Strasbourg rolls out interoperable NFC ticketing

Owners of Android NFC smartphones can now purchase, store and validate digital tickets and monthly or annual passes for buses, trams and other public transportation services in the French city of Strasbourg.

Transit operator Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) has rolled out an interoperable mobile ticketing service on all its transit networks.

The service is the first to use the HCE Calypso Interoperable Application (HCIA) — a solution developed by the Calypso Networks Association (CNA) — that uses host card emulation (HCE) technology to secure transactions, and CNA’s Hoplink platform to enable interoperability with other Calypso-based ticketing systems.