a
tremendous growth of the wireless telecom sector
(+85%), with a major impact on the global revenue
of the smart card industry
a high increase
of the global µprocessor cards market (+ 36%), as
fast as the previous year
a lesser
progression of the global chipcard market (+12%)
due to a slow down in the growth of the memory card
markets, and moderate shipments in emerging sectors
(health, transport, ID)