February 2006 - Ecebs Announces Contract Success with Transport Scotland

Ecebs Limited, has successfully completed a £325,000 order for Transport Scotland, an agency of the Scottish Executive.
The project involved the delivery of 6,500 high capacity secure smartcards, known as "ISAMs" (ITSO Security Application Modules), as part of a national initiative. This project represents a significant step forward in making smartcard transport ticketing a reality in Scotland. The ISAMs will be installed in terminals aboard buses and passenger carrying ferries, acting as card-reading devices, to enable the 1.2 million smartcards being issued by the Improvement Service on behalf of Scottish Local Authorities to be authenticated and operate as transport tickets. Managing Director, David Braddock, commented, " We are delighted to have completed this crucial stage of the implementation programme for Transport Scotland. These ISAMs will be the backbone of the largest smartcard transport ticketing system in the UK outside London."

About the Scottish Executive

The Scottish Executive is the devolved government for Scotland. The Executive was established in 1999, following the first elections to the Scottish Parliament. It is a coalition between the Scottish Labour Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrat Party. The Scottish Executive is responsible for most of the issues of day-to-day concern to the people of Scotland, including health, education, justice, rural affairs, and transport. It manages an annual budget of more than £27 billion in the financial year 2005-2006 which is due to rise to over £30 billion in 2007-2008. The Executive is led by a First Minister who is nominated by the Parliament and in turn appoints the other Scottish Ministers who make up the Cabinet.

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