Stockholm Public Transport deploys customized travel card with support from Gemalto
10 May, 2011
category: Contactless, Transit
Gemalto announced that the Stockholm Public Transport is deploying AllAboutMe, a solution to design customized travel cards online. Gemalto is the prime contractor for this project and will provide the orgainzation with the card issuance service.
Gemalto’s solution includes online purchase and Web plug-in, contactless card production, image verification, secure personalization and printing, as well as delivery to the cardholder. All issuance services are performed in Gemalto’s personalization center in Sweden, to ensure commuters receive their card by mail within a few days.
The public transport, based in Stockholm County, experiences around 700,000 commuters using its services every day. Serverside, part of the Gemalto Group, provided the software interface that enables users to easily upload a personal photo and then securely order their card online.
Gemalto is has rolled out contactless travel cards around the world including in Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, France, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States. Nearly 30 cities of over one million people around the world use Gemalto’s contactless transport cards.