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LEGIC strengthens its presence in Austria and Eastern Europe through partnership with card manufacturer Inplastor

Zurich, November 2008–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, continues to expand its partner network and agrees a licence partnership with the Austrian Inplastor GmbH. This will enable the card manufacturer in future to increasingly offer contactless identification media based on the modern LEGIC advant multi-application technology. With…
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LEGIC continues its expansion on the Spanish market

LEGIC is extending its partner network in Spain with ELECTRÓNICA MEYSH. End-users will, as a result, get further security and flexibility through a broader range of advanced security systems using LEGIC technology. Zurich, November 2008–LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, has signed a licence partnership with ELECTRÓNICA…
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Hypercom Provides Payment Terminals for Successful Contactless-Enabled Mobile Phone Payment Trial in Australia

SCOTTSDALE, AZ, November 25, 2008–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today announced that it has provided contactless-enabled payment devices for the successful consumer trial launched recently at Melbourne’s Docklands in Australia. The program allows consumers to make purchases by waving their NFC-enabled mobile phones over contactless readers integrated with Hypercom’s Optimum T4200 family of devices. “Customers immediately…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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,…