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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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www.alco.eu.com