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PIF - Mar 2008 ALCO starts the PIF Transport Working Group |
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BKV Budapest-
Feb 2008 ALCO & Sequoia Smart Solutions advise Budapest's public transport operator |
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Tuxedo Money Solutions-Feb 2008 ALCO advises on the impact and opportunities arising from new technology |
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Mobank-Jan 2008 Mobank development supported by ALCO Consulting |
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Monitise -Jan 2008 Monitise strategy advised by ALCO Consulting |
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NFC Enabled Mobile Phones Mar 2008 Growing Marketplace Enthusiasm |
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Prepaid Cards - Mar 2008 The move to contactless smartcards is gathering pace |
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Citizen Cards - Mar 2008 New opportunities |
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Hot Topics
The.ICT environment is a fast changing one in which week on week there will be one or more new hot topics. However, suppliers and users alike, while wanting to keep up with the latest issues, wish to take a more stable approach, as well as address only those issues which become important.
At the present time, important hot topics surround the experience of the user with ICT based systems. As and when the use of ICT based systems becomes fully accepted as the normal method of access to services, other issues will rise in importance.
i) Services become user-centric, that is, the user is in charge, the choice is theirs and the success or otherwise of service delivery rests upon whether the user likes the service and its method of delivery;
(ii) Technology becomes transparent and it is the value of the service or application that is important;
(iii) In a remote online environment, the biggest single issue affecting a user's willingness to participate is Trust, including privacy and security;
(iv) At the same time it is recognised that without special efforts to provide adequate support, up to 40% of the population could be disenfranchised from access to online services as a result of fear, technophobia, lack of understanding, special needs affecting their ability to interface with systems or language difficulties. Accessibility is one of today’s key topics.
The.ICT environment is a fast changing one in which week on week there will be one or more new hot topics. However, suppliers and users alike, while wanting to keep up with the latest issues, wish to take a more stable approach, as well as address only those issues which become important.
At the present time, important hot topics surround the experience of the user with ICT based systems. As and when the use of ICT based systems becomes fully accepted as the normal method of access to services, other issues will rise in importance.
i) Services become user-centric, that is, the user is in charge, the choice is theirs and the success or otherwise of service delivery rests upon whether the user likes the service and its method of delivery;
(ii) Technology becomes transparent and it is the value of the service or application that is important;
(iii) In a remote online environment, the biggest single issue affecting a user's willingness to participate is Trust, including privacy and security;
(iv) At the same time it is recognised that without special efforts to provide adequate support, up to 40% of the population could be disenfranchised from access to online services as a result of fear, technophobia, lack of understanding, special needs affecting their ability to interface with systems or language difficulties. Accessibility is one of today’s key topics.
- NFC Enabled Mobile Phones - Mar 2008
- Prepaid Cards - Mar 2008
- Citizen Cards - Mar 2007
- NFC in mobile phones - Dec 2007
- m-commerce - Dec 2007
- The Race for Prepaid - Jan 2007
- Data Sharing - Jan 2007
- Consumer Issues - Jan 2007
- Implications of New Technology - Jan 2007
- Trust
- Special Needs - Oct 2006
- Being Smarter - Oct 2006