The smart card is a technological boon that is used for the purpose of authentication and making payments. This report by RNCOS presents an overall view of the global smart card market and provides an in-depth analysis of the market trends and growth.

The smart card market is still in infancy but is growing across the globe. The security and the convenience associated with its use are driving the smart cards growth in the world.

The EMEA region has emerged as the biggest market for the smart cards while USA market is growing at a phenomenal rate. Presently, Europe accounts for around 65% of the demand for smart cards, but by the end of this decade Europe, Asia, and the United States are expected to equally share one third of the total demand.

The Latin American and the Asia pacific smart card markets have potential to grow above the current rate but the high initial cost is refraining the customers to switch from old legacy systems to smart card based systems. Therefore, smooth integration with the existing systems is going to be the key for the success in the nascent smart card markets. Of the various countries across the world, South Africa is seen as a high opportunity region. The market is keenly support by government investments and promises to show robust growth in the near future. The rapid technological developments in the 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.

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS

• Overview of the global smart cards market
• Analysis of the market trends and developments for smart card
• Categories and types of cards
• Regional breakdown of financial smart cards till 2007
• Scope and opportunities of smart card application within E-Commerce sectors

REPORT FEATURES

The report "Strengthening Privacy Protection Standards Worldwide - Smart Card Applications Market" gives an in-depth coverage of strengthening of privacy protection standards in smart card applications market worldwide. Chapter 2 provides with overview to the cards market and applications. Chapter 3 provides introduction of smart cards including categories of smart cards, types of chip cards, etc. Chapter 4 covers card market commercialization and industry regulation. Chapter 5 provides worldwide smart card market by industry and regional breakdown of financial smart cards whereas Chapter 6 provides global smart card market shipments and value. Finally, Chapter 7, 8 & 9 assesses key drivers in smart card market, its scope and opportunities and throws light on current issues and market trend indicators respectively.

• 1. Executive Summary
• 2. Overview to the Cards Market and Applications
• 3. Introduction to Smart Cards
  • 3.1 Overview
    • 3.1.1 Applications
    • 3.1.2 Why Smart Cards
    • 3.1.3 Loyalty & Storage Value
    • 3.1.4 Securing Information and Physical Assets
    • 3.1.5 E-Commerce
    • 3.1.6 Personal Finance
    • 3.1.7 Health Care
    • 3.1.8 Telecommuting and Corporate Network Security
  • 3.2 Categories of Smart Cards
    • 3.2.1 Integrated Circuit (IC) Microprocessor Cards
    • 3.2.2 Integrated Circuit (IC) Memory
    • 3.2.3 Optical Memory Cards
  • 3.3 Types of Microprocessor Cards or Chip Cards
    • 3.3.1 Contact Cards
      • 3.3.1.1 Memory Cards
      • 3.3.1.1.1 Straight Memory Cards
      • 3.3.1.1.2 Protected / Segmented Memory Cards
      • 3.3.1.1.3 Stored Value Memory Cards
      • 3.3.1.2 CPU/MPU - Microprocessor Multifunction Cards
      • 3.3.1.3 Contact Less Cards
    • 3.3.2 Reader and Terminal Basics
    • 3.3.3 Smart Card Standards
• 4. Card Market Commercialization and Industry Regulation
• 5. Access Control and Smart Cards
  • 5.1 Worldwide Smart Card Market by Industry
  • 5.2 Regional Breakdown of Financial Smart Cards (1999-2004)
• 6. Global Smart Card Market Shipments and Value
  • 6.1 Western European Market Share of Microprocessor Smart Card Unit Shipments (2001 & 2006)
  • 6.2 Market Shares for Continents
  • 6.3 Smart Card Market Expected to Explodes in South Africa
  • 6.4 Growth of Global Smart Card Demand
• 7. Key Drivers in Smart Card Market
  • 7.1 System Integration is key to the Future of Smart Cards in the Identification Field
  • 7.2 Changing Patterns of Consumer Behavior and Attitude to Smart Cards Applications
• 8. Scope and Opportunity of Smart Card Application within E-Commerce Sector
• 9. Current Issues and Trend Indicators
• List of Figures:
  • Figure 2-1: Smart Card Revenue in Security Market (in Million USD), 2004 & 2010
  • Figure 3-1: Types of Microprocessor or Chip Cards
  • Figure 5-1: Worldwide Access Control Market (in Billion USD), 2004-2009
  • Figure 5-2: Electronic Security Revenues from Types of Business (%), 2004
  • Figure 5-3: Worldwide Shipment of Smart Cards (in Million Unit), 1997-2004
  • Figure 5-4: Worldwide Contactless Smart Card Market (in Billion $), 2004-2009
  • Figure 5-5: Global Smart Card Growth Forecast (in Billion Unit), 2007
  • Figure 6-1: Western Europe - Comparative Market Share of the Microprocessor based Smart Card with RoW (%), 2001 & 2006
  • Figure 6-2: Geographical Region-wise Market Share for Smart Cards (in Million Unit), 2001-2003
  • Figure 6-3: South Africa - Expected Growth of Smart Cards (in Million Unit), 2006-2010
  • Figure 6-4: Global Smart Card Market Forecast (in Million USD), 2006-2010
• List of Tables:
  • Table 2-1: Smart Card Applications in Different Industries
  • Table 3-1: Comparison among the Existing Security Components
  • Table 3-2: Smart Card Chip Comparison
  • Table 5-1: Worldwide Smart Card Shipment (in Million Unit)
  • Table 5-2: Regional Breakdown of Financial Smart Cards (%), 1999-2004