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rate is projected to reach around 20
percent and in 2016, 44 percent.
This equates to shipments of 377
million NFC-enabled handsets in
2014, and 918 million in 2016.
Revolutionise the industry
Last year witnessed several pilot
programmes in which NFC-
enabled smart phones were used by
faculty members and students to
gain access to university buildings.
There were also a small number
of projects within the hospitality
sector. The pace at which NFC is
adopted for the purpose of physical
access control is anticipated to vary
by region due to factors including
the number of smart phones that
are NFC-enabled, the participation
of local mobile network operators
and the involvement of security
companies. According to IMS Re-
search, for physical access control,
the use of NFC-enabled smart
phones has the potential to rede-
fine the concept of the credential
and revolutionise the access control
industry.
Competing technologies
Are there any competing technolo-
gies? Amid the changing role of
the credential, the industry is
expected to be further complicated
with the rise of near field com-
munication (NFC) used in mobile
phones. While still in its infancy,
the number of NFC-enabled
handsets is expected to rise over
the next five years. IMS Research
estimated that 2.3 percent of
cellular handsets, or 35.4 million,
shipped in 2011 were NFC-
enabled. In 2014, the NFC attach
electronic funds, and gain access
to workstations.
Lower price
How are rights managed? Being
able to use the credential to
update access rights at various
door readers and electronic locks
is becoming increasingly popular.
Known in the industry as access-
on-a-card, the smart card cre-
dential chip utilises its read/write
function to receive the most up-
to-date access permissions from
an online door lock or reader; the
card in turn updates the other
readers located in the building.
By having the access rights on the
card versus the reader, security
managers are able to install more
near-online readers within a build-
ing at a lower price compared to a
fully online system.
Smart card credentials, which rep-
resent approximately 40 percent of
the global credential market, are
expected to lead the next genera-
tion of credentials used for physi-
cal access control and secondary
applications such as electronic
payment, identity management
and access-on-a-card.
The next generation of access
control credentials are expected to
do more than provide door access.
Often users need to ask themselves
three key questions.
Purpose
For what purpose or purposes
will the credential be used? The
credential environment is chang-
ing with many end-users wishing
to use the same credential for
not only access control but also
to access health records, hold
SmartcardsandNFCtorefreshaccessmarket
Austin, Texas (USA)
The 400 million dollar global access control credential
market is set to be rejuvenated by smart cards and
near-field communication (NFC), according to a new
study published by IMS Research.
Last year witnessed
several pilot pro-
grammes in which
NFC-enabled smart
phones were used
by faculty members
and students to gain
access to university
buildings.
1,400 kilometres
of subway
According to China's twelfth five
year plan, another 1,400 kilo-
metres of subway lines will be in
operation by the end of 2015,
with the number of airports in
China planned to increase from
180 in 2011 to 230 by 2015.
Liu continues, "These two ver-
ticals will be the cornerstone of
infrastructure projects in China
with large scale investment being
provided from the Chinese gov-
ernment. Furthermore, growth
is also set to be boosted by the
trend to one-card solutions
in China which is leading to
further growth opportunities for
access control software."
pad for access control software.
Each large scale project typically
integrates sub-systems into one
platform, such as other security
systems, fire protection systems,
parking systems, electronic patrol
systems and other intelligent
management systems.
panels and credentials. It's only
in the last one-to-two years that
the topic of integration has come
to light spurred on by large scale
complex systems that were previ-
ously unheard of in China".
Large scale public projects
During the global financial crisis
a total of RMB 4 trillion was
released into China. The net effect
has been an increase in the num-
ber of large scale public projects,
especially transportation projects
such as airports and subways,
which are providing a launch
In the latest edition of its 2012
Electronic Physical Access Control
China research, IMS Research
suggests access control software
revenues in China are set to grow
with a compound annual growth
rate of 17.2 percent, reaching
revenues of 40.4 million dollars
in 2016.
Previously unheard of
Market analyst and report author,
Rita Liu, comments "Historic
revenues for access control soft-
ware have looked relatively small
in comparison to readers, control
AccesscontrolsoftwareisgrowinginChina
Austin, Texas (USA)
China's access control software market has emerged
from the global financial crisis with added vigor ac-
cording to new research from IMS Research.
IMS Research sug-
gests access control
software revenues in
China are set to grow
with a compound
annual growth rate of
17.2 percent, reaching
revenues of 40.4 mil-
lion dollars in 2016.