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Figures
Trends per market segment in
2005
Mobile communication
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Mobile communication
confirms its status of the largest and fastest growing
segment with a growth of 24% in volume compared
to 2004
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Growth is mostly driven by emerging
countries in all regions: Latin America, Eastern
Europe, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa
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Americas recorded the fastest
growth
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Growth in Europe Middle-East and
Africa was driven by strong sales in Eastern Europe
and Africa
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Contraction of Chinese demand
for mobile communication
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Telecom payphone cards (memory
cards) continue to drop significantly (-18% vs.
2004) |
Financial services: 20%
vs. 2004
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Despite slowdown in
UK, EMV migration with substantial rollout in many
European countries and some Asian countries
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Contactless payment deployment
in the US
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Government / Healthcare:
+25% vs. 2004
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Government ID and
health card projects deployment in the Middle East
(Oman), Asia Pacific (Australia) and Europe (Austria,
Belgium…)
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ePassport projects moving from
planning and interoperability testing to pilot stage
and from pilot to implementation (Belgium, Australia,
Portugal, Czech Republic, …)
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