The new report by Bharat Book Bureau titled “Global Smart Card Industry- Future Outlook (2007)” provides extensive research and information on the trends and developments in eight major economies, namely, Canada, US, UK, Brazil, France, India, China, South Korea and South Africa. It says that the smart card market is going to strengthen further due to the rapid technological            developments. (http://www.bharatbook.com/bookdetail.asp?bookid=24224&publisher=)

The report contains data on global as well as country specific markets, like smart card shipments, industry value, application of smart cards in the financial and telecom markets etc.

The key findings of the report mention that the main demand for smart cards comes from the telecom market, and there is a huge demand for smart cards across the world. It is mentioned that South Africa has good opportunities, whereas the Latin American and Asia Pacific smart card market have potential to grow, though the high initial cost will be a limiting factor.

Some key issues and facts that are critical to the success of the business have been analyzed. They include information on the top ten smart card companies, the driving forces for the smart card industry, the challenges associated with smart cards, the trends with respect to market value, shipments, application of smart cards in various sectors, like banking and telecom.

Information overview of some of the major players in the industry has been provided, viz, Infineon technologies, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems, STMicroelectronics etc.

For more information visit: http://www.bharatbook.com/bookdetail.asp?bookid=24224&publisher=