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Gemplus Reaches Another Major Milestone for SIM Cards in Smart Card History; 500 Million SIM Cards Sold and Deployed Across the Globe

Deployment Confirms Gemplus’ Position as the Leader in Providing Smart Cards and Smart Card-Based Solutions Figures Illustrate That Over One in Three SIM Cards Currently Deployed In the Field Is Made by Gemplus In the U.S., SIM Deployment Grew From 9 to 13 Million With Additional Volumes for the iDEN networks, (Source: EMC Database Q1’02)…
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Schlumberger Awarded Common Access Card Contract by U.S. Department of Defense; Cumulative Estimate of $9.3 Million for Schlumberger CACTUS Middleware

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers HOUSTON, (BUSINESS WIRE), Aug. 12, 2002–Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB), a global technology services company, today announced it has been selected as a supplier of middleware, through its DeXa.Badge(a) information security offering, for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Common Access Card (CAC) program. This contract is also part of the DoD Enterprise…
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Smart Card Alliance Releases New White Paper

New York, NY, May 22, 2002–Combining smart card and biometric technologies is one of the best ways to assure information and physical security, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper released today. “Smart Cards and Biometrics in Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification Systems” outlines how smart cards and biometrics enhance security, privacy, performance and…
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Cubic Corp. Introduces New National Security and Homeland Defense Technologies

SAN DIEGO & ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (BUSINESS WIRE), Sept. 9, 2002–Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB) will roll out a variety of new national security and homeland defense technologies at the “2002 National Security and Homeland Defense Symposium,” Sept. 10-12 in Atlantic City, N.J. The technologies include products and systems to improve intelligence and warning, emergency preparedness and…
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IR Recognition Systems Partners With HID–Integrates iCLASS Smart Cards Into Biometric HandKeys

CAMPBELL, Calif. (BUSINESS WIRE) Sept. 10, 2002–IR Recognition Systems, the biometric component of Ingersoll-Rand’s (IR) Security & Safety Group’s Electronic Access Control (EACD) and the world’s largest supplier of biometric readers for access control and time and attendance applications, announced that it is showcasing its hand geometry readers integrated with HID’s new iCLASS 13.56 MHz…
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Sun Microsystems Powers Asia’s Largest Smart Card-Based Health Card Project

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW) today announced the successful deployment of Java Card™ technology and Sun network solutions by the Bureau of National Health Insurance of Taiwan (BNHI). The BNHI has started to roll out 22 million Java Card technology-powered IC (Integrated Circuit) health cards to Taiwan citizens in July, replacing…
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Lifestream Technologies Engages Broadmark as Investment Banking Firm; Group To Focus On Securing Institutional Investment

POST FALLS, Idaho, (BUSINESS WIRE), July 23, 2002–Lifestream Technologies® (AMEX:KFL), the leading manufacturer of smart card-enabled home cholesterol monitors, today announced it has retained Broadmark Capital, LLC, for investment banking services. Based in Seattle, with an office in New York, Broadmark is an investment bank with practices in corporate finance and asset management. Broadmark maintains…
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Gemplus to Deliver SIM Card-Based Solution to Oi For First GSM Launch in Brazil

Gemplus to Deliver SIM Card-Based Solution to Oi For First GSM Launch in Brazil RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, July 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Gemplus (Nasdaq: GEMP; Euronext: Sicovam 5768), the world’s leading provider of solutions enabled by smart cards, announces an agreement with Oi, the Brazilian mobile telecommunications subsidiary of Telemar(1) that operates the major GSM(2) network in…