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Almex Smartcard Solutions Ltd.
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Profile
Capabilities
Markets
Why is Almex different?
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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
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Capabilities
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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
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Markets
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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
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Why is Almex Different?
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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
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Why is Almex Different
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Quick quotes
Close to “out of the box” smart card solutions
Economical pricing, way below industry standards
On demand applications
Strong Internet presence
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Why Smart Bus Fare Cards?
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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 reloaded 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
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Why Smart Bus Fare Cards?
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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)
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Why More FareONE Cards
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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
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Why More FareONE Cards
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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.
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FareONE Doesn’t Have To Be Just
A Electronic Bus Ticket
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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
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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
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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!
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Electronic Fare Tickets everywhere
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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:
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Seoul, Korea; 8700 buses, 20
million card
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London, England; 16500 ticket
readers, 7 million rides per day
invested 120 Million into smart card
system, saved about 500 million by
doing so
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Bejing, China; 100000 ticket
readers, 5 million cards
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France, many locations
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Australia, biggest transportation
companies went “smart cards”
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Germany, countless towns switched
public transport to smart cards
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Turkey, Spain, Netherlands,
Indonesia, Japan…
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Who Will Benefit From FareONE
Smart Cards?
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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
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Who Are Potential Customers To
Engage?
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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
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Parts of FareONE System
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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
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Parts of FareONE System
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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
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FareONE Software
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FareONE software for Windows 7 PC
Includes several software modules:
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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!
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What Is Actually Written Into The
FareONE Cards?
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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
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How system works?
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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.
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Upgrade Your FareONE System!
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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
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How Much Does It Cost?
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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
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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: sales@smartcardsource.com
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