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China Mobile Selects Gemalto’s Multimedia SIM Technology to Deploy Innovative Services and Applications for its Customers

High profile deployment of FullMultimedia and Smart Card Web Server technologies Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 24, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been selected by China Mobile for the commercial launch of its latest generation of SIM cards, FullMultimedia. First deployed during the Olympic Games, these advanced technology cards host…

Morocco issues the millionth biometric contactless national identity card with Thales’s e-ID secure solution

The world’s first national ID system based on contactless smart card technology reaches significant milestone November 18, 2008–Just seven months after the production of the first document, the Kingdom of Morocco’s national security service (DGSN – Direction Générale de la Sécurité Nationale) has already issued its millionth biometric contactless ID cards. The revolutionary national ID…

The 2008 BFM Awards Recognize Gemalto’s Stock Market Performance

Every year, BFM Radio – France’s leading business-oriented radio station – acknowledges most innovative and entrepreneurial companies. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Nov 18, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, has been awarded the prize for the “best stock market performance” by the 2008 BFM Awards. The jury, comprising the station’s leading journalists,…

Athena’s IDProtect Smart Card and Middleware Approved for US Government PIV/HSPD-12 Deployment

The US Government GSA approves Athena’s Smart Card and Middleware for HSPD-12 Deployment Cupertino, November 17, 2008–Athena Smartcard Solutions, a leading developer of smart cards for Digital ID, announced today that the Athena IDProtect Duo PIV, contact-contactless smart card was approved by US Government GSA for deployment in HSPD-12 programs. The Athena IDProtect Duo PIV…

Gemalto and LG Electronics Launch the First Commercial Handset Supporting Smart Card Web Server technology

LG Renoir enriches mobile operators’ SIM-based multimedia offer Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 13, 2008–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 – GTO), the world leader in digital security, and LG Electronics (KSE: 066570.KS), a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today announce the availability of the first commercial mobile phone supporting the Smart Card Web Server (SCWS)¹,…

LEGIC® strengthens its position in Southern Europe with Italian and Spanish website

Zurich, November 13, 2008–Direct information access for end customers and system integrators LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, strengthen its position in southern European market and presents its Italian and Spanish website http://www.legic.com. That way, the company continues its international focusing and reacts to the increasing demand of…

Free University of Bozen banks on one single card

Multi-functional contactless campus card with LEGIC technology Zurich, November 13, 2008–Identification, access authorisation and time & attendance are standard with every e-card system. The extended solution of the University of Bozen/Bolzano also includes an electronic payment system, a library card, printing and copying card as well as internet access, a voting card and much more,…

SCM Microsystems Receives Volume Orders of Smart Card Readers for U.S. Government Security Programs

ISMANING, Germany, November 12, 2008–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced today that it has received volume orders of smart card readers for the Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) program. Recent orders from SCM’s U.S. distributors topped 400,000 readers for ongoing…