ACS to give a speech in Directions for NFC and Mobile Contactless Business in Japan
March 28, 2009
Hong Kong, 28 Mar, 2009 - Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210, www.acs.com.hk) , Asia Pacific's number one supplier in PC-linked smart card readers industry (Source: research report issued by Frost & Sullivan), gave a presentation in a forum – Directions for NFC and Mobile Contactless Business which was co-organized by APSCA (Asia Pacific Smart Card Association) and NIKKEI in IC Card World 2009, in Tokyo, Japan on 3 Mar 2008. 
The forum aimed to discuss the coming trends and directions for NFC (Near Field Communications) and mobile contactless sector in 2009. Over 70 delegates from Japan and Asia Pacific attended it and all of them received a free ACR122 NFC contactless smart card reader evaluation kit (ACR122 EVK) from ACS which can facilitate the development of NFC applications in a more convenient and efficient way. Gilbert Leung, Sales Director of ACS and Hiroyoshi Shimada, General Manager of ACS Japan were both invited to be one of the speakers in the forum. They shared ACS’s experience on global NFC applications. Besides talking about some cases focusing on convenience and security areas, they also presented an interesting NFC project of online entertainment based on Web2.0 technology which has been generating huge of positive feedbacks.
“ACS participated actively in different worldwide NFC projects in 2008. By sharing our experience on some of those cases, we hope not only to address the challenges that we encountered to the current and potential developers, but also to stimulate their creativity to create more interesting and value-added real-life NFC applications,” said Gilbert Leung.
“I appreciate APSCA’s effort in organizing this kind of forums. This forum provides a good opportunity for all market players to share the latest market information and technology know-how. Although the NFC deployment may probably slow down in 2009 due to the economic downturn and lack of standardization, ACS stays optimistic towards the prospect of NFC technology and will continue to put in resources in this area!” he continued.
About ACS
Advanced Card Systems Ltd. (ACS, Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 8210), founded in 1995, Asia Pacific's top supplier of PC-linked smart card readers (Source: Research Report issued by Frost & Sullivan) is one of a select group of global companies at the forefront of the smart card revolution. ACS develops, and distributes a wide range of high quality smart card reading/writing devices, smart cards, and related security products to over 100 countries worldwide, facilitating an easier adoption of smart card applications in different industries. Visit ACS at www.acs.com.hk.
About APSCA
The Asia Pacific Smart Card Association (APSCA) is a non-profit, independent association for organisations in the smart card industry in the Asia Pacific region. The Association delivers information, consultancy, guidance and networking to corporations and government organisations, including smart card scheme operators and suppliers. Visit APSCA at www.apsca.org.