Planeta Informática LTDA joins OSPT Alliance

MUNICH, GERMANY: Expanding its membership base in Brazil, the Open Standard for Public Transport (OSPT) Alliance announced that Planeta Informática, a leading provider of smartcard-based telecom and automation solutions, has joined as a full member.

Planeta Informática's long experience in public transportation consulting and support will help accelerate development of new solutions based on open standards that enable public transport operators to more easily migrate existing fare collection systems and achieve greater security, interoperability, and cost-effectiveness.

"We are delighted to welcome Planeta Informática to the OSPT Alliance," said Laurent Cremer, executive director for the OSPT Alliance. "Brazil is an important market for electronic fare collection and Planeta Informática has earned a well respected position for its consulting and development offerings. We look forward to helping accelerate development of innovative public transportation fare collection solutions in the Brazilian market."

Planeta Informática has provided consulting and security expertise to the Brazilian public transportation market for more than a decade. The firm has developed a wide range of smart card solutions for telecommunications, automated vending, and industrial automation applications.

It also provides a full range of products from bus validators through hardware security modules, secure access modules, and recharge terminals. Planeta Informática focuses on helping customers reduce their costs, improve interoperability, enhance security, and increase performance. The company expects to expand its product range using contactless secure access module and CIPURSE technologies.