Consortia


CNA (Calypso Networks Association)
Calypso is the electronic ticketing standard which defines the secured dialogue between cards and terminal. It was developed by a group of European partners from the cities of Brussels in Belgium, Lisbon in Portugal, Konstanz in Germany, Paris in France and Venice in Italy. To carry out theses missions, the Calypso founders and users have decided to form Calypso Networks Association, a non-profit organisation. The main tasks of Calypso Networks Association are to: Establish long lasting relations with all the partners using the Calypso specifications; define and direct the reference specifications; implement a certification policy, to guarantee the compatibility of all current and future products; establish a Calypso label issued by an independent organisation; promote Calypso to operators and manufacturers to yield its distribution; contribute to the international standardization process; facilitate and harmonize the shared members' needs and experiences; encourage all actions of mutual assistance in the implementation of Calypso e-ticketing systems.
Calypso Networks Association: Avenue de la Toison d'Or, 15 B 1050 Bruxelles BELGIUM	Secretary General: secretary@calypsonet-asso.org Information: contact@calypsonet-asso.org www.calypsonet-asso.org


CONCERT International
Born in 1987, the CONCERT is a trade association which leverages the expertise of the companies which have contributed, in the last fifteen years, to the emergence of the chip card use in a number of new domains around the world. The creation of this professional body enables these men and women to materialise their wish to participate in the development of this sector and to make use of their exceptional know-how.It expresses the existence of a true community of interests. Right in the heart of multiple market streams, technologies and information, CONCERT actively anticipates tomorrow’s trends to influence the necessary evolutions and to initiate new approaches and promote new technologies.
CONCERT International 8, rue de Crouy 41220 St Laurent Nouan FRANCE	Tel: +33 2 54 87 06 12 Information: contact@concert-asso.com www.concert.asso.fr


EPASOrg
EPASOrg is an international non-profit association founded by key industry players. The mission of EPASOrg is to foster interoperability by agreeing on, developing and implementing common protocol specifications related to secure card payments. The resulting standards, based on best practices, will facilitate an improved experience for merchants and cardholders alike. By increasing standardisation and interoperability, EPASOrg is dedicated to overcoming the barriers of today’s fragmented card payment environment.
EPASOrg 19-21, rue du Luxembourg B-1000 Bruxelles BELGIQUE	secretariat@epasorg.eu Tel: +32 2 506 88 20 www.epasorg.eu


EPCA
The European Payments Consulting Association, EPCA, is a pan European association of national consultancies, founded in 1998. The European Payments Consulting Association consists of six consultancy firms based in Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain and The Netherlands. Their focus is on: strategy consulting; payments infrastructure and organisation; payments product development; financial modelling and business-case calculations; research and analysis.
EPCA Im Uhrig 7 D - 60433 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY	Tel: +49 69 95 11 77 www.epca.de


GlobalPlateform
GlobalPlatform is the world leader in smart card infrastructure development. Its proven technical specifications for cards, devices and systems are regarded as the industry standard for achieving interoperable, sustainable and flexible smart card deployments that support multi-application, multi-actor and multi-business model implementations. GlobalPlatform is a member driven association with cross-industry representation from all world continents. As of October 2008, an estimated 305.7 million GlobalPlatform-based smart cards had been deployed globally and an additional two billion mid range USIM/SIM cards worldwide are estimated to use GlobalPlatform card technology to enable over-the-air (OTA) application downloads for 3G and GSM mobile networks.
CGlobalPlatform, Inc. 1515 Cordilleras Road Redwood City, CA 94062 USA	www.globalplatform.org


Mercatel
Mercatel is an association created in 1986 by retailers, merging industry, service providers, IT and consulting companies and professionnal organisations. Mercatel and its members watch over the market, analyze and suggest adapted trends and answers to retailers.
Mercatel 18, rue de Londres 75009 Paris FRANCE	contact@mercatel.info Tel : +33 1 44 54 49 81 www.mercatel.info


Pôle TES
Secured Electronic Transactions are essential and strategic stakes for the society nowadays and in the future. Challenges to be taken up concern trust and security.The centre of competitiveness dedicated to Secured Electronic Transactions ("Pôle de Compétitivité TES"), located in Caen - France, has accepted this challenge, leveraging competences of companies, university departments and professional training centres. Thus the centre of competitiveness is intending to master the global issues related to the technological innovation, habits, marketing and legal aspects, in order to become a worldwide reference entity.
APTES 14 rue Alfred Kastler 14000 Caen FRANCE	contact@pole-tes.com Tel: +33 2 31 53 63 30 www.pole-tes.com


OSCar
OSCar objectives are the implementation of an acceptance infrastructure in compliance with SEPA FAST and EPAS specifications, in a multi-scheme, multi-country real environment, and to improve a common SEPA certification process.
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