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the ALCO partnership. Smart Cards Supporting A Citizen Centric Information Society. Alan Leibert Director. the ALCO partnership. A Specialist Consulting Organisation. the ALCO partnership. Promoting Trust & Confidence in the profitable development of user-facing ICT services.
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the ALCO partnership Smart Cards Supporting A Citizen Centric Information Society Alan Leibert Director
the ALCO partnership A Specialist Consulting Organisation
the ALCO partnership Promoting Trust & Confidence in the profitable development of user-facing ICT services
the ALCO partnership Our Domain
Our Domain • The user centric society • Smart cards supporting the citizen • Interoperable ICT services • Anytime, anywhere service provision • Mass market volume platforms • Public services working together with the private sector
The Smart Card • 25 years old • Technology led industry • A solution looking for a problem • Changing now • supporting the Information Society • a multi-application token • new players • market led = profitable opportunities
Single Application Smart Cards • The original proposition (a better magnetic stripe card) • Not cost effective • Well understood value chain • Well understood operational environment • What’s in it for the user? • not much • so why carry it
Multi-Application Cards • A “very useful” card for the user • User centric = user selected applications • New players • New value chain • New platforms
The ICT Access Token • Consistent operation • Easy to use • Provides security and TRUST • Anytime, anywhere (interoperability) • User profile • needs (wheelchair) • preferences (like sport)
What Is ICT? • The Information Society • the Internet • interactive tv • unattended terminals • the mobile phone • kiosks • interoperable terminals • the motor car • the home • the office
The Effect Of ICT • A reduction in traditional methods and services • The disenfranchised • The citizen centric society • The smart card as the key to access ICT services • The need for trust
The Smart Card & ICT • Consistent operation • Easy to use • Provides security and TRUST • Anytime, anywhere (interoperability) • User profile • needs (wheelchair) • preferences (like sport)
The Opportunities • Volume smart card roll-outs • New systems to build • Key volume platforms • Transport • Communications • Financial services • New players & the value chain • Public – private relationships
Threats To Exploitation • Regulation • not enough • too much • Not properly supporting the citizen • Attempt to hijack the value chain • Unwillingness of players to share platform and/or access points • Operators living in the past & not able to understand the big picture
Smart Cards & The Information Society • Smart cards are happening now • The key platforms are: • transport • communications • finance • There is a new value chain and need for new players • Anyone can join in • profit from the opportunity
Questions Thank You alan@alco.eu.com www.alco.eu.com