This "Global Smart Card Industry - Future Outlook (2007)" report provides extensive research and objective analysis on the Global Smart Card Market, its performance and its future prospects. It helps the clients to analyze the trends and developments in global Smart Card industry as well as gain exclusive insights of industry in eight important countries namely US, Canada, Brazil, UK, Russia, France, India, China, South Korea, and South Africa.

The report contains detailed data on Global as well as Country-specific smart card markets i.e. smart card industry value, smart cards shipments, application of smart cards in the Financial and Telecom market etc. It helps the clients to understand the driving forces of smart card industry along with the detailed future opportunities.

Key Findings

• There is a huge demand for smart card across the world, as it's widely used in almost every sector. The main demand driver is the telecom market.
• The Latin American and the Asia pacific smart card markets have potential to grow above the existing rate but the high initial cost will be a limiting factor.
• Smooth integration with the existing systems is going to be the key for success in the nascent smart card markets. Of the various countries across the world, South Africa is seen as a high opportunity region.
• The rapid technological developments in smart cards are going to further strengthen its market. The envisioned multiple uses of a single smart card will enhance its value, thus, further boosting it sales.
• The future opportunities are immense particularly in Mobile sector, Banking Sector, and Biometrics.

Key Issues and Facts Analyzed

• What are the trends in global smart card market with respect to market value, Shipments, and various application sectors, such as Banking, Telecom etc?
• What is the situation of smart card industry in specific countries mentioned above?
• What is the potential of smart cards if they are used with Biometrics Technology?
• Which are the top ten smart card companies?
• What are the driving forces for the smart card industry?
• What are the Challenges associated?
• What are the future opportunities for smart card?

Key Players

This section provides the overview, key facts, financials, and stock performance of several players like STMicroelectronics, Infineon Technologies, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems.

Research Methodology Used

Information Sources
Information has been sourced from namely, books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis Methods
The analysis methods include the following: Ratio Analysis, Historical Trend Analysis, Linear Regression Analysis using software tools, Judgmental Forecasting and Cause and Effect Analysis.

• 1. Analyst View
• 2. Research Overview
• 3. Industry Overview
  • 3.1 Technological Developments
    • 3.1.1 Types of Smart Card
    • 3.1.2 Smart Card Software Platforms
  • 3.2 Global Smart Card Industry
    • 3.2.1 Smart Card Industry by Industry Sector
    • 3.2.2 Smart Card Applications
    • 3.2.3 Smart Card Industry by Region
    • 3.2.4 Smart Card Vendors
    • 3.2.5 Smart Card Standards
• 4. Geographical Spread
  • 4.1 North America
    • 4.1.1 US
    • 4.1.2 Canada
  • 4.2 Latin America
    • 4.2.1 Brazil
  • 4.3 Europe
    • 4.3.1 UK
    • 4.3.2 Russia
    • 4.3.3 France
    • 4.3.4 Germany
  • 4.4 Africa
    • 4.4.1 South Africa
  • 4.5 Middle East & Gulf
    • 4.5.1 Qatar
    • 4.5.2 Oman
    • 4.5.3 Saudi Arabia
  • 4.6 Asia Pacific
    • 4.6.1 India
    • 4.6.2 China
    • 4.6.3 South Korea
    • 4.6.4 Malaysia
    • 4.6.5 Japan
    • 4.6.6 Australia
• 5. Industry Analysis
  • 5.1 Success Factors
  • 5.2 Opportunities
  • 5.3 Challenges
• 6. Key Players
  • 6.1 Gemalto
  • 6.2 Giesecke & Devrient
  • 6.3 Oberthur Card Systems
  • 6.4 STMicroelectronics
  • 6.5 Infineon Technologies
  • 6.6 Hitachi Limited
• 7. Appendix
  • 7.1 Identity Cards Act 2006 of UK
• List of Figures:
  • Figure 3-1: Global - Smart Card Shipments (in Billion Units), 2005-2011
  • Figure 3-2: Global - Break up of Smart Card Application by Industry Sector (%), 2006
  • Figure 3-3: Global - Shipment of E-passports (in Million Units), 2005-2008
  • Figure 3-4: Global - Contactless Smart Card Market (in Million Units), 2005-2010
  • Figure 3-5: Global - Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market (in Million US$), 2005-2010
  • Figure 3-6: Global - Break up of Smart Card Industry by Region (%), 2006
  • Figure 4-1: North America - Growth of Smart Cards (in Million Units), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-2: US - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-3: US - Forecast for Number of Passports (in Million Units), 2006-2010
  • Figure 4-4: US - Healthcare Fraud (in Billion US$), 2005 & 2006
  • Figure 4-5: Latin America - Smart Card Shipments (in Billion Units), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-6: Brazil - Smart Card Revenue (in Million US$), 2005-2011
  • Figure 4-7: Brazil - Smart Card Market by Sector (%), 2006
  • Figure 4-8: Brazil - Forecast of GSM Subscribers (in Million), 2006-2010
  • Figure 4-9: UK - Total Card Frauds (in Million US$), 2004 & 2005
  • Figure 4-10: UK - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-11: UK - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-12: UK - Health Smart Cards (in Thousand Units), Jul-05 & Dec-05
  • Figure 4-13: Russia - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2002-2006
  • Figure 4-14: France - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2001-2010
  • Figure 4-15: France - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-16: France - Break up of Bank Cards by EMV Certification (%), 2005
  • Figure 4-17: Germany - Payment Cards by EMV Standard (%), 2004
  • Figure 4-18: Germany - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-19: South Africa - Expected Growth of Smart Cards (in Million Units), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-20: South Africa - Population (in Million), 2005 & 2006
  • Figure 4-21: South Africa - Mobile Penetration Rate (%) 2004 & 2005
  • Figure 4-22: South Africa - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-23: Middle East - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2002-2005
  • Figure 4-24: Middle East - Top Countries by Number of Subscribers (in Million), 2005
  • Figure 4-25: Middle East - Top Countries by Year-wise Subscribers Growth (in Million), 2004-05
  • Figure 4-26: Qatar - Population (in Thousand), 2006-2010
  • Figure 4-27: Oman - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-28: Saudi Arabia - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-29: Saudi Arabia - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2004 & 2005
  • Figure 4-30: India - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2003-2005
  • Figure 4-31: India - Smart Card Market Value (in Million US$), 2005-2009
  • Figure 4-32: India - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-33: India - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-34: China - Annual Shipments of IC Cards (in Million Units), 2000-2005
  • Figure 4-35: China - Mobile Phone Subscriber Base (in Million), 2004 & 2005
  • Figure 4-36: China - Smart Card National IDs and Population (in Million), 2004-2010
  • Figure 4-37: China - Mobile Phone Subscriber Base (in Million), 2006-2008
  • Figure 4-38: China - Forecast for Annual Shipments of IC Cards (in Billion Units), 2006-2010
  • Figure 4-39: South Korea - Percentage of Unit Shipments by Application (2005 & 2008)
  • Figure 4-40: South Korea - Mobile Banking Customers (in Million), 2003 & 2004
  • Figure 4-41: Malaysia - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-42: Malaysia - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-43: Japan - Share of Smart Card Credit Cards to Total Credit Cards (%), 2004-2007
  • Figure 4-44: Japan - E-passports (in Million), March 2007
  • Figure 4-45: Japan - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-46: Australia - Population (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 4-47: Australia - Mobile Subscribers (in Million), 2005-2010
  • Figure 5-1: Global - GSM Smart Card Market by Region (%), 2005 & 2008
  • Figure 5-2: Global - Banking (Financial and Loyalty) Smart Card Market (in Billion), 2005 & 2008
  • Figure 5-3: Global - Shipment of E-passports (in Million Units), 2005-2008
  • Figure 5-4: Global - Biometrics Market (in Billion US$), 2006-2010
  • Figure 6-1: STMicroelectronics - Stock Performance
  • Figure 6-2: Infineon Technologies - Stock Performance
  • Figure 6-3: Hitachi Limited - Stock Performance
• List of Tables:
  • Table 3-1: Smart Card Chip Comparison
  • Table 3-2: Global - Forecast for Smart Card Shipments by Industry Sector (in Million), 2006
  • Table 3-3: Various Smart Card Applications by Industry Sector
  • Table 3-4: Global - Shipments of Smart Cards by Region (%), 2005
  • Table 3-5: Smart Card Positioning Matrix
  • Table 3-6: Smart Card Semiconductor / Memory Companies
  • Table 3-7: Smart Card Infrastructure Companies
  • Table 3-8: Smart Card Middleware, Software & Hardware Companies
  • Table 3-9: Smart Card Technology Service Companies
  • Table 4-1: France - Types of Health Smart Card
  • Table 4-2: South Korea - Hanaro and Mybi Smart Card in Busan, 2003
  • Table 4-3: South Korea - K-cash Smart Cards in Gim-Hae and Chun-cheon Provinces, 2004
  • Table 4-4: South Korea - Progress Report on Interoperable Transport Smart Cards (2005-2007)
  • Table 4-5: Japan - Types of E-Money Smart Card
  • Table 5-1: Global - E-passport Implementation TimeLine by Country
  • Table 6-1: Gemalto - Key Financials (in Million US$), Jan-June 2005 & Jan-June 2006
  • Table 6-2: Giesecke & Devrient - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2000-2005
  • Table 6-3: Oberthur Card Systems - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2000-2005
  • Table 6-4: STMicroelectronics - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2003-2005
  • Table 6-5: Infineon Technologies - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2003-2005
  • Table 6-6: Hitachi Limited - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2004-2006
  • Table 7-1: Total Resource Costs of providing Passports and ID Cards to British and Irish Citizens Resident in the UK (in Million US$), Oct. 2006 to Oct. 2016