Figures 2005

Worldwide Market 2005

 

Cards (Millions of units - Mu)

Sectors	Memory (MU)	Microprocessor
			Growth % From 2004
Telecom	580	1390	32,38%
Financial services / Retail / Loyalty	30	336	20%
Government/ Healthcare	25	60*	33,33%
Transport	73	20	-
Pay TV	-	55	-
Corporate Security	20	15	-
Others	10	12	-
Total	738	1 888	28,52%
Total 2005	2626

* Does not include Chinese National ID project figures

 

 

Shipments by Region 2005

 

Cards %

Geographical Zones	Memory (MU)	Microprocessor
EMEA	44%	48%
ASIA	12%	36%
AMERICAS North and South	44%	16%
Total 2005	100%	100%

 

 

Trends per market segment in 2005

 

Mobile communication

-	Mobile communication confirms its status of the largest and fastest growing segment with a growth of 24% in volume compared to 2004
-	Growth is mostly driven by emerging countries in all regions: Latin America, Eastern Europe, South East Asia, Middle East and Africa
-	Americas recorded the fastest growth
-	Growth in Europe Middle-East and Africa was driven by strong sales in Eastern Europe and Africa
-	Contraction of Chinese demand for mobile communication
-	Telecom payphone cards (memory cards) continue to drop significantly (-18% vs. 2004)

 

 

Financial services: 20% vs. 2004

-	Despite slowdown in UK, EMV migration with substantial rollout in many European countries and some Asian countries
-	Contactless payment deployment in the US

Government / Healthcare: +25% vs. 2004

-	Government ID and health card projects deployment in the Middle East (Oman), Asia Pacific (Australia) and Europe (Austria, Belgium…)
-	ePassport projects moving from planning and interoperability testing to pilot stage and from pilot to implementation (Belgium, Australia, Portugal, Czech Republic, …)