2008: The industry benefited from a sustained growth in its three main segments: Telecoms, Financial Services and Public Sector, as well as from the emergence of new Smart Secure Devices for contactless applications

2008: The industry benefited from a sustained growth in its three main segments: Telecoms, Financial Services and Public Sector, as well as from the emergence of new Smart Secure Devices for contactless applications

In 2007, the activity of the smart card industry should continue its growth at a 16% rate, so much that smart card shipments worldwide will go beyond 4 billion following a volume of about 3.5 billion in 2006.

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