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Abu Dhabi launches smart card service on busesAbu Dhabi’s Department of Transport’s (DoT) has announced the launch of a smart card service on regional buses to facilitate the payment of trip fares in a way that saves users’ time, effort and money. Hafilat sm More… |
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Smart card ‘keys’ crucial to maintaining securityAs we move into 2017 it is widely known that most legacy access control cards and smart cards in the industry are easily copied and cloned. But it is important to remember that even if you are using a secure technology (like EV1), cards ca More… |
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Use of Emirates ID hits new heights at DXBA new service that enables the use of Emirates ID cards to pass through automated immigration gates at Dubai International (DXB) is gaining popularity, with more than 234,000 UAE residents using it during its phased roll out. Comp More… |
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Bahrain plans smart cards for public bus ridesA new drive is underway to promote the use of a smart card on Bahrain’s public buses, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication. To read further, please visit More… |
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Orange powers e-payment service in IraqOrange Business Services has signed an agreement with a Dubai-based technology partner of International Smart Card in Iraq, to provide SIMs that enable connectivity to support ISC’s 6,000 terminals at points of service across Iraq. More… |
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Egypt may delay fuel subsidy smart cardEgypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi asked his government on Saturday to consider postponing a smart card system for subsidised fuel which was due to come into effect in two days, state media said. "The president direct More… |
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Egypt to add cooking oil to smart card systemEgypt plans to add subsidised cooking oil to a new smart card system implemented last year, Supplies Minister Khaled Hanafi said on Monday, a move aimed at saving money and cutting down queues for poor consumers. The government is More… |
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Egypt oil product users sign up for smart cardAbout 90 percent of Egypt's main commercial users of petroleum products have begun using electronic smart cards for fuel purchases, the company contracted for the project designed to reduce costly energy subsidies said on Monday. More… |
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Libya plans 'smart cards' to cut fuel subsidiesLibya plans to limit the costly subsidies its citizens enjoy when buying motor fuel - much of which is smuggled into Tunisia for resale at higher prices - by introducing a "smart card" system like one newly implemented in neighbouring More… |
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Egypt eyes smart card system for fuel purchaseEgypt is hoping to implement a smart card system at the start of 2014 for fuel purchases by vehicle drivers, Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail said on Tuesday. The finance ministry said in July it planned to phase in the card syste More… |
