Executive Summary

The latest comprehensive report "Global Smart Card Market Outlook" focuses on the growing marketplace for smart cards at global as well as country level.  It thoroughly investigates the current market trends, evolving markets, and growth prospects for the smart card industry.

This report will help the client to analyze the leading-edge opportunities critical to the success of the smart card industry as it contains detailed data on the global as well as country-specific smart card markets by value, shipments, and application.  It helps the client to understand the forces driving the industry and the future avenues.

The countries covered in the report are decided on the basis of existing opportunities that could lead to the growth for smart cards.  The report forecasts the future of the industry not on the basis of a complex economic model; rather, it is intended as a guide to the direction in which the industry is likely to move.

Key Findings

-  From application perspective, telecom sector (particularly 3G) dominates the smart card use, while from growth perspective, transport sector remains the most dynamic sector.  Asia-Pacific is expected to be the most promising area.
-  Future of the smart card market depends, to a large extent, on its compatibility with existing systems.  The smooth integration of smart cards with the existing legacy systems makes it a cost effective and strong security tool, which will fuel growth.
-  Strengthened by the technological developments, the global smart card shipment is estimated to have grown nearly 20% in 2007.
-  Although security concerns are key driver for the adoption of smart card technology, the security provided by smart card systems is not foolproof, so it works as barrier in the growth of smart card industry.

Key Issues & Facts Analyzed

-  What are the trends in the global smart card market with respect to shipments and various application sectors, such as Banking, Telecom etc?
-  What is the status of smart card industry at country level?
-  What are the driving forces for the smart card industry?
-  What are the challenges for smart card industry?
-  What are the future opportunities for the industry?

Research Methodology

Information Sources:  The information has been compiled from authentic and reliable sources like books, newspapers, trade journals, and white papers, industry portals, government agencies, trade associations, monitoring industry news and developments, and through access to more than 3000 paid databases.

Analysis Method:  Methods like historical trend, linear regression analysis using software tools, judgmental forecasting, and cause and effect analysis have been used in the report for rational analysis.

Table of Contents

Section 1    Analyst View

Section 2    Smart Cards - An Introduction

2.1    Types
2.2    Technology
2.3    Standards

Section 3    Global Smart Card Industry

3.1    Sectors
3.2    Regions
3.3    Applications
3.4    Companies
3.5    Success Factors

Section 4    Smart Card Industry - Geographical Spread

4.1    North America
    4.1.1  US
4.2    Latin America
    4.2.1  Brazil
    4.2.2  Mexico
4.3    Asia-Pacific
    4.3.1  Japan
    4.3.2  India
    4.3.3  Australia
    4.3.4  Malaysia
    4.3.5  China
    4.3.6  South Korea
4.4    Europe
    4.4.1  UK
    4.4.2  Russia
    4.4.3  France
    4.4.4  Germany
4.5    Middle East
    4.5.1  Qatar
    4.5.2  Oman

Section 5    Industry Analysis

5.1    Opportunities
    5.1.1  Financial Services/Retail/Loyalty
    5.1.2  Transportation
    5.1.3  GSM Market
    5.1.4  Access Control Market
5.2    Challenges
    5.2.1  Infrastructure Costs
    5.2.2  Protection of Private Information
    5.2.3  Interoperability
    5.2.4  Slow Reforms

Section 6    Key Players

6.1    Gemalto
6.2    Giesecke & Devrient
6.3    Hitachi
6.4    Infineon Technologies
6.5    STMicroelectronics

Figures

Figure 3-1: Global - Smart Card Shipment (in Million Units), 2005-2007E
Figure 3-2: Global - Contactless Smart Card Industry (in Million US$), 2005 & 2011F
Figure 3-3: Global - Smart Card Application by Sector (%), 2007E
Figure 3-4: Global - Microprocessor Shipment by Region (%), 2006
Figure 3-5: Global - E-passport Shipment (in Units), 2007E & 2008F
Figure 4-1: North America - Smart Card Shipment (in Million Units), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-2: North America - Forecast for Smart Card Shipment (in Million Units), 2008-2010
Figure 4-3: US - Contactless Payment Card Market (in Million Units), 2006 & 2011F
Figure 4-4: US - Population (in Million), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-5: US - Forecast for Population (in Million), 2008-2010
Figure 4-6: Latin America - Smart Card Shipment (in Million Units), 2005E & 2010F
Figure 4-7: Brazil - Smart Card Market Revenue (in Million US$), 2005 & 2011F
Figure 4-8: Japan - Smart Card Sales (in Million Units) 2005 & 2010F
Figure 4-9: Japan - Smart Card Sales in Transportation & Banking Sector (in Million Units), 2005 & 2010F
Figure 4-10: India - Smart Card Market (in Million US$), 2005-06 & 2010-11F
Figure 4-11: India - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2005E-2007E
Figure 4-12: India - Population (in Million), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-13: India - Forecast for Population (in Million), 2008-2010
Figure 4-14: Malaysia - Population (in Million), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-15: Malaysia - Forecast for Population (in Million), 2008-2010
Figure 4-16: Malaysia - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-17: Malaysia - Forecast for Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2008-2010
Figure 4-18: China - Smart Card Sales (in '000 Units) & Growth (%), 2003-2007E
Figure 4-19: China - Population (in Million), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-20: China - Forecast for Population (in Million), 2008-2010
Figure 4-21: South Korea - Population (in Million) 2005-2007E
Figure 4-22: South Korea - Forecast for Population (in Million) 2008-2010
Figure 4-23: UK - Smart Card Shipment (in Million Units), 2006-07 & 2009-10F
Figure 4-24: UK - Population (in Million), 2005E-2007E
Figure 4-25: UK - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-26: Russia - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2001-2006E
Figure 4-27: France - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2001-2007E
Figure 4-28: France - Forecast for Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2008-2010
Figure 4-29: France - Population (in Million), 2001-2007E
Figure 4-30: France - Forecast for Population (in Million), 2008-2010
Figure 4-31: Germany - Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2005-2007E
Figure 4-32: Germany - Forecast for Number of Mobile Subscribers (in '000), 2008-2010
Figure 4-33: Qatar - Population (in Million), 2004 & July 2007
Figure 4-34: Oman - Population (in Million), 2005 & July 2007
Figure 5-1: Global - Smart Card Shipment in Financial Services/Retail/Loyalty Sector (in Million Units), 2007E & 2008F
Figure 5-2: Global - Smart Card Shipment in Transportation Sector (in Million Units), 2007E & 2008F
Figure 5-3: Global - Smart Card Shipment in Telecom Sector (in Million Units), 2007E & 2008F
Figure 5-4: Global - Corporate Security Market (in Million US$), 2006 & 2012F

Tables

Table 3-1: Global - Smart Card Shipment by Sector (in Million Units), 2006 & 2007E
Table 3-2: Smart Card Applications by Sector
Table 3-3: Global - Secure Contactless Smart Card Market by Sector (in Million Units), 2007E
Table 3-4: Smart Card Positioning Matrix
Table 3-5: List of Smart Card Semiconductor/Memory Companies
Table 3-6: List of Smart Card Infrastructure Companies
Table 3-7: List of Smart Card Middleware Companies
Table 3-8: List of Smart Card Technology Service Companies
Table 4-1: Japan - Smart Card Application by Sector (%), 2005
Table 6-1: Gemalto - Key Financials (in Million Euro), H1 2006 & H1 2007
Table 6-2: Giesecke & Devrient - Key Financials (in Million Euro), 2005 & 2006
Table 6-3: Hitachi - Key Financials (in Million JPY), 2006 & 2007
Table 6-4: Infineon Technologies - Key Financials (in Million Euro), 2006 & 2007
Table 6-5: STMicroelectronics - Key Financials (in Million US$), 2005, 2006 & Sep 2007