Facts and figures

Eurosmart, the Voice of the Smart Security Industry, released the 2014 figures for the worldwide secure elements shipments and the smart secure contactless markets as well as the corresponding 2015 forecast. The data provided by Eurosmart consist of the consolidated figures supplied by its member...

All market segments showed positive volume growth in 2009, demonstrating the resilience and capacity of innovation of our Industry. The main sources of growth by market segment were: Telecom – GSM penetration in emerging markets is fueling steady growth in volume. – In mature markets such as Europe...

Telecom: We anticipate a growth in volumes during FY2009 in the range of 3% to 9% compared to FY2008, i.e between 3300Mu and 3500Mu. Emerging markets continue to fuel the growth in volume with, for instance, millions of new subscribers in India and 3G deployments...

Mobile communication: another year of strong unit growth: – Growth is driven by almost all regions and emerging countries such as India in Asia, Middle East and Colombia in South America – Chinese market is growing again in 2006 after a stable year in 2005 Financial services: – Contactless...

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 –...

– Memory smart cards declined by 15% and passed just below 1 billion mark shipment. – Microprocessor smart card very strong growth: 40% fuelled for the first time in history above memory cards shipments. – Wireless Telecom SIM Cards Very Strong Growth : + 56% with a...