Category: Member News

Axalto Chosen for Largest North American Health Care Smart Card Rollout

AUSTIN, Texas, November 2, 2004–Axalto, the world’s leading provider of microprocessor cards, announced today that it has been selected to provide all two million microprocessor cards for the Puerto Rico Department of Health’s new Health Smart Card (“Tarjeta Inteligente De Salud”) program. The project covers the entire Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and is the largest…

Atmel Ramps up Production of Microcontroller Devices at UK Facility Targeting 60 Million Chips Per Month

Key Sectors of Growth Address Increased Demand in Industrial, Consumer and Security Applications NORTH TYNESIDE, England, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/–Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML), a global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductors, focused on microcontrollers, nonvolatile memory, logic, RF components and sensors, announced today that it is ramping up the UK’s largest and most…

Supercom Ltd. sells automated smart card production system to a European government

Expected sales revenues at $1.25M in the fourth quarter 2004 New York, NY, and Ra’anana, Israel, November 1, 2004–SuperCom Ltd. (Euronext: SUP) a leading smart card and e-ID technology integrator and solutions provider serving governmental and commercial markets, announced today that the Company has sold an automated smart card production system. This technology is based…

OTI is First Company to Receive Multi-Product Certification to Support MasterCard PayPass™

Receives MasterCard Certification for Both Card and Reader Solutions Full Solution to be Demonstrated at Cartes Show in Paris, November 2-4 FORT LEE, N.J., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–On Track Innovations Ltd, (OTI) (Nasdaq: OTIV; Prime Standard [Frankfurt]: OT5), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions, for homeland security, micropayments, petroleum payments and other applications,…

Cryptography Research Launches Licensing Program for Tamper Resistance Patents to Prevent Fraud and Piracy

Early Adopter Incentives Offered to Makers of Smart Cards and Other Secure Devices SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire/–Cryptography Research, Inc. today announced it is now licensing its Differential Power Analysis (DPA) countermeasure technology for cryptographic device manufacturers, smart card vendors, and smart card issuers wanting to produce secure, DPA-resistant products. The Cryptography Research DPA Countermeasure…

STMicroelectronics Extends Contactless Secure MCU Family with 2-kbyte EEPROM Version for Cost-Sensitive High-Performance Applications

Financial institutions, mass transit operators, and card embedders will benefit from the latest addition to ST’s contactless ST19 smartcard chip range GENEVA, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has added a new contactless smartcard microcontroller with 2-kbytes of EEPROM–the ST19WR02–to its successful ST19 family of field-proven secure MCUs. ST is the world’s leading supplier of smart-card…

SCM Microsystems, OMNIKEY and Kobil Define New Standard for PINPad Smart Card Readers

Industry Leaders Standardize Implementation of Secure PIN-Entry for Smart Card Applications FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–SCM Microsystems (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY), OMNIKEY and Kobil Systems have agreed on a joint standard for developing smart card readers with integrated PINpads (Class 2 readers). The creation of a common specification for smart card readers with integrated…

Frost & Sullivan Honour Reiterates Gemplus’ Leadership in World Smart Card Readers Market

LONDON, England, October 28 /PRNewswire/–Gemplus has been presented the 2004 Frost & Sullivan Award for Market Leadership in the highly competitive world market for smart card readers. The company was the number one smart card reader supplier in 2003, with a 21% market share, shipping some 1.9 million units. “Among the major smart card reader…

New 32-bit SIM Chip from STMicroelectronics Will Benefit Mobile Phone Multimedia Services

ST22N256 Doubles Multi-Media Message Storage Capability and Enables Advanced Phonebook and MMS Applications, Allowing Telecom Operators to Provide Enhanced 2.5G and 3G M-Services STMicroelectronics Will be At Cartes 2004, November 2-4, in Paris, Booth 3E14 GENEVA, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM) has announced a new smartcard MCU in its ST22 range–based on the SmartJ™ Java-accelerated…

SCM Microsystems Delivers Smart Card Readers for Belgium’s National e-ID Program

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCMM; Prime Standard: SMY) today announced it has delivered smart card readers to international technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) for use in Belgium’s National e-ID program. Belgium is becoming the first European country to standardize the electronic identity card. By the end of 2009, every Belgian…