OTI-Tagebuch

21.02.00
On Track Innovations (OTI), auf dem Gebiet der auf Mikroprozessoren basierenden Technologie für kontaktlose Smart Cards tätig, hat mit dem israelischen Hersteller von Fahrgeldeinnahmesystemen Cubic Transportation Systems(CTS) einen Lizensierungs- Kooperationsvertrag geschlossen. CTS wird nach OTI-Angaben das Eyecon MultiCard System von OTI in sein System Tri-Reader integrieren.
Wie OTI weiter verlauten lässt, will das Unternehmen aufgrund der Zusammenarbeit mit CTS die Planzahlen korrigieren.

01.05.00 13:20
Cubic Announces ``Nextfare Solution Suite`` 21st Century Smart Card Breakthroughs

"Nextfare? Solution Suite is a package of advanced tools that can be integrated into automatic fare collection systems. It includes a variety of add-on applications and equipment designed to work seamlessly with a robust central computing application," said Gary Yamamura, director of strategic planning, Cubic Transportation Systems.

The announcement comes on the heels of the one-year anniversary of Cubic`s successful introduction of contactless smart card fare collection to Washington D.C. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority`s system is the country`s first full-scale contactless smart card transit fare collection operation, linking both rail and parking operations with a single fare medium.
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-- Tri-Reader?-- Although introduced just six months ago, the Tri-Reader?has already been selected for integration into Cubic-provided systems for a variety of U.S. and international transit authorities. The Tri-Reader?is a contactless smart card reader architecture that provides transit authorities with the flexibility to select any smart card that meets the emerging ISO 14443 specification (Type A or Type B) as well as Cubic`s own GO CARD®platform. It will also enable a transit system operator to establish a system where different card types can be used interchangeably. Cubic also has other versions of the Tri-Reader?currently in development that will further expand the utility of this exciting new technology by improving the adaptability of the reader for a much broader range of devices such as laptop computers, handheld computer/organizers or parking meters.