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Oyster deal lights touchpaper for new tech makeover
News Last year TfL decided to terminate its contract with Oyster manager, the TranSys consortium. The TranSys consortium will continue to operate and deliver for the next two years.silicon.com Public Sector [16 Jan 2009]
EDS, Cubic get new run at TfL's Oyster scheme
News The new arrangement comes after TfL opted to break a previous 17-year contract with then Oyster manager TranSys Consortium, which included Cubic and EDS, citing "value for money issues". The break clause was exercised in... [19 Nov 2008]
Oyster brand and credit crunch to hit O2 mobile wallet?
News Any rollout of Oyster-enabled mobile phones could be delayed following Transport for London's decision to terminate its contract with the TranSys consortium last month. A TfL spokesman confirmed TranSys,... [15 Sep 2008]
Five-year wait for O2 Oyster card mobiles
News The mobile travelcard/wallet trial was announced back in November 2007, with O2 partnering with AEG, Barclaycard, Nokia, Transport for London, TranSys and Visa Europe to trial a Nokia handset that included an Oyster... [02 Sep 2008]
Legal move leaves Oyster contract in limbo
News Cubic, a member of the TranSys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the... [14 Aug 2008]
TfL ends Oyster card contract early
News Transport for London has terminated its contract with the TranSys consortium that provides the Oyster ticketing system for the London Underground, buses and trams. The spokesperson declined to go into the details of what... [11 Aug 2008]
Oyster outage hits London again
News A Transport for London (TfL) spokesperson said the problem is believed to be the result of incorrect data tables being sent out by the Oyster card contractor, Transys. London's Oyster travel smart card system has failed... [25 Jul 2008]
London travellers hit by Oyster outage
News TfL is investigating the cause of the outage with technology partner TranSys and has apologised for the inconvenience caused. Travellers in London were forced to pay full price fares on Saturday as the computer system... [14 Jul 2008]
O2 Tube trial takes mobile payments underground
News O2's partners for the trial include AEG, Barclaycard, Nokia, Transport for London, TranSys - the consortium that runs the Oyster card - and Visa Europe. O2 has today launched a six-month pilot of NFC (near-field... [28 Nov 2007]
Visa to kick off contactless cards this autumn
News September will see the commercial rollout of the new Barclaycard Visa credit card, developed with Transport for London and Transys and featuring contactless payWave technology combined on the same card with the Oyster... [04 May 2007]
Computer glitch crashes Tube's Oyster card network
News Transys, the EDS-led consortium behind the Oyster card system, said it had identified the problem by 8:30 a.m.and that most of the readers were working again by mid-morning. A spokeswoman for Transys... [10 Mar 2005]
Smartcard ticketing going Underground
News TranSys, a consortium of companies led by Electronic Data Systems (EDS) and Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS), designed the system and has so far outfitted 6,000 buses and 255 Tube stations to use the cards. [20 Nov 2002]
London Transport upgrades ticketing system
News London Underground's smartcard ticketing contract has gone to TranSys - a consortium of the Cubic Corporation, EDS, ICL and WS Atkins. One hundred and thirty London Underground staff will be transferred to... [14 Aug 1998]