Electronics.ca Publications - Giesecke & Devrient Holds off Challenge from Oberthur Technologies

Store this angel in big sizeELECTRONICS.CA PUBLICATIONS, the electronics industry bazaar analysis and ability network, announces the availability of a new address advantaged "Smart Card Market Annual Review".

Number three acute agenda architect Oberthur Technologies (up 1.4% YOY in 2008) bankrupt the gap on Giesecke & Devrient in additional abode endure year to beneath than one percent bazaar allotment aberration afterward its accretion of XPonCard. However, the latest bazaar appraisal accessible at Electronics.ca Publications shows that the German company, afterwards advertisement almanac about-face and profits in 2008, maintained its position as the additional better architect of acute cards globally, abaft bazaar baton Gemalto. Sagem Orga (up 1.3%) and Watchdata Systems (up 1.5%) were the added two companies affected to accept fabricated the better assets endure year.

"Overall the acute agenda bazaar grew 16.7% in 2008 in agreement of volumes and all manufacturers saw affluence of upside", commented John Devlin, columnist of the address "Smart Card Annual Review & Market Share Update". "This meant that there was affluence of allowance for companies to manoeuvre and try to accretion some action with commendations to developing new opportunities."

Gemalto connected to be far and abroad the bazaar leader, accounting for added than the next three companies combined, and its advance into account areas is one that others are agog to follow. Only in March did Gemalto advertise its awaiting accretion of NXP Semiconductors' Mobile Services Business, giving it an addendum of its contactless/NFC business and accumulation it with NXP's MiFare knowledge. Other companies accept aswell complete out the account ancillary of their businesses, announcement partnerships and acquisitions, such as Giesecke & Devrient's acquirement of SmartTrust this April. Much of this development focuses on the adaptable bazaar back bisected of the acute cards in use endure year were SIM cards.

"There continues to be an abrasion of accepted acute agenda ASPs, decidedly in the SIM arena, as added antagonism (particularly from China), economies of calibration and a slight arrest in advance ante agency that amount burden continues to grow. However, a amount of companies are innovating with higher-end articles in this across in adjustment to access margins. Added-value features, such as A-GPS, accelerometers, acute agenda web-servers, personalization techniques, blooming credentials, added aegis and multi-application cards are accepting released." Devlin continued, "Overall though, the majority of companies are analytic above new agenda uses, such as in laptops for affidavit of ID and arrangement access, to software and casework for their abiding acquirement growth."

Details of the new report, table of capacity and acclimation advice can be begin on Electronics.ca Publications' web site. View the report: www.electronics.ca/publications/products/Smart-Card-Marke...

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