PARIS, October 18 /PRNewswire/ -- ASK contactless smart cards move the city forward... ASK, pioneer in contactless technology, participates to daily commuting in Paris. First supplier of the Navigo pass, this subscriber contactless smart card is used on the whole network of Ile de France Paris area and soon in Brussels, London, Porto or Funchal. ASK is also the sole supplier of Velib' contactless card, a card giving access to JCDecaux self service bike rental in Paris.
ASK, actor of sustainable development with Velib' card
Navigo subscribers can use their card to rent a bike and now occasional users, visitors or tourists can ride the capital city with Velib' card. ASK manufactures, personalizes and delivers by direct mailing to users all contactless cards and tickets of JCDecaux bike rental service. After Lyons in 2005, Paris, Aix, Marseille, Mulhouse, Besancon, Toulouse, Rennes and Sevilla in Spain have adopted this brand new mode of transport which enables everybody to benefit from less polluted, less noisy and less stressing cities.
ASK not only participates to worldwide sustainable development but its products are part of a global environment policy. Patrick Sure, Business Line Manager at ASK states "We implemented a recycling policy in the company. The first phase comes from our process of silver ink printed antenna on paper. We collect silver so that it covers global costs of recycling. On the other hand, our clients are offered to send us their used cards and tickets, for free. We send them over to a company that will burn them to provide energy, this process is pollution free" he adds.
Navigo pass, developed by ASK
ASK was founded 10 years ago by two pioneers in the smart card industry. Since its creation in 1997, the company focused on developing contactless technology that would allow transport operators to fight fraud, decrease infrastructure costs, customize fare and offer new services to their customers. ASK started then working on dual interface cards ( contact/contactless) and an innovative technology of silver ink printed antenna on paper and flip chip. Reliable, durable, environment-friendly, available with highly secure microprocessor chips, our contactless cards have played a major role in public transport ticketing renewal in Ile de France area and later on in the world. Today, 100 million users in more than 50 countries hold ASK contactless cards or tickets for multi application. They can be used for instance for multimodal transport combined with highway toll, car park access, museums' passes, in leisure parks, stadia, Olympic Games, banking.
About ASK
Founded in 1997, ASK is today a worldwide leading supplier of contactless cards, tickets, RFID tags, ePassport inlays and readers addressing the mass transit, access control, banking, e-Identity and supply chain markets. More than 100 million contactless products are already in service. ASK is a France-based company with worldwide customers and wholly-owned subsidiaries in the US, Singapore and China.
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Contact:
Claire Boyer
Tel: +33-4-97-21-48-56
Cell: +33-6-72-14-01-46
Email: claire.boyer@ask.fr
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