MOBILE TICKETING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORT- From a Financial Institution and NFC Ecosystems point of view

Bent Bentsen, Senior Advisor, DNB Bank ASA

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SOME THOUGHTS ON HOW THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY MAY SUPPORT PUBLIC TRANSPORT

NORWEGIAN STANDARDIZATION EFFORTS ON MOBILE TICKETING I PUBLIC TRANSPORT

MOBILE TICKETING CHALLENGES (SEEN FROM THE «OUTSIDE»)

Norwegian standardization efforts on mobile ticketing i public transport

• Norwegian standardization on electronic ticketing in public transport is governed by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, delegated to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration

• A national workgroup on mobile ticketing was established in September 2011. A few banks were invited to participate

• Result: HB206 , part 25 – Electronic Ticketing on Mobile Phones and Appendices

Mobile ticketing challenges, seen from the outside

• Legacy electronic ticketing solutions are not easily migrated to mobile• Often based on proprietary and licensed technologies like MIFARE and

CALYPSO• Mobile requires open and standardized solutions

• Provisioning and management of mobile, smart card based solutions requires heavy investments in infrastructure (TSM etc.)

• Legacy electronic ticketing solutions deployed for mobile doesn’t really solve the problem for sporadic travelers and tourists

• “New” solutions like mobile ticketing apps is currently fragmented• Not well suited for travelling across multiple PTA domains• Not well suited for tourists

Some thoughts on how the financial industry may support public transport- using payment cards for public transport ticketing

Payment cards are ubiquitous and global – everybody has one