Gemalto will issue an additional 15 million second-generation eHealth cards ("eGK", elektronische Gesundheitskarte) to AOK in 2012. AOK ("Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse)", the Health Insurance Fund, looks after around 25 million people, approximately one third of the population in Germany. Last year alone Gemalto issued two and a half million health cards for the German National Health…
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Gemalto full year 2011 results
Revenue from Ongoing operations at €2 billion, up by 9% at constant rate Profit from Ongoing operations at €239 million, increases by 15% New products and services drive strong profit expansion in Mobile Communication Secure Transactions and Security outperform their profit margin objectives Gemalto announced its results for the full year 2011. Olivier Piou, Chief…
MWC 2012: Near Field Communication goes to Japan, FeliCa goes worldwide
Gemalto and Sony Corporation have established an agreement to provide FeliCa / Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions globally. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012, offering mobile operators and service providers a more comprehensive range of mobile NFC services globally. The addition of…
Video: Turkish electronic ID – more than just an eID card
Ms Leyla Keser Berber - Director of IT Law Institute discusses the new eID card that will be coming soon to Turkey and its multitude of uses. This interview first appeared as part of Gemalto's The Review special edition "Digital Turkey". http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm2FzrE6CgU
Oman: Gemalto inks contract for supply of new civil identity cards
Muscat: Lt Gen Hassan bin Mohsen Al Shuraiqi, inspector general of police and customs, signed a contract to supply the new civil identity card for citizens and residents with Gemalto. The contract was signed at the General Command of Police in Al Qurum on the 3rd of January. According to the contract the company will…
Gemalto’s Business Innovation Garage awarded
Gemalto has won the prestigious BearingPoint innovation management award (“Agile Innovation Award”) for its think tank initiative “BIG” (Business Innovation Garage). BIG provides Gemalto's 10,000 employees company-wide with a structured process to submit and manage any innovative ideas they have. Ideas covering wide-ranging fields of application – from communication, payment, transport, Internet access, and machine-to-machine…
Gemalto acquires M2M service delivery platform provider SensorLogic
Gemalto has acquired SensorLogic. Terms of the transaction, which was structured as an asset deal, were not disclosed. Founded in 2002, with its main location in Plano, Texas, SensorLogic has developed a cloud-based, machine-to-machine (M2M) service delivery platform which allows customers to build, deploy and manage M2M solutions in a broad range of applications such…
Intercede, Oxford Computer Group and Gemalto Announce US Sales Alliance
Intercede Group plc, the developer of the Intercede MyID® Identity and Credential Management System and Oxford Computer Group LLC, a Microsoft Gold Partner for Identity and Security Solutions, today announced they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to deliver PIV solutions to non-Federal organizations. Furthermore, OCG announces today that they have also teamed with Gemalto…