Calypso : the right choice for interoperability

Interoperability is  a major issue for ticketing systems since a growing number of passengers both inside and outside European borders like to travel in comfort and appreciate coherent services, simplified fare management and seamless transport changes without involving any special effort. The development of new form factors including NFC mobile phones and smartphones will increase the need for such services.

Among all parameters that will make interoperability easier, international standardization is an essential step towards a mutual understanding of differing heterogeneous systems.

Calypso is well on the path to meeting this normative approach and meanwhile supplies all the requirements to a real interoperability through the seven layers of its transaction framework.

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Interview Philippe Vappereau, Calypso and CNA Chairman

After the successful Calypso open session in december ,  Philippe Vappereau,  Calypso Networks Association 's chairman summerize the key points of the developement of ticheting in 2010 and reveals  the main objectives of the asociation for 2011 . He  analyzes the situation of Calypso in the market and gives his opinion about the OSPT initiative.

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Calypso Values Open to new technologies

Today, trials are constantly taking place all over the world with use of new devices to access daily living services: NFC mobile phones, Java cards, contactless USB keys are tomorrow a foreseen medium that will be present in everyone’s pockets to access a wide range of services. Among them, transport access plays a major role since the customer’s media (portable object) will be frequently used by the user, and will allow him/her to load and validate a transport application, buy some contracts and renew them independently.

You can learn more about all the Calypso values by downloading the Calypso Handbook.

Technical Issues WG1 : CNA technical working groups

CALYPSO NETWORKS ASSOCIATION  is supporting technical working groups in order to contribute to international standardization process or to facilitate the deployment of tickting systems. In 2010 some of them have been completed.
The final WP 1.1 document gives a full set of recommendations to terminal manufacturers in order to meet the latest Calypso specification rev 3.1 requirements.
The final WP 1.2 document is a reference guideline on how to implement Calypso inside a ticketing system architecture.
The WP9 has listed the discrepancies between ISO 14443 and EMVCo protocols and studied the possibility to rely on EMVCo Level 1 Type approval as a certification scheme for the contactless communication level.

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Events

CNA  will be represented in differents parts of the world during 2011:  UAE (UITP World congress Dubai), Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Romania Brazil,China,…

Calypso Networks Association Members

AP Trans, ASK, ATM SPA, EB Corp, Ecebs, Erg, Eurolum, Galitt, Gemalto, ITSO, Landratsamt Konstantz, Link Consulting, Ministry of Transport of Israel, Mta, Net-Boss, Oberthur technologies, Octal Engenharia de Sistemas, Otlis, Parkeon, RATP, Sagem Sécurité, Smart Packaging Solutions, SNCF, Spirtech, St Microelectronics, Stib, Transdev, Urtp, Vela, Watchdata System, Wayfarer Transit Systems…

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