-on applications and equipment designed to work seamlessly with a robust central computing application," said Gary Yamamura, director of strategic planning, Cubic Transportation Systems.

The announcement comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of Cubic`s successful introduction of contactless smart card fare collection to Washington D.C. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority`s system is the country`s first full-scale contactless smart card transit fare collection operation, linking both rail and parking operations with a single fare medium.

In the business of helping transit authorities collect fares for more than a quarter of a century, Cubic -- the proven technology leader in mass transit revenue collection and processing -- leads the global smart card transit transition with its NextfareÔ Solution Suite.

NextfareÔ Auto Load -- This feature allows transit users to instantly add pre-selected transit fare products to their smart cards at selected ticket vending machines or even as they are walking through a transit turnstile. Purchases are assessed against the commuter’s credit card account. NextfareÔ Auto Load is a time saving and convenient enhancement to an automatic fare collection system and is already being deployed as an upgrade to several transit programs.



NextfareÔ Express -- With this add-on application, public and private employers can automate and decentralize distribution of transit benefits to their employees participating in the U.S. Transit Check program. By eliminating nearly all paperwork, NextfareÔ Express will enable employers to securely and conveniently deliver transit fare products as part of their flexible benefits offering. In addition, the NextfareÔ Express application can be used to provide instant refunds to a transit customer whose registered transit card is lost or stolen or to distribute prepaid electronic fare products to smart cardholders anywhere within the transit system. NextfareÔ Express will be added to selected mass transit customer systems by mid-2000.



Tri-Reader™ -- Although introduced just six months ago, the Tri-Reader™ has already been selected for integration into Cubic-provided systems for a variety of U.S. and international transit authorities. The Tri-Reader™ is a contactless smart card reader architecture that provides transit authorities with the flexibility to select any smart card that meets the emerging ISO 14443 specification (Type A or Type B) as well as Cubic`s own GO CARD® platform. It will also enable a transit system operator to establish a system where different card types can be used interchangeably. Cubic also has other versions of the Tri-Reader™ currently in development that will further expand the utility of this exciting new technology by improving the adaptability of the reader for a much broader range of devices such as laptop computers, handheld computer/organizers or parking meters.



GO CARD Gen 3.0 -- This cutting edge enhanced memory logic technology, in development at CTS, will offer reduced die size and high-speed transaction processing, allowing transit authorities to offer unprecedented contactless smart card memory and security for single or multi-application use. Look for the Gen 3.0 card to be a part of domestic and international transit programs by the end of 2000.

[EcCo65HH]

Nur der Vollständigkeit halber noch mehr zu NEXTFARE aus der Originalquelle

http://www.cubic.com/news/pressreleases/2000/000925nextfare.…

Cubic Introduces Two More Nextfare™ Smart Card Technologies

September 25, 2000 -- San Francisco, Ca. -- Cubic Transportation Systems, a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB), introduces two additions to its Nextfare ™ Solution Suite smart card technologies. Cubic is the first company to implement a fully operational contactless smart card payment system for transit in the U.S.

The Nextfare Advanced Modular Gate allows "touchless" gate entry while giving transit authorities the option to utilize any ISO 14443-approved smart card type, allowing them to take advantage of marketplace competition, ultimately lowering costs. Cubic`s Web Target allows cardholders to add value to their smart card from a personal or laptop computer.

A demonstration of the products will take place at 11:15 a.m., Tuesday, September 26, 2000, at the San Francisco Hilton and Towers (333 O`Farrell Street, San Francisco, Room 2101, Towers Penthouse, Building 2 ) during the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Annual Meeting 2000.

Nextfare is a suite of software, hardware and e-commerce contactless card solutions developed to help transit agencies around the world develop and integrate high-tech infrastructure for e-commerce based "smart" fare collection. The open architecture makes possible smart card solutions for retail, transit payment terminals, web access technology, virtual payment networks and e-commerce transactions.

San Diego-based Cubic Transportation System is the provider of smart card technology utilized by smart card pioneers, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and Chicago Transit Authority -- the first two U.S. transit authorities to deploy smart card technology system wide.

EcCo65HH

p.s.: Ich hoffe, daß entspricht dem Sinn Deines Threads.

[Longus 6]

"The Nextfare Advanced Modular Gate allows "touchless" gate entry while giving transit authorities the option to utilize any ISO
14443-approved smart card type, allowing them to take advantage of marketplace competition, ultimately lowering costs. Cubic`s
Web Target allows cardholders to add value to their smart card from a personal or laptop computer"

Zur genannten ISO-NORM von CUBI NEXTFARE ein Aszug aus der OTI-Homepage:
"OTI ist ein aktives Mitglied im ISO 14443 Komitee und arbeitet am kommenden ISO Standard mit. Als
Mitglied des ISO-Komitees kann OTI sich auf zukunftige Standards vorbereiten. Mit dem
programmierbaren Antennen-Interface konnen OTIs Karten immer der aktuellen Entwicklung des
ISO1443/B Standards entsprechen."

Die Verknüpfungen werden immer deutlicher.

[usdepp]

nur der Vollständigkeit halber noch mehr zu
ISO 14443/A/B

nicht verwechseln mit DIN 1443
hätte dann nichts mit OTI zu tun oder

DIN 1443 Bolzen ohne Kopf


Als weltweit erster Baustein seiner Art unterstützt SLF9000N beide kontaktlosen Übertragungsverfahren im Radiofrequenzbereich der standardisierten Kontaktlosschnittstelle ISO14443




März 2000
Mit seinen Terminal-ICs für Lesegeräte bietet Infineon Technologies für kontaktlose Chipkartenanwendungen eine komplette Chipsystemlösung, die die ISO-Norm 14443 für Kontaktlosschnittstellen erfüllt. Die beiden Terminal-ICs SLF9000N (kontaktlose Logik) und SLF9611 (Sicherheitsmodul) sind die mit den Chipkarten über Luftschnittstelle kommunizierenden Bausteine auf der Lesegeräteseite. Zusammen mit Infineons breiter Produktpalette an Chipkarten-ICs ermöglichen sie die schnelle Einführung von kontaktlosen Chipkartenanwendungen, zum Beispiel im Bereich des öffentlichen Personennahverkehrs, der Identifikation und der Zugangskontrolle.

Die Terminal-ICs SLF9000N und SLF9611 erfüllen die besonderen Anforderungen von kontaktlosen Chipkartenanwendungen nach flexiblen und kostenoptimierten Lösungen, spezifischen Sicherheitseigenschaften und hohen Transaktionsgeschwindigkeiten. Beide Bausteine bieten für die Terminalsysteme ein Höchstmass an Flexibilität, denn sie führen die Kommunikations- und Sicherheitsfunktionen unabhängig voneinander aus. Dadurch können die Lesegeräte mit allen marktgängigen Chipkarten kommunizieren, die über eine ISO14443-Kontaktlosschnittstelle verfügen.

Der Logik-Baustein SLF9000N ist für die Kommunikation zwischen dem Lesegerät und der Chipkarte zuständig. Als weltweit erster Baustein seiner Art unterstützt er beide kontaktlosen Übertragungsverfahren im Radiofrequenzbereich der standardisierten Kontaktlosschnittstelle ISO14443: Typ A (Amplitude Shift Keying ASK 100%) und Typ B (ASK 10%). Der SLF9000N ermöglicht die einfache Entwicklung von Anwendungssoftware und damit eine schnelle Integration in bestehende Terminalsysteme.

Das Sicherheitsmodul SLF9611 (Security Access Module, SAM) regelt die sichere Authentikation zwischen dem Lesegerät und der Chipkarte als auch die Kommunikation der Chipkarte mit dem Hintergrundsystem. Neben der Offline-Authentikation erlaubt es der SLF9611, vom Hintergrundsystem gesteuerte Verwaltungs- und Wartungsvorgänge, wie beispielsweise Software-Updates, online durchzuführen. Der SLF9611 eignet sich sowohl für kontaktlose als auch für kontaktbehaftete Lesegeräte.

Gehäuse, Preis, Verfügbarkeit der SLF9000N wird im Plastic-Leaded-Chip-Carrier- (PLCC) Gehäuse mit 44 Pins geliefert, der SLF9611 in einer standardisierten Plug-In-Karte, die der SIM-Karte in Mobiltelefonen vergleichbar ist. In Stückzahlen von zehntausend, beträgt der Preis EUR 10,00 (US $ 10,85) für den SLF9000N und EUR 11,80 (US $ 12,80) für den SLF9611. Beide Terminal-ICs sind in Volumenstückzahlen verfügbar.

usdepp

[EcCo65HH]

05.06.2000 OTI ist an 1,5-Mrd.-USD-Projekt der US-amerikanischen Bundesvermögensverwaltung beteiligt

Rosh-Pina, Israel (ots) - On Track Innovation Ltd. (Neuer Markt, WKN 924 895) gibt bekannt, dass das Unternehmen zu den Gewinnern einer Ausschreibung der US-amerikanischen Bundesvermögensverwaltung "General Services Administration" (GSA) gehört.

Die von der GSA ausgewählten Konsortien haben die Aufgabe, verschiedene Smart-Card-Technologien miteinander zu kombinieren, um die Sicherheit in den Gebäuden der US-amerikanischen Bundesbehörden weltweit zu verbessern und deren mehrere Millionen Bedienstete mit Smart Cards auszustatten.

Das von der GSA ausgeschriebene Projekt heißt "Smart Access Common ID Project" und hat einen geschätzten Wert von 1,5 Mrd. USD. OTI gehört zu zwei der insgesamt fünf Konsortien, an die die verschiedenen Bestandteile der Ausschreibung vergeben wurden.

http://www.fedcac.gsa.gov/smartcard.stm


In May 2000, FEDCAC awarded the Smart Card contract to the following five industry partners:
- KPMG Consulting LLC,
- Litton/PRC Inc.,
- Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corp., = OTI-Partner
- 3-G International Inc. and
- Logicon Inc.,
and brought together an experienced World-Class Smart Card Interoperable Solutions Team. Their solution combined with their own customer commitment to quality provides the Government with the best in services and products.

Program Manager Information
Mr. Donald Fleury
110 Hartwell Ave., Suite 310
Lexington, MA 02421-3134
[phone]
[e-mail]

Contracting Officer Information
Ms. Gabrielle James
5203 Leesburg Pike, Suite 1100
Falls Church, VA 22041
[phone]
[e-mail]

Wednesday December 20, 2000

GSA Awards $3.6 Million VA Express Card Contract
GSA #9773
Contact: Bill Bearden [phone]
[e-mail]

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

http://www.fedcac.gsa.gov/Documents/smartcard_VA%20award.doc

WASHINGTON, DC -- The General Services Administration`s Federal Technology
Service (FTS) has awarded the first "task order" from its Smart Access
Common ID Contract to Maximus Inc., one of five prime vendors chosen to
provide services under this contract.

This task order is a multiple award schedule for which Maximus Inc., and
four other prime vendors were qualified to provide smart card services to
the federal government This contract award of $3.6 million is for the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Plans are to issue the "VA Express
Card" to approximately 200,000 veterans in the Greater Chicago, Illinois,
area by June 2001.

Initially, this card will contain an individual veteran`s administrative,
clinical, and benefits eligibility information, as well as electronic keys
that will allow veterans to conduct digitally-signed transactions over the
Internet. Additional e-government services may be added as the project
progresses. Use of smart card technology will minimize the time veterans
wait for services and ensure accurate data is provided when needed.

The smart card will enable information sharing and express service delivery
within each branch of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Health
Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery
Administration. The VA Express Card will follow the recently developed GSA
Interoperability Standards as well as standards developed by the
international medical community. Based upon the outcome of the VA`s initial
Smart Card implementation, it is anticipated that the VA Express Card could
be expanded to veterans nationwide.

A smart card is a plastic card, similar in size to a charge card, that
contains an integrated circuit chip with a microprocessor and memory. These
cards are portable databases that can be used in many different ways to
make employee work life easier.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thema: GSA Smartcard project and OTI ON TRACK INNOVATIONS Ltd.
Datum: 22.02.01 16:22:47 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit
From: [e-mail] (Ambrose, Stephanie M)
To: Ecco65HH

I can only confirm that OTI is a teaming partner with EDS. I do not know what other GSA contractor they may be working with. There is no guarantee of revenue associated with this contract.

Stephanie Ambrose
EDS
Program Manager, Governmentwide Programs
A2S-D51
13600 EDS Drive
Herndon, VA 20171

[EcCo65HH]

- KPMG Consulting LLC,
http://www.kpmgconsulting.com/

- Litton/PRC Inc., http://www.prc.com/ mit CUBIC (und wahrscheinlich darüber OTI)
http://www.prc.com/new/press/smart_card.html

Litton to Provide Federal Agencies with Common, Interoperable Smart Card Technology

MCLEAN, VA, June 08, 2000 -- PRC, Inc., a subsidiary of Litton Industries (NYSE: LIT), announced it was one of five prime vendors awarded a contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) to offer common, interoperable multi-application smart card systems and services to all federal agencies. This ID/IQ program (Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity) has an estimated total value of $1.5 billion, a 10-year period of performance, and will initially focus on providing employee identification and building access, as well as computer network access. Litton PRC proposed an interoperability solution to define smart card standards for use, government-wide. The Litton PRC approach, being further studied by an expanded GSA committee, is a non-proprietary, open systems solution that is not dependent on specific product sets, and which provides maximum flexibility to the federal government.

The contract will support several initiatives including heightened government employee security, growth of Internet and electronic commerce, and process re-engineering. "The smart card will be based on an integrated circuit chip (ICC) and will likely include a variety of technologies including magnetic stripe, biometrics and other media, as required by individual agencies," said Cathy Whalen, Litton PRC vice president.

The Litton PRC team includes Centurion, Cubic Corporation, Lex Solutions, Soza, Security Technologies Group, Litton TASC, UII and Xtec. [/b]

"Smart card technology is truly the wave of the future," said Leonard M. Pomata, Litton vice president and president of Litton PRC. "This contract award enables Litton PRC to take a logical next step in delivering federal agencies advanced e-commerce and security offerings." The smart card contract vehicle has the flexibility to allow agencies to build on legacy systems while still incorporating the new smart card technology.

Litton PRC is a leading provider of scientific, engineering, and information technology-based solutions for public sector clients. Litton PRC is one of the divisions that comprise Litton`s Information Systems Group (ISG). Litton PRC has achieved the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) capability maturity model (CMM) Level 5 rating, the highest software development process improvement level a company can earn. This rating indicates that Litton PRC has achieved an "optimizing" level of maturity, which translates to reduced risk for their customers. Litton ISG, headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, employs more than 9,200 in 150 offices nationwide, and is ranked as one of the Federal government`s top 10 Information Technology contractors.

Litton is one of the nation`s leading shipbuilders for the U.S. Navy and the largest builder of non-nuclear ships. Litton designs, builds, and overhauls surface ships for government and commercial customers, worldwide. The company is a leading information technology (IT) contractor to the U.S. government and provides specialized IT services to commercial customers and government customers in local/foreign jurisdictions. Litton provides defense and commercial electronics technology, components, and materials for customers, worldwide. Headquartered in Woodland Hills, California, the company has more than 40,000 employees, and is expected to have more than $5 billion revenue. For more information, visit Litton`s web site at www.litton.com.

- Electronic Data Systems (EDS) Corp., = OTI-Partner siehe unten.

- 3-G International Inc. and
http://www.3gi.com/partners/index.html (u.a. MAXIMUS)

- Logicon Inc.,
http://www.logicon.com/
http://www.logicon.com/news_archive/00-11.html

Logicon Team Wins 10-Year, $1.5 Billion Award
From GSA to Provide Smart Card Solutions

HERNDON, Va. -- May 30, 2000 -- Logicon Inc., a Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) company, is one of five prime contractors awarded a contract by the General Services Administration (GSA) to provide smart card solutions to any Federal government agency.

Highlights

Logicon is one of five contractors selected by the GSA
10-year, ID/IQ contracts have a total value of $1.5 billion
Program provides interoperable, multi-application smart cards
Program makes smart cards available to all Federal government agencies
Related Links

Program Fact Sheet
GSA Home Page
GSA Press Release
GSA Smart Card Web Site


The Smart Access Common ID Card program is a 10-year, multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with a maximum value of $1.5 billion. The government-wide contract will provide interoperable, multi-application smart cards that will set the standard for this technology and enable government and industry to expand their electronic commerce applications.

"Logicon is a recognized leader in systems integration and has extensive smart card experience," said Jim Perriello, president-Logicon Information Systems and Services. "This expertise, along with the exceptional capabilities of our team, positions us for success on a contract that will open up the Federal government smart card market."

Smart cards are credit card-sized cards with a microprocessor that can "remember" information stored on it. The word "smart" refers to the abilities of this "computer on a card" to store, retrieve and process information. These cards also incorporate various technologies, such as bar codes or magnetic stripes, depending on the task.

At its Automated Identification Technologies center of excellence in Williamsburg, Va., Logicon has developed software for a variety of smart card applications. For MasterCard, these applications included a secure network logon with a biometric option, secure web access and property management.

Logicon also has extensive experience in managing diverse ID/IQ contracts with the GSA, including the ANSWER, Millennia, Safeguard, MOBIS and Schedule 70 contracts.

"In addition to overall management experience and software development expertise, Logicon is committed to effectively integrating the capabilities of our team to meet the specific requirements of each task order we receive," said John Gist, program manager-Logicon.

Logicon`s core team partners on the Smart Card program are American Management Systems, Fairfax, Va.; Booz Allen, McLean, Va.; the Carpe Diem Group, McLean, Va.; Citicorp North America Inc., Stamford, Conn.; Dreifus Associates Limited, Lake Mary, Fla.; PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York; Raytheon, Lexington, Mass.; Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC), San Diego, Calif.; Siemens, New York; and Smart Dynamics, Arlington, Va.

Logicon Inc., headquartered in Herndon, is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. It is a leader in advanced information technologies, systems and services. Areas of expertise include command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR); weapon systems; information systems; training and simulation; science and technology; base and range support; and system support services.
# # #


http://www.maximus.com/index.htm (Partner von 3-G International)

http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=MMS&s…

MAXIMUS Wins $3.6 Million U.S. Veterans Affairs Express Card Contract

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 20, 2000--MAXIMUS (NYSE:MMS) has been awarded a $3.6 million smart card contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to issue the ``VA Express Card`` to 200,000 veterans in the Greater Chicago, Illinois, area by June 2001.

Initially, this card will contain an individual veteran`s administrative, clinical, and benefits eligibility information, as well as electronic keys that will allow veterans to conduct digitally-signed transactions over the Internet. Additional e-government services may be added as the project progresses. Use of smart card technology will minimize the time veterans wait for services and ensure accurate data is provided when needed.

The smart card will enable information sharing and express service delivery within each administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, and National Cemetery Administration. The VA Express Card follows standards established by both the U.S. Government and the international medical community. Based upon the outcomes of this initial implementation, it is anticipated that the VA Express Card and its associated functionality will be implemented nationwide.

The contract has been awarded under the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) ten-year, $1.5 billion Smart Identification Card Program. The GSA contract is a multiple award schedule for which MAXIMUS and four other vendors were qualified to provide smart card services. Under this contract, federal departments and agencies may contract with MAXIMUS to assist them in reengineering their business processes, integrating multiple applications and services into smart cards, and developing new applications, as well as implementing e-government programs.

EcCo65HH

[EcCo65HH]

Thema: RE: Smart Accsess Common ID GSA project
Datum: 22.02.01 18:46:19 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit
From: [e-mail] (Barker, Jackie)
To: Ecco65HH

Sir,
Thank you for contacting Logicon. Unfortunately, our records show OTI as a member of the EDS team. ...

Jackie Barker
GWAC Program Director and ANSWER Program Manager
Logicon, Inc.

Voice: 510.208.0420
FAX: [phone]
Cell: 510.682.6554
Email: [e-mail]

Hör ich da irgendwie Bedauern raus ?

[EcCo65HH]

Thema: US-based Company OTI-America status
Datum: 22.02.01 20:34:27 (MEZ) Mitteleuropäische Zeit
From: [e-mail] (Kozlowski Kevin)
To: Ecco65HH
CC: [e-mail] (Chagnot Roberta)


Dear Sir,

OTI is not currently on the Litton-PRC team, so we can not comment.

Kevin Kozlowski
Program Manager

[EcCo65HH]

und CUBIC ?

... Die Antworten von LITTON und CUBIC stehen noch aus

EcCo65HH

[EcCo65HH]

SCM: Sicherheitstechnik beflügelt



Die am Neuen Markt und an der Nasdaq gelistete SCM Microsystems teilt mit, dass sie 50.000 Geräte zum Lesen von SmartCards an die US-Armee geliefert hat. SCM arbeitet in diesem Projekt mit Logicon, einer US-Tochter des Rüstungskonzerns Nothrop Grumman zusammen. Weitere Details zum Geschäftsumfang teilte das deutsch-amerikanische Unternehmen nicht mit.

Die US-Armee wird SmartCards als Ausweis-Medium für verschiedenste Sicherheitsanwendungen, wie etwa die Identifizierung von Personen oder den Zugang zu Gebäuden und Netzwerken einführen. Im Laufe der kommenden Jahre werden über vier Millionen Militärangehörige, zivile Angestellte des Verteidigungsministeriums und Vertragspartner der Armee diese Ausweise nutzen.

Die Aktie steigt um fast 22 Prozent auf 11,56 Euro.