LA Metro selects NXP's MIFARE Ultralight technology for paper ticketing

EINDHOVEN, THE NETHERLANDS: NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced that Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority (LA Metro) will begin circulating single and limited-use paper tickets that will use NXP MIFARE Ultralight contactless chip technology within its existing automatic fare collection infrastructure.

With over 353 million bus boardings in 2009, this technology will allow LA Metro passengers to use smart paper tickets with the installed contactless transportation ticketing system, thereby improving customer experience while significantly lowering maintenance costs.

Facts/highlights:
* End-user benefits of contactless ticketing for LA Metro:
-- Reduces lines at points of entry.
-- Enables faster boarding and exiting for passengers.
-- Easier upgrading by the transport operator.
* NXP has a strong track record in providing contactless chip (IC) technology for limited-use ticketing and their solutions are already used by other transport authorities, such as Moscow Metro, which carries nine million passengers on average a day
* Features of NXP MIFARE Ultralight contactless chip technology:
-- Ideal for single, limited-use, event and parking tickets.
-- Cost-efficient IC solution based on the worldwide established ISO 14443 infrastructure.
-- Fully compatible with MIFARE Ultralight C, which offers advanced flexibility and security for limited-use applications.