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Figures
2002
Geographical breakdown figures of card shipments
| 2001
(Mu) |
 REGIONS |
Memory |
% |
Microprocessor |
% |
| EMEA |
391 |
36 % |
414 |
59 % |
| ASPAC |
369 |
34 % |
231 |
33 % |
AMERICAS
( North and
South) |
325 |
30 % |
56 |
8 % |
| Total |
1085 |
100% |
701 |
100% |
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Return to growth of Wireless
Telecom SIM Cards : +10 % |
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|
|
Banking/ Retail microprocessor
grew 16 % reaching 175 Million units |
| |
|
|
Total Microprocessor shipments
grew 17 % boosted by emerging
segments such as Government/health, Transport, Pay-TV
,IT Security |
| |
|
|
Telecom memory cards declined
for the first time– still representing
950 million units shipped |
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|
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EMEA is still the dominant region
for smart card shipments but ASPAC
confirms its growing impact . |
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