Contactless Smart Cards, RFID, Payment, Transit and Security

Trans Link Systems taps Collis for consulting services

Monday, June 28, 2010

Collis has been called in by Trans Link Systems (TLS) to provide consulting for OV-chipkaart, the Netherland’s contactless smart card system for public transport.

To help TLS implement the system, Collis is managing and expanding the SDOA specifications, providing support to improve business critical processes within their central back-office, developing and delivering tools to test the new OV-Chip applet and security access module, and conducting interoperability tests of systems from different suppliers and public transport operators.


Collis has also been and acting as information analysts and security specialists for TLS for the past 5 years.

The two companies have recently agreed to conduct non-commercial consulting sessions with TLS’s Open Ticketing Institute initiaive. During these sessions, Collis & TLS will share views about how to bring the Dutch e-Ticketing Scheme to the next level. [end] 

Singapore’s CITY Tours has introduced a new contactless smart card that allows tourists to tap into various city attractions, according to asiaone.com.

In addition to speeding up lines, the card also gives visitors up to a 45% discount at popular attractions such as Underwater World and the Singapore Zoo.

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Bangkok Smartcard System (BSS) has contracted Australia’s Vix ERG to supply its MASS clearing house solution for micropayments as part of the company’s greater move to direct Bangkok towards a cashless society.

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Aconite announced that it will provide Trans Link Systems (TLS) with software and consulting services to assist TLS in the migration to a more secure card platform for e-ticketing.

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Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) has announced that the country’s new integrated transit card system is expected to be fully operational by the end of the year, according to squidcard.com.

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Buscor, a South Africa-based bus operator, is partnering with Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) to roll out a new contactless ticketing system in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa, according to Engineering News.

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Spectators attending the first ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this month are being issued Visa pre-paid cards that act as tickets, transport passes and payment cards, according to finextra.com.

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