NFC for
Transit

G&D NFC solutions enable smooth migration for the transit sector

When transit applications migrate to cell phones, one of the challenges is to manage them over the whole lifecycle. Over-the-Air (OTA) provisioning of transit tickets offers significant benefits for both application issuers and consumers.

OTA provisioning is a process that enables ticket issuers to securely download and personalize ticket applications for public transportation in the secure element of the consumer’s NFC handset. As different transit operators and issuing authorities have different requirements and processes in place, OTA services need be individually configured, which is where G&D NFC solutions come in.

When using transportation tickets, the consumer usually also needs to reload value onto the ticket application. Since cell phones enable online connectivity, this can be performed Over-the-Air, independent of time and place. This type of top-up functionality is a true benefit for consumers and a powerful new service for the issuer.

Wide area of application

G&D TSM solutions support various business verticals, from payment to retail and beyond. Support for transit ticketing has always been one of the key objectives in designing and implementing G&D TSM solutions in view of the global adoption of contactless ticketing and G&D’s experience in the transit sector. Due to the fragmented technologies deployed in transit ticketing, a global TSM such as G&D that supports them all makes migration from contactless cards to mobile ticketing easy for transport authorities and their partners.

G&D TSM solutions for ticketing support the following features:

• Key management of the ticket issuer security domain (SD), including rotation of initial SD keys if necessary
• Loading of ticketing applications (applets) into the ticket issuer SD
• Personalization of applets
• Lifecycle management of the ticket issuer applet, such as locking, unlocking, and data updates
• Topping up ticket value
• Services related to management of the mobile application, such as mobile wallet and providing the user interface for ticket issuer applications
• Deletion of ticket issuer applets
• Multiple interfacing options with back-end ticketing systems
• Fully integrated customer care, monitoring, reporting, and billing functions

Simple and tailored NFC introduction

G&D NFC solutions are designed to support various technologies in a multi-vendor environment. Together with our extensive transit know-how, this means we can deliver solutions that support high volumes and availability.

With our knowledge of the transit sector and different business drivers, we are well positioned to provide world-class solutions to transit authorities planning to migrate to mobile devices. G&D is able to provide the transportation industry with a single interface for TSM services, hiding the fragmentation and complexity of different handsets, networks, and secure elements. Outsourced TSM services save significant investment in internal development and operation, as well as in capital expenditure. G&D offers an extensive suite of features, covering both current and future needs for a variety of ticketing applications and services.