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Ensuring It Is All 'Up To Scratch' - Oberthur Card Systems Talks of Its' Innovative Printing Techniques for Prepaid Mobile Phone Cards

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Overview The mobile phone phenomenon has swept the world over the past few years but many believe that it was the introduction of prepaid mobile subscriptions, which really introduced the wireless world to the masses. Latest figures from EMC estimate the World Prepay market at around 128.6m subscribers, which accounts for around 39% of the total GSM market. This white paper describes how Oberthur Card Systems is the only smart card developer with the ability to produce prepaid scratch cards through its history in fiduciary printing and gaming technologies.

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Publisher	Oberthur Card Systems	File Format	HTML
Date Published	November 2003	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications

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