Gemalto to provide 3.5 million transit payment devices in Massachusetts
Gemalto, a world leader in digital security, today announced it is supplying transit payment devices to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for its historic CharlieCard electronic ticketing initiative. Gemalto is providing 3.5 million secure contactless transit smart cards to the MBTA for the program, enhancing the convenience and speed of service for public transportation in the Boston area.
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"Gemalto is dedicated to working with transit agencies to modernize systems to accept secure, personal smart payment cards," said Ernie Berger, president of Gemalto North America. "We are proud to be working with the MBTA on a program that utilizes our proven technology to raise the bar for efficiency and convenience within public transportation."
With CharlieCards, Massachusetts commuters no longer need to use paper tickets to ride the MBTA's bus and subway system. Instead, they simply hold the CharlieCard close to a reader that instantly deducts the fare from the card or validates their time-based pass, allowing them quick and easy entry to subways and buses.
By the end of this month, Gemalto will have successfully delivered 2.4 million secure contactless transit devices specified for the CharlieCard program to the MBTA. Because the cards were delivered fully encoded by Gemalto, the MBTA was able to distribute the cards immediately without having to be processed through the MBTA's smart card encoding equipment.
Gemalto is a key technology provider to major transport projects around the world, including a nationwide project in the Netherlands and citywide projects in Paris, London, Sao Paulo and Santiago. Gemalto has delivered more than 100 million transit cards globally.