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Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc
14 February 2006

                       Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc

               ADVANCED SMARTCARD TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES CONTRACT 
                         SUCCESS WITH TRANSPORT SCOTLAND


Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc, through its wholly owned subsidiary 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."


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Date: February 14, 2006

For further information contact:

Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc                       01355-268521
David Braddock, Managing Director
Stephen Naylor, Finance Director

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Ian Callaway
Peter Manfield

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Simon Courtenay
Lynn Mah



NOTES TO EDITORS


About Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc ("SMRT", "The Company")

Advanced Smartcard Technologies plc, through its wholly owned subsidiary Ecebs
Limited, is a profit making, software company operating in the dynamic and
expanding smartcard arena. SMRT listed on AIM in December 2005. The Company
provides smartcard technology to a wide range of user markets including
transport, ID, healthcare, finance and local and national government departments
and blue-chip companies.

The Company's key differential is its core intellectual property, a software
product branded 'Multefile(TM)'. This is a patented, groundbreaking technology,
which is set to radically improve the way smartcards are deployed and developed
within the industry, significantly reducing development costs and increasing the
flexibility of smartcard solutions. Multefile(TM) enables smartcard issuers to
directly manage their smartcards after issue - bringing significant benefit to
both issuers and users.

www.astplc.com


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.


www.scotland.gov.uk/







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