"SUICA - Mobile and Near-Field Tickets for Transport"

"SUICA - Mobile and Near-Field Tickets for Transport" published by Eurotechnology Japan, K.K. in January, 2007. This report consists of approx. 140 pages, 3 Figures, 60 Photographs, 12 Tables and the price starts from US $ 2375.

Introduction

Abstract

Summary

SUICA is a multi-application smartcard platform which is used in Japan for railtickets, e-cash, building access and other appliations.

With 8 million users and in the near future more than US$ 5 billion in transactions per year, SUICA promises to become one of the important e-cash systems in Japan.

The present report describes the SUICA system in approx. 60 pages with about 26 photographs.

Table of Contents

1. Executive Summary: SUICA smart cards What is the meaning of SUICA

2. What is SUICA and why.

• SUICA functions
• Data Security - Certification

3. Quantitative data and time line.

• 8 million SUICA users within 2 years of introduction
• User numbers growth since 2001
• Some basic data: main applications, usage area, number of cards issued, total issued and stored value (for 2002)
  • SUICA time line
• JR East VIEW card time line and link to SUICA
  • SUICA test introduction and results

4. From 2006: Combining SUICA, Passnet, and the Tokyo area joint bus pass.

• Overview
• Management of the joint IC card
  • Key data and statistics
• Expected transaction volume estimation

5. The SUICA platform

• SUICA overview and explanation
  • The SUICA platform
• Fare gate for SUICA and magnetic tickets
• Contactless reader/writer for SUICA at railway station faregate
• Terminal for SUICA cards at railstation
• Linking SUICA Cards with the VIEW credit card

6. SUICA as prepaid electronic cash

• Why electronic cash
• Requirements for electronic cash
• SUICA competitor for e-Cash: Edy overview and explanation
• Cash register (POS) with SUICA reader/writer
• Images of stores which accept SUICA during the monitor test period, and after introduction

7. Mobile SUICA field trial as part of DoCoMo i-Mode FELICA Preview Service

• Mobile SUICA field trial, description
• Schematics of using a mobile phone with SUICA functionality at a railway fare gate
• Mobile SUICA as part of the i-mode Felica Service
• SO504iC (SONY Ericsson SO504i + FeliCa smart-card)

8. SUICAs Technology: The FeliCa platform

• FeliCa description
• Inside view of Felica (with pictures of cut open FeliCa cards)
  • FeliCa and standards, communication standards
• Technical data of selected FeliCa cards (anticollision type, ordinary and with magnet stripe for non-contactless read/write)
• FeliCa compared with other IC-Cards
• VISA, SONY, Infineon alliance
• "Pasoli" contactless secure reader/writer for FeliCa cards and connection to PCs or cash registers
  • FeliCa Networks
    • "i-Mode - FeliCa preview service"
      • Overview and explanation
      • Listing of participating companies
      • Applications tested (summary outline)

9. FeliCa for transportation: Octopus, Suica, ...

• FeliCa for fare collection
• FeliCa as a de-facto standard for transportation payments
  • FeliCa: Octopus card (Hong Kong)
• Felica in Hong Kong, Singapore, New Delhi and Bangkok
• FeliCa based transportation tickets in Japan
• Images of selected FeliCa based cards in Japan

10. Summary: SUICA smartcards

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