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FareONE-Health Smart Card Presentation

FareONE - AFC - Automatic Fare Solution

Almex Smartcard Solutions Ltd. Profile Capabilities Markets Why is Almex different?


About Almex: Almex is privately owned company located in Toronto,

Canada Founded in January 1990 Smart card division started in January 2005 Almex annual sales steady at .8 – 1.5 Million 3 employees, 3 contracting companies 5 main brands, hardware lines of smart card products Business partners and/or distributors for:

Zeit Control – smart cards, Germany OmniKey – SC readers, Germany Xiring – SC terminals, France SecuGen-SC fingerprint readers Psion-Handheld terminals

More SC products available from other SC manufacturers


Capabilities Complete range of hardware available for many projects Stocking distributors for most of the products offered In house small card quantity printing service Strong supporters of SDK packages Custom smart card software creation Hard to find, sometimes exotic products available Worldwide delivery Very economical pricing Extended hours of operation, easy to communicate Devotion to customers


Markets Worldwide markets! Everybody

needs: SC Health card solutions SC bus

ticketing/transportation solutions

SC ID cards SC ePurse solutions SC biometrics Portable, use it anywhere

smart card solutions SC loyalty SC payments over Internet Privately owned payment

cards SC casino solutions


Why is Almex Different? One shop stop for most of

our smart card solutions Hardware and custom made

software available Almex carries quality, brand

name hardware only For “Do it yourself”

customers SDK available for every smart card product we have

Capable of half way solutions where projects integrate with customer’s know how software solutions

Experienced programmers


Why is Almex Different Quick quotes Close to “out of the box” smart card solutions Economical pricing, way below industry standards On demand applications Strong Internet presence


Why Smart Bus Fare Cards? Smart cards are small, they fit

everybody’s pocket Smart cards are very secure, can’t be

read, copied, manipulated with, counterfeit or duplicated

Smart cards are re-writable and be re-loaded thousands of times

Smart cards are accepted as higher value than paper tickets

One passenger can pay fare for party of several people, no need for separate tickets

Tourists love tickets like that so they can be used in public transport during whole stay

No cash to look for when entering a bus FareONE ticket can be formatted to

represent weekly, monthly or yearly pass


Why Smart Bus Fare Cards? Smart card can eliminate cash from whole system FareONE removes burden of handling cash from drivers FareONE eliminates security concerns for drivers

FareONE is working solution for any type of bus, anywhere:

Pakistan (left) or London (right)


Why More FareONE Cards FareONE eliminates internal

theft FareONE system will

streamline all internal administration tasks making everything electronic

FareONE works with several different types of readers

There is completely portable SC terminal, goes around with driver, no bus wiring needed

Same tickets could be used on subway, street cars, ferry, taxi…

Front and/or back of the smart card can be sold out as advertising space to offset the costs


Why More FareONE Cards Possible logs could be used for statistical purposes Logs reveal profitability reports that were impossible before Numerous benefits to bus company: smaller number of people

handling money, digital stamp for those who do, electronic processing, better overall control

Don’t forget one of the biggest advantages; transportation company gets money in advance long before actual services are rendered. Greatly improves cash flow.


FareONE Doesn’t Have To Be Just A Electronic Bus Ticket

There are other means of transportation that need same kind of solution and best solution is actually transferability between different means of transportation: Bus Taxi Street car Ferry Subway Monorails Trains


Get full functionality out of AFC system

Charge by expiry date Charge by transfer Charge by amount Charge for multiple

passengers Use check in-checkout


More functionality you never new about

Use same terminal for drivers, conductors and controllers

Ask Almex about FareONE portable sales solution!

Ask about vehicle cradles Activity counters available (2

sets) Perfect for small bus operators Ask about our white paper

report!


Electronic Fare Tickets everywhere There is almost no corner of the World

where smart cards are not introduced in mass transit situations

One of the most popular cards is MIFARE based on Philips chips and chip sets. Here are some numbers: Seoul, Korea; 8700 buses, 20 million

card London, England; 16500 ticket

readers, 7 million rides per day invested 120 Million into smart card system, saved about 500 million by doing so

Bejing, China; 100000 ticket readers, 5 million cards

France, many locations Australia, biggest transportation

companies went “smart cards” Germany, countless towns switched

public transport to smart cards Turkey, Spain, Netherlands,

Indonesia, Japan…


Who Will Benefit From FareONE Smart Cards?

First and foremost it is cardholder (passenger) themselves

Bus company overall Drivers and all persons

normally involved in public transport services

System protects environment by eliminating paper tickets waste and removing papers from the administration processes


Who Are Potential Customers To Engage?

Bus companies of all kinds, small or big

Ministry of Transport Subway authorities Taxi cab companies Street car companies Shuttle bus companies Alliances created between

above players benefits everyone


Parts of FareONE System FareONE contact Smart

card; we use ZC3.12 microprocessor cards

DESFIRE type contactless smart memory card

Smart cards desktop readers; 3121, 3821, 5321 USB readers

PC Windows software Portable smart card readers Both types of cards used in

FareONE system are made in Germany


Parts of FareONE System There are 5 types of smart card readers that we use with

FareONE smart cards ticketing: 3121 standard desktop USB smart card reader. Simple and

durable, inexpensive to replace. Made in Germany. 5321 is smart card reader for contact/contactless cards, also

USB. Also made in Germany by OmniKey. Xi PWS is portable smart card reader to handle cards in the

bus. French product made in Hong Kong. Psion ruggedized handheld type terminal for in bus usage,

takes contact or contactless smart cards


FareONE Software FareONE software for Windows 7 PC

Includes several software modules: Issuer’s software that creates and

issues FareONE smart cards Re-load software module where

operators re-charge card with money for fares

Driver’s software used in smart card terminals to charge a fares

It is important to be noted that everybody in process uses SAM (Security Access Module) cards to access the system and passenger’s cards. Without it or with expired SAM card access is not possible!


What Is Actually Written Into The FareONE Cards?

Cards are used as a secure portable mini storage with: Card information (serial

numbers, issuer’s codes and data)

Expiry day Card available balance AutoLog


How system works? Main software resides at issuer’s

computers. Issuer takes blank smart card and creates new FareONE card. Card is written with initial control data card is also printed (if not printed already) and is given to the sales department.

Sales point offices take card by card and issue them to customers loading them at the same time with initial value purchased at the spot. Now card is given to the end user.

Cardholder uses card every time when he or she takes a ride. Passenger can also purchase keychain sized balance reader and check his/her card any time for available funds and expiry date.


Upgrade Your FareONE System! Some of the functionality is optional and system may be

upgraded for it at later date. Examples: Usage of portable smart card terminals Autlog function records time/date, route and fare price for

last 20 rides Introduce MySQL or similar data base for all transactions

and reporting Black lists for the cards and SAMs Upgrade to industry standard bus validators and fee

computers


How Much Does It Cost? To start enjoying benefits of your new

FareONE system you have to invest into hardware and software first. Typical hardware costs are:

ZC3.12 cards – about 2.00 – 3.00 USD MIFARE/DESFIRE cards – about 1.00 – 1.80

USD 3121 readers – about 22.00 USD 5321 readers – about 72.00 USD Psion WorkAbout Pro portable readers –

about 1700.00 USD Software startup costs are in range of

about 5,000.00 – 15,000.00 USD


For More Information Contact

Almex SmartCard Solutions Ltd. 2317 Wuthering Heights Way Oakville,

Ontario CANADA L6M 0E7

T: 1-905-469-0855 ext. 1 F: 1-905-469-2811 E: [email protected]


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