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ActivCard Offers Industry’s First Complete Portfolio with Biometric

FREMONT, Calif. and LUND, Sweden, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivCard® (EUROPE: ACTI) , the leader in IDentity Management (IDM) software for remote access, single sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today announced an expanded cooperation with its partner Precise Biometrics AB (publ), developer and provider of world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints, to deliver…

Trintech and IBM to Deploy Secure, Chip-Enabled PINPad Infrastructure to Ireland’s Post Office Network Nationally

Trintech Group Plc (Nasdaq: TTPA; Neuer Markt: TTP), a leading provider of secure payment solutions, today announced that An Post, Ireland’s Post Office Authority, has deployed Trintech’s secure, chip-enabled PINPad infrastructure nationally. The new technology enables An Post to offer AIB Bank customers the facility to carry out banking transactions throughout its network of over…

NTRU Experts to Head Public Key Security Seminar at 2003 Joint Mathematics Conference

NTRU’s William Whyte, Nicholas Howgrave-Graham and Daniel Lieman to Discuss Mathematical and Practical Considerations in Cryptography NTRU, the only provider of strong security that fits everywhere, today announced that William Whyte, director of cryptographic research and development at NTRU, Nicholas Howgrave-Graham, senior cryptographer at NTRU and Daniel Lieman, NTRU co-founder and director of applications will…

Oberthur Card Systems and Hungarian Tax Office make life less taxing for tax VIPs; The first widespread use of digital signature in the Hungarian Government sector

Oberthur Card Systems, a global leader in the smart card industry, today announced that it has supplied the Hungarian Tax Office with the client elements of an innovative tax return system. The new web based system not only offers optimum security, but is also set to significantly reduce processing times. In accordance with new government…

Nokia and Gemplus Demonstrate R-UIM for North American Wireless Customers

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, today announced the first successful test of Removable User Identity Module (R-UIM) technology in a CDMA handset for the North American wireless market. R-UIM technology offers benefits such as having one phone number for easy international roaming, a new range…

Ztango and Gemplus Announce Wireless Media Services’ Distribution Agreement

Companies to Leverage SIM-Based Solution for the Delivery of Wireless Media LAS VEGAS, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire/–Ztango, Inc., a leading wireless media and entertainment downloadables’ provider, today announced a sales distribution agreement with Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, to provide innovative media download services that are empowered by SIM technology….

Gemplus Wins Landmark Contract for Sultanate of Oman National Identification Program

Awarded with contract to supply a comprehensive national identity solution including the issuance of over 1.2 million smart ID cards Part of Sultanate of Oman strategy to improve quality of public service and homeland security infrastructure First nationwide smart card-based citizen identity solution to be deployed in the Middle East LUXEMBOURG, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Gemplus International…

2002 Round-Up of Gemplus Telecom Activity Shows Smart Card Solutions Driving Industry Developments

PARIS, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/, Cartes 2002–Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP; Paris Euronext: Euroclear 5768), the world’s leading provider of smart card-enabled solutions, today reviews its telecommunications business showing a marked increase within the telecom industry to adopt smart card-based solutions. Since announcing a strategic move from being a smart card provider to being a SIM-based solutions provider…

SchlumbergerSema Introduces .NET Card Technology to Bring Smart Card-Enabled Security to the Multimedia World

PARIS, (BUSINESS WIRE), Nov. 12, 2002–SchlumbergerSema, a business segment of Schlumberger Limited (NYSE: SLB), demonstrated .NET Card, an innovative smart card platform technology that brings smart card security to new market segments for multimedia, Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi), digital rights management solutions, next-generation mobile messaging and home entertainment applications. The SchlumbergerSema .NET Card technology enables easy…