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Smart Ticketing for Mass Transit: The New Global Opportunity Created by Low-Cost, Contactless Ticketing

Overview For smartcards to deliver their promise of seamless travel, reduced operating costs and improved information and planning, the transport industry needs smartcard solutions that can be rolled out economically and in a way that meets agreed international standards. This paper sets out the current situation in smart ticketing, looks at progress in standardisation and outlines new technology developments that will dramatically alter the economics of deploying contactless ticketing solutions in mass transit applications.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Innovision Research & Technology	File Format	PDF
Date Published	May 2005
Format	White Papers
Topics	Mobile - Wireless Communications, RFID

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