“Gemplus” products presentation

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30 th November, 2005 – A presentation of world leader company in smart card solution “Gemplus“ took place at the “Penki kontinentai“ conference center (Business center “Europa“, Konstitucijos ave 7, Vilnius). Represenative of the company financial services manager Michail Grochowski have presented “Gemplus“ products and solutions: chip cards; ID cards; chip cards readers; new directions in chip cards technologies.

Gemplus was founded in 1988, at the very start of the development of smart card technology.

In 2005, Gemplus was named the industry leader for a seventh consecutive year with a 27% market share.

Gemplus International SA (GISA) is incorporated in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and has a number of subsidiaries and associates around the world. Together, they are collectively referred to as “Gemplus” unless otherwise indicated. Gemplus International SA is traded on stock exchanges in Paris (Euronext) and New York (NASDAQ).

Products and services of “Gemplus”:

• Memory and microprocessor cards for use in wireless communications SIM cards, and payment systems and in other various applications;
• A full range of associated software, middleware, and server-based solutions;
• Consultation, training and support services;
• Smart card interfaces, readers, and chipsets.
These enable a wide variety of secure, portable, personalized solutions in areas like Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail, Healthcare, Transport, Identity, WLAN, Pay-TV, E-Government and Access Control.

Key figures

5 billion: total smart cards supplied
656 million: smart cards supplied in 2004
865 million euros: 2004 revenue