Contactless Smart Cards Are the Largest RFID Sector by Far and the Business is Booming

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c89031) has announced the
addition of "NFC Mobile Phones Contactless Smart Cards" to their
offering.

Contactless smart cards are the largest RFID sector by far and the
business is booming. From the $6 billion China national ID card scheme
to the large sales of transport cards and tickets, transport-based
purse cards replacing cash and secure access cards, this is a sector
with many profitable suppliers, issuers and outlets.

This major new report compares and contrasts contactless smart
cards and tickets with NFC and other methods of using the mobile phone
to replace the card or ticket. It has 80 figures and tables and four
appendices of further information. It forecasts progress for the next
ten years with contactless smart cards, tickets and RFID enabled
phones, from technology to applications, numbers and values. It is put
in the context of smart cards prepaid cards and mobile phones as a
whole. The surprising conclusion is that there will be rapid growth in
sales of all three alternatives for at least ten years. We present a
detailed analysis from the mix of microprocessor vs memory cards by
application, to regional differences and the performance of the major
schemes and suppliers, user reactions and business opportunities.

Then we have the new market for contactless, bank-issued credit,
debit and account cards in contactless form. Consumers prefer the fast
transactions and reliability that come with contactless approaches but
that means payment and access by mobile phone these days, not just
contactless cards. These are alternatives, with pros and cons on
either side. Sales of the cards and their closely related systems will
reach $4 billion in ten years and the majority of phones will be RFID
enabled within ten years. Globally acknowledged experts pull together
why, where and what next. Will the phone be enabled by a secure chip,
the SIM card or the flash card? Will there be interoperability? Will
Near Field Communication NFC catch up with the Japanese proprietary
interface then conquer all?

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Contents:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
1. INTRODUCTION
2. TECHNOLOGIES FOR CONTACTLESS CARDS AND TICKETS
3. CONTACTLESS SMART CARDS IN ACTION
4. STANDARDS
5. NFC IN ACTION
6. CONTACTLESS CARDS VS NFC
7. MARKET FORECASTS 2007-2017
Appendix 1: IDTechEx Publications
Appendix 2: Report On Smi Conference Contactless Smart Cards
Appendix 3: Glossary
Tables
Figures
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