Smartspace Software Share Discussion Threads

[peterblok] 19/4/2007 14:32

Right on mathematic - there are a lot of TRT guys into SMRT.. Just bought a few more in both companies ;o)

[mathematic] 19/4/2007 12:58

IGE and TRT, by the looks of it.

[garth] 18/4/2007 11:18

Hello merry band of IGErs. My your road here be ever upwards....

:0)

[hebgb] 18/4/2007 10:37

I seem to be another one with their toe in the water here from Image Scan with a miserable 75k to see how they go.

hebe

[mistertibbs] 18/4/2007 07:47

Welcome PETERB....I see you somewhere else but cannot remember where. Oh yes I do. You like your 3d xray technology as well as myself.

[spud] 17/4/2007 23:14

PETERBLOK

The Market has taught me patience and to expect the unexpected.

I can wait :o)

spud

PS There is a tap in evidence here which has kindly kept the lid on the price but for how much longer i don't know.

[peterblok] 17/4/2007 20:09

garth, and others - I have been watching this share for some time now, and appreciate the information this BB has provided. As as result of Hitachi and the US connection have joined your happy band today. Maybe more tomorrow ;0)

spud - you'd better get in quick, as I don't want to see these shares go sub 4p again.....

[spud] 17/4/2007 17:42

No - I'm buying the dips sub 4p without pushing the price up on myself.

spud

[garth] 17/4/2007 15:57

Spud, was that your 300K at 4.3p?

[garth] 17/4/2007 12:53

Spud,

I had thought about sitting on the links.... I'd quite like a few more sub 4p myself ;0) I missed the last dip whilst away on holiday. I wonder if opportunities for buying at that level may now be hard to catch.... We'll see.

The Hitachi one is very significant, IMO, and I'm sure the Centro announcement will prove to be one of a growing number over the coming months. My calcs put the figure to SMRT for ISAMs at just over £3m for bus readers alone. I'd love to know what the margin is on an ISAM....

G.

[spud] 17/4/2007 09:28

Yes great efforts Garth. However please don't put the price up too much as i've still another 300k to buy sub 4p :o)

spud

[bonty] 17/4/2007 09:15

Excellent finds Garth, well done!

[garth] 16/4/2007 22:08

MT ;0)

Here's another: £10m Birmingham ITSO contract going out to tender. Once again the joy is that SMRT gain on the sale of ISAMs no matter who wins it :0)

Centro finalises plans for £10m smartcard tender
Filed 16/04/07

West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive Centro has issued a prior information notice inviting suppliers to prepare to bid for a £10m - excluding VAT - contract(s) to supply a smartcard system for Birmingham and suburbs.

Centro requires a suitably qualified company, or companies, to deliver an ITSO, or equivalent, complaint smartcard scheme to run for an initial period of two years. The project would include supplying card issuing and validating machines, point of sale equipment, back office systems, and the actual smartcards.

The PTE intends to roll-out smartcard use in stages, beginning with concessionary travel from next April, followed by its own multi-operator and multi-modal tickets in 2009 - at which point commercial operators would be able to add their products to the smartcard. The winner of the new West Midlands rail franchise will be contracted to introduce smartcard technology by 2010.

Centro/West Midlands PTA chief executive Geoff Inskip said work by MVA Consultancy and Logica CMG suggested the capital cost of setting up an ITSO-compliant smartcard system would be around £13m with annual operating costs of £1.26m. MVA has recommended the PTA directly procures the on-bus ticketing equipment, matching the approach taken by the Scottish Executive.

A contract notice inviting suppliers to tender is expected to be published in June this year.



G.

[mistertibbs] 16/4/2007 18:44

That certainly looks like good news to me. Your a top man Garth with all this info

[garth] 16/4/2007 14:17

Hitachi get first FIPS 140-2 certification for MULTOS. That appears to open the way for US federal contracts, ID schemes, financial institutions etc. As we know, as of a few weeks ago Hitachi took a contract to bundle SMRT's Multefile software on ALL of their MULTOS smartcards........ ;0)

U.S. Government Issues MULTOS FIPS 140-2 Certificate



Making Hitachi the first MULTOS implementer to receive U.S. government
certification for FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standard)

SAN FRANCISCO, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The MULTOS(TM) Consortium, an
open 17-member international industry group which governs the MULTOS(TM)
operating system and its interoperability worldwide, today announced the
entry of MULTOS into the U.S. Government market with the Hitachi
dual-interface MULTOS smart card with StepNexus PIV Application. Hitachi is
the first MULTOS implementer to receive certification for FIPS 140-2 from
the U.S. government.
"We are proud to receive certification for another important worldwide
market. Because of MULTOS' open standards and supply chain, the Hitachi
MULTOS card will be a prime choice for agencies and contractors wanting to
minimize the economic impact of complying with FIPS 201," said Shigeyuki
Ito, Executive Vice President, Smartcard Solutions Operation, Security
Systems Division of Hitachi. "In particular, we optimized PIV to fit on a
32KB smart card, the only certified offering of its kind."
The MULTOS platform is already in use in several of the largest
biometric ID card implementations worldwide, including the Hong Kong
National ID, Japanese Residential ID, and Turkish Military ID. More than 75
million smart cards are already deployed and in use through 100+ issuance
partners. Governments are validating MULTOS' proven second-sourcing, as
well as enforced firewalls which allow multiple agencies to share a single
card yet maintain privacy over their respective applications and data.
"Government agencies are finding that MULTOS guarantees
interoperability as additional cards enter the market," said John Wood, CEO
of StepNexus, which manages interoperability approvals. "There is no
lock-in to a specific vendor, and no proprietary operating system; it is a
smart, future-proof choice with support from every major card management
system.
About MULTOS:
MULTOS is the world's leading open standard multi-application operating
system for smart cards, whose development is overseen and provided by the
MULTOS Consortium, comprised of 17 smart card and silicon manufacturers,
card management system providers, integrators, and payment schemes. A range
of applications including digital identity, authentication, biometrics,
payment, loyalty, and contactless applications may securely co-reside on a
MULTOS powered chip.
About Hitachi:
Hitachi, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global
electronics company with approximately 356,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal
2006 (ended March 31, 2006) consolidated sales totaled 9,464.8 billion yen
($80.9 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and
services in market sectors including information systems, electronic
devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and
financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the
company's website at
About StepNexus:
StepNexus enables a new world of secure services. Its foundational STEP
technology protects digital content during delivery to and while stored on
everyday STEP-enabled devices, including smart cards, PCs, and handsets.
StepNexus' security service allows global enterprises, banks, governments,
content providers and consumers to manage digital access to information
wherever it flows, ensuring content and applications are available only to
the intended audience and specific device.
For more information visit

.......................

And a flyer on MULTOS biometric ID cards, with case studies:

www.multos.com/downloads/marketing/Flyer_MULTOS_for_ID.pdf

G.

[garth] 11/4/2007 16:05

What's with those last 3 trades? Pushed the bid back up though....

G.

[garth] 11/4/2007 14:04

Latest ITSO newsletter:


One or two of the items imply revenue for SMRT.

Some chunky trades through this lunchtime. Possible window dressing?

G.

[garth] 30/3/2007 13:08

2 x 100,000 Market Maker buys at 4.5p..... Haven't seen any of those since just before the Hitachi news.....

G.

[bonty] 30/3/2007 10:24

Oh well - that was nice while it lasted!

[mistertibbs] 30/3/2007 08:46

Very informative Garth. Wouldn't want to lose you EJ.

Just in case, like me, a non Londoner, you didn't know what an oyster card was...

[garth] 30/3/2007 06:24

Barclaycard/Oyster trials to be extended:

Extension for travel card trial
Barclaycard to widen pilot of Oyster system to further 2,000 staff

Dave Friedlos, Computing, 22 Mar 2007
Trials of Oyster on credit cards to be extended to London

Barclaycard has completed technical trials of a smartcard that combines contactless payment, credit and Oyster travel features (Computing, 18 January).

The company has been testing the smartcard with about 80 staff at its Northampton office, and will now widen the pilot to another 2,000 employees.

The integrated card allows staff to pass through ticket barriers at London Underground stations and pay for low-value items by waving the card over a reader.

The card has a dual interface chip to manage credit card and contactless payments, and a separate chip to make and manage Oyster transactions. The chips send financial and travel information to separate databases.

'The technical trial was to ensure the card functionality worked and that there were no hiccups with the technology,' said a Barclaycard spokeswoman.

'The trial was successful and we needed to ensure that there were no problems with the two chips on the card before rolling it out further.'

The combined card will now be issued to staff at Barclays' Canary Wharf office to allow further testing of the Oyster travel functionality. 'Northampton staff do travel into London but testing it at our Canary Wharf office will allow us to test the card under greater volumes of use,' said the spokeswoman.

The card is the result of a deal between Barclaycard, Visa and TranSys, on behalf of Transport for London (TfL). It is on track to be rolled out to Londoners by the end of summer.

Butler Group analyst Sarah Burnett says the phased approached to testing the technology is a sensible one.

'Extending it to 2,000 people will allow Barclaycard to identify any problems caused by more frequent use of the card,' she said. 'The trial will test the robustness of the system and whether or not it can process payment and travel transactions quickly enough.

'If not designed properly, a cashless payment system can take longer than simply paying with cash, which leaves customers frustrated.'

Adding Oyster to the card is likely to ensure its success because Oyster already has mass market penetration. The customer base will grow as the travel payment system is extended to mainline rail operators over the next couple of years.

[garth] 29/3/2007 19:46

Of course EJ - you are most welcome!

[bonty] 29/3/2007 16:46

Well I don't think we've ever gone up three days in a row before - long may it continue. Perhaps someone has finally seen the great potential here. I'll certainly be holding for a good while yet.

[mistertibbs] 29/3/2007 15:54

Well done EJ. I'm holding until some time later.Looks like good potential to me. I don't have L2 and I'm not able to get my shares mag today. My thoughts were a tip also Garth. However, checked the Hoodless Brennen site and they don't mention any news on smrt today in any newspaper or magazine.