Global technical association, OSPT Alliance, has reported that its open, non-proprietary CIPURSE™ standard has been selected for a new automated fare collection solution trial across Moscow’s Skolkovo bus route. The trial will provide a secure and cost-effective ticketing solution for travellers between Moscow City’s business district and the city’s famed start-up and innovation hub, Skolkovo. […]

By Laurent Cremer, OSPT Alliance.  The smart ticketing industry continues to face a number of obstacles and increasing pressures, with each region and market vertical facing its own specific challenges. But in such a diverse and rapidly evolving landscape, with new solutions and technologies constantly emerging, how can we know which trends will stick? As the […]

OSPT Alliance, the global community advancing a non-proprietary standard CIPURSE™ for secure transit fare collection solutions, has boosted its membership by welcoming 15 new members in the past six months bringing its total membership to 86. The priorities of the association are driven by its membership base, comprising representatives from a wide spectrum of solution providers from across the […]

OSPT Alliance, the global community advancing a non-proprietary standard CIPURSE™ for secure transit fare collection solutions, has launched a System Integration Sub-Working Group to create a dedicated CIPURSE Specification and guidelines for terminals and readers. The work will enable any terminal, or a reader implementing application logic, to communicate and seamlessly interoperate with any CIPURSE-based card or account using […]

 OSPT Alliance, a vendor neutral, global association chartered to help the transit, mobile and loyalty markets move towards an open infrastructure that enablessecure, cost-effective and flexible fare collection solutions, today announced that it has added Cardtek to its membership base.  Cardtek develops end-to-end payment solutions for banks, processors, telecom operators, retail and public transit services – serving over 150 customers across 28 countries worldwide. As a full […]

OSPT Alliance, the technical industry body which develops the CIPURSE™ open security standard, today announces its Board for 2017. Founding members Giesecke & Devrient, Infineon and Oberthur Technologies, will be joined by Arjo Systems, a leading solutions provider for ticketing & transport, and government ID, and Rambus, a global leader that develops technologies and solutions […]