INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

23/07/2012

Sophia Antipolis : ASK brings you to London Olympics

Thanks to various limited editions of Oyster cards, Ask will help public transport users go to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics.


 

Already a supplier of 2008 Beijing Olympics contactless paper tickets and 2006 Torino Winter Olympics transport contactless cards and tickets, ASK offers an unrivalled experience in contactless media for large public transportation networks and for highly visible and global events where security and reliability are of essence.

 

Transport for London, the integrated body responsible for London’s transport system, decided to issue limited editions of the Oyster contactless smart card to commemorate the major events taking place in London in 2012. Limited edition London themed Visitor Oyster cards and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Oyster cards were supplied by ASK. ASK is also a major supplier of other Oyster cards, including the 2012 limited edition Summer Oyster card.

 

Based on highly secure NXP MIFARE DESFire™ EV1 chips, these transport cards will allow visitors, residents and volunteers to travel on London buses, trams, Tube, DLR, London Overground, National Rail, the Emirates Air Line and some Riverboat services during this highly visible sport event.


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They chose the Côte d'Azur

"Sophia-Antipolis is a very attractive region for any semiconductor company, for several reasons. The first one is that in the technology park of Sophia-Antipolis there is a solid tradition of analog and digital design, which is due to the presence of other big companies working in the same or similar markets, like Texas Instruments, Intel, STM and others. The second reason is linked to presence in the technology park of the Polytech'Nice-Sophia and other important schools.

That will guarantee our future growth since the region will always offer both experienced design engineers and you talents to hire."

Interview with Paolo Cusinato, Design Director of MAXIM Sophia-Antipolis design center

Key facts & figures

 

Annual turnover: 3.95 billion euros

Nearly 50% of cluster companies have R&D operations

Companies: 1.372

Fields of activity : Telecoms & Networks, Space Industry & Aeronautics, Software Engineering, Design Firms, Microelectronics, Multimedia & Online Services, Image Processing (2D/3D).

Jobs: 20.190

 

 

 

 

Leaders :  Altran Praxis, Amadeus, ARM, ASK, Autodesk, Cadence Design Systems, Cisco Systems, DailyMotion, Dassault Systemes, Fortinet, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Icera, Infineon Technologies, Lagardere Active, Mentor Graphics, Oracle, Orange Labs, SAP Labs, ST-Ericsson, Symantec, Texas Instruments, UDCast, Thales Alenia Space, Thales Underwater Systems, Wall Street Systems,..

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