The Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance, an international association which provides an open standard for secure transit fare collection solutions, this week announces that global mobile network operator, Telenor, has joined the organization as an Associate Member.
Telenor, which provides tele, data and media services in the Nordics, Central and Eastern Europe and Asia, will contribute to the work of OSPT Alliance’s CIPURSE standard to promote open contactless card standards and contribute to their evolution in the SIM market.
CIPURSE promises an advanced foundation for developing highly secure, interoperable and flexible fare collection solutions and aims to address the needs of public transport authorities to leverage technologies such as the NFC for fare collection.
Arne Munch-Ellingsen, Senior Research Scientist, Telenor
At Telenor, we believe that in order for the mobile ecosystem to grow and evolve in a sustainable and interoperable manner, it is crucial that it is based on open standards.
Laurent Cremer, Executive Director, OSPT Alliance
We are delighted to welcome Telenor to the alliance. The CIPURSE open standard provides a comprehensive solution for MNOs to support multi-application schemes, over-the-air application management and interaction with mobile wallet applications. Due to its open platform structure, CIPURSE can be treated as a link enabling a seamless convergence between closed-loop public transport, AFC applications and MNO-related infrastructures.
