Report Summary

"2007 Global Smart Card Industry - Future Outlook" 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 & 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.

Report Outline

Section 1    Analyst View

Section 2    Research Overview

Section 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

Section 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

Section 5    Industry Analysis

5.1      Success Factors
5.2      Opportunities
5.3      Challenges

Section 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

Section 7    Appendix

7.1       Identity Cards Act 2006 of UK

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?010
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

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 & ID Cards to British & Irish Citizens Resident in the UK (in Million US$), Oct 2006-Oct 2016