Paragon ID: COVID-19 pushes contactless usage on public transport

The covid-19 pandemic has imposed new measures, new rules and a whole new organization in our personal and professional lives. Trends that had been identified for the next 2 to 5 years have suddenly accelerated and become an unexpected reality for which we haven’t been fully prepared. With the majority of the world’s population staying…

Smart mobility: Ukrainian city of Vinnitsa selects CIPURSE™ for transit ticketing

The city of Vinnitsa, Ukraine, is implementing a new, state-of-the art system for automated fare collection based on the CIPURSE™ open security standard. Infineon Technologies AG has been selected as sole supplier of the security chips to be embedded into 200,000 transportation cards for the city’s trams and busses. The cards will be issued from…

Considering Account-Based Ticketing? Here’s 5 things you should know…

Myung-Hwa Calais, Director of Transport Unit at FIME.  Account-based ticketing, or ABT, is high on the transport industry’s agenda. It offers travelers choice and flexibility in the fare media they use – whether that be a smartphone, wearable, smartcard, a bank card… or a combination. Plus, with data hosted remotely, operators can realize several operational…

Freier CeBIT-Eintritt mit neuem Personalausweis

Freier CeBIT-Eintritt mit dem neuen Personalausweis: Wer die Funktion zur Online-Nutzung des Ausweises freigeschaltet hat, kann Anfang März 2011 direkt an der Kasse ein kostenloses Ticket bekommen, wie die Messe-Veranstalter am Mittwoch, 1. 12. 2010  in Hannover mitteilten. Die technische Umsetzung wird unterstützt von einer Arbeitsgruppe des IT-Gipfels der Bundesregierung, in der auch IT-Unternehmen wie…

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