Abstract
Summary
SUICA is a multi-application smartcard platform which is used in Japan for
railtickets, e-cash, building access and other appliations.
With 8 million users and in the near future more than US$ 5 billion in
transactions per year, SUICA promises to become one of the important e-cash
systems in Japan.
The present report describes the SUICA system in approx. 60 pages with about
26 photographs.
Table of Contents
1. Executive Summary: SUICA smart cards What is the meaning of SUICA
2. What is SUICA and why.
- SUICA functions
- Data Security - Certification
3. Quantitative data and time line.
- 8 million SUICA users within 2 years of introduction
- User numbers growth since 2001
- Some basic data: main applications, usage area, number of cards issued,
total issued and stored value (for 2002)
- JR East VIEW card time line and link to SUICA
- SUICA test introduction and results
4. From 2006: Combining SUICA, Passnet, and the Tokyo area joint bus pass.
- Overview
- Management of the joint IC card
- Expected transaction volume estimation
5. The SUICA platform
- SUICA overview and explanation
- Fare gate for SUICA and magnetic tickets
- Contactless reader/writer for SUICA at railway station faregate
- Terminal for SUICA cards at railstation
- Linking SUICA Cards with the VIEW credit card
6. SUICA as prepaid electronic cash
- Why electronic cash
- Requirements for electronic cash
- SUICA competitor for e-Cash: Edy overview and explanation
- Cash register (POS) with SUICA reader/writer
- Images of stores which accept SUICA during the monitor test period, and
after introduction
7. Mobile SUICA field trial as part of DoCoMo i-Mode FELICA Preview Service
- Mobile SUICA field trial, description
- Schematics of using a mobile phone with SUICA functionality at a railway
fare gate
- Mobile SUICA as part of the i-mode Felica Service
- SO504iC (SONY Ericsson SO504i + FeliCa smart-card)
8. SUICAs Technology: The FeliCa platform
- FeliCa description
- Inside view of Felica (with pictures of cut open FeliCa cards)
- FeliCa and standards, communication standards
- Technical data of selected FeliCa cards (anticollision type, ordinary and
with magnet stripe for non-contactless read/write)
- FeliCa compared with other IC-Cards
- VISA, SONY, Infineon alliance
- "Pasoli" contactless secure reader/writer for FeliCa cards and connection
to PCs or cash registers
- FeliCa Networks
- "i-Mode - FeliCa preview service"
- Overview and explanation
- Listing of participating companies
- Applications tested (summary outline)
9. FeliCa for transportation: Octopus, Suica, ...
- FeliCa for fare collection
- FeliCa as a de-facto standard for transportation payments
- FeliCa: Octopus card (Hong Kong)
- Felica in Hong Kong, Singapore, New Delhi and Bangkok
- FeliCa based transportation tickets in Japan
- Images of selected FeliCa based cards in Japan
10. Summary: SUICA smartcards
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