Paris, 13 January2009. Spirtech announces the creation of Spirtech Consulting to assist transport operators and transport authorities in deploying teleticketing systems.

Composed of experienced engineers, experts in teleticketing based on Calypso, the contactless ticketing standard increasingly implemented in interoperable teleticketing systems in the world*. Spirtech Consulting is the best partner to assist transport organizations having to manage the development or there innovation of a teleticketing system.

« Spirtech Consulting results from the alliance of strong technical know-how and project management skills and its goal is to provide an innovative service in the technical assistance transport field. Spirtech Consulting creation resulted naturally of ten years of fruitful experience, providing solutions to the different actors of this industry. », said Emmanuel LEBEUL, Spirtech Consulting manager.

As teleticketing systems become increasingly complex, it is necessary to provide an added-value assistance based on time proven and acknowledged experience. Since ticketing systems provide customers with more and more services, an increasing number of actors have to collaborate in new teleticketing projects. At the same time, security has to be reinforced to guarantee the integrity of the system and to protect the customers’ assets. These projects therefore require strong technical and managerial skills: project management, contactless expertise, and know how in IT security. Spirtech Consulting fulfills these key requirements to help in the success of projects.

Spirtech Consulting identifies the current and future needs in terms of security, accessibility or supports optimization. Its services range from project management, to assistance, to contracting authorities and definition of requirements and technical specifications. 

Spirtech Consulting also can carry out tests and systems qualifications, benefiting from the engineering skills of Spirtech, with its own test and validation tools. Spirtech Consulting experts can validate the equipments and ensure the proper working of a teleticketing system and related products before, during and after their deployment. Spirtech also provides training sessions about teleticketing, cryptography and electronic banking.

Spirtech currently assists STIB/MIVB, the public transport operator in Brussels, Belgium, to deploy its teleticketing system and manage the tests platform. Its experts also validate the system to ensure its integrity and to correct potential problems. 

Spirtech also assists Lille Metropole Communauté Urbaine, the public transport authority in Lille, France, in the deployment of its new interoperable teleticketing transport system.

About Spirtech.

Spirtech is an independent engineering and design company, expert in smartcards systems, teleticketing and cryptography. Spirtech experts participated in the creation of significant innovations such as theISO14443 standard and the teleticketing standard Calypso. They also designed the SAM-S1 which is used to secure Calypso transactions all over the world. Spirtech assists transport authorities and operators as well as Calypso-licensed companies when they wish to implement Calypso to foster interoperability and multimodality in their teleticketing systems. Spirtech provides technical assistance to Calypso Networks Association (CNA).