Smart card technology has witnessed a significant rate of growth globally and has had many successful implementations throughout 2009. This year proved to be a successful one for many card technology vendors, despite the recession, which plagued the technology market. Thus, the need for infrastructure and smart card-compatible readers has remained consistent and in-line with the growth of the total smart card industry and is forecast to continue with a high rate of growth for the next five years. However, this scenario is subject to change with any new developments in the economy as well.
Additionally, key trends in this market point to a shift in emphasis from traditional contact-based smart card readers to more modern contactless technology. This is anticipated to hold true for all market segments, while making the biggest initial impact on the transportation and the banking and payment industries. This is due to the obvious transaction speed benefits in the transportation industry as well as the need to support upcoming NFC technology in the banking and payment side of the market. Further hardware trends are also pointing to a continued increase in PC-linked smart card reader popularity, due to the lower cost of implementation, ease of management, and existing PC infrastructure (particularly in the government and corporate markets). These readers are also becoming more common in a variety of form factors, such as keyboards, PC drive bays, and many others. This is a result of PC-link not typically being size or shape limited, opening them up to be used for a variety of purposes that are not possible with the more traditional stand alone readers.
As the smart card industry continues to progress and new form factors, such as contactless cards in cell phones and small key chain cards, the need for new form factor readers is also likely to progress. Thus, the market is likely to experience an increase in popularity for small and miniature card readers, particularly handheld, as well as mobile device readers, as card technology continues to expand.
Table Of Contents
1. Executive Summary
1. Market Overview
1. Executive Summary
2. Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market
1. Total Market Analysis
1. Market Overview and Definitions
2. Drivers
3. Restraints
4. Challenges
5. Global Market Analysis and Forecasts
2. Geographic Analysis
1. Overview
2. Europe Middle East and Africa
3. Asia Pacific
4. North America
5. Latin America
3. Competitive Landscape
1. Market Share Analysis
1. Overview
2. Gemplus
3. SCM Microsystems
4. Omnikey
5. Advanced Card Systems
6. Others
2. Frost & Sullivan Awards
1. Global Competitive Strategy Leadership Award
List of Figures
SEGMENT 2
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total Reader and Chipset Units by Geographic Region (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Percent of Total Reader Units by Geographic Region (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Percent of Total Reader Chipset Units by Geographic Region (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total PC-Link Reader Units to Chipset Units (World), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (EMEA), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (EMEA), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (EMEA), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total PC-Link Reader Units to Chipset Units (EMEA), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Asia Pacific), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Asia Pacific), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Asia Pacific), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total PC-Link Reader Units to Chipset Units (Asia Pacific), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (North America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total PC-Link Reader Units to Chipset Units (North America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Latin America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card PC-Link Readers Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Latin America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Reader Chipsets Market: Unit Shipment and Revenue Forecasts (Latin America), 2003-2010
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Percent of Total PC-Link Reader Units to Chipset Units (Latin America), 2003-2010
SEGMENT 3
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (World), 2004
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (EMEA), 2004
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (Asia Pacific), 2004
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (North America), 2004
- Total Smart Card Readers and Chipsets Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (Latin America), 2004
