Bell ID announced the acquisition of Ecebs Limited, as the company prepares to speed up developments available to the mobile transit ticketing sector. With combined smart technologies, Bell ID executives state that this will enhance its offering to the growing market for smart ticketing and payment using mobile devices. It can also develop and extend […]

KEOLABS announced availability of services and solutions for in-house validation of smart cards, readers and phones implementing the Open Standard for Public Transportation (OSPT) standard for transportation fare collection. The KEOLABS CIPURSE certification includes validation solutions for customers’ in‐house development and testing, debugging services and conformance certification. KEOLABS’ CIPURSE certification solutions are available to customers […]

Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who are utilizing their unlimited bus ride passes will, starting next week, have to produce their student ID card as well. The bus rides are paid for by the university’s student fees account and if a non-student is using the pass, he is costing the school money. Drivers will […]

NXP Semiconductors launched the company’s next-generation of contactless paper ticketing ICs with the unveiling of the MIFARE Ultralight EV1. This optimized “smart paper” ticket IC carries unique features which enable transport operators flexibility in ticketing and tariff schemes and extends options for limited use applications and ensuring reliable system operation. The MIFARE Ultralight EV1 is […]

Mobile and near field communication technologies were put in the spotlight as the winners of the 2012 SESAMES awards at the CARTES 2012 Exhibition and Conference. Six of 11 winners were NFC technologies while two had technologies that were mobile security related. Morpho, Infineon and Gemalto were winners that had technology dealing with card technology. […]

Cape Cod has gone live with its own Charlie Card, a stored value smart card used for automated fare collection system and originally installed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). According to a local news report the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority will start accepting the new card from passengers to pay for rides […]

STMicroelectronics announced its next generation of dual-interface chip-card microcontrollers combining computing power with contactless performance, and the ability to support multiple transit-card standards. ST’s new ST31 series combines the latest ARM SecurCore SC000 processor that supports contact or contactless operation. The chips can also support MIFARE, MIFARE DESFire and Calypso transport-card standards enhancing multi-application versatility. […]

Arcontia International, a Swedish producer of contactless smart card readers and terminals, has been selected by LECIP, Inc. for a smart card based fare collection solution, including cashless ticket vending machines and contactless smart card readers. LECIP and the City of Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus (BBB) inked a deal worth more than $7 million […]

As the Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) takes its first steps to expand train service into Silicon Valley, it is also bringing its regionally interoperable Clipper Card payment system to its new customers. Warm Springs Constructors, the consortium that is building the BART Warm Springs Track Extension Project, has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a […]

The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance has certified the first two products to implement the CIPURS open security standard – a contactless security controller from Infineon Technologies and a CIPURSE smart card applet for NFC smart phones from INSIDE Secure. System integrators, transit systems operators and other transit ecosystem members can use these […]