Press Releases 2001

banking
12-12-2001	Gemplus Milestone Marks Coming of Age for Java Card™ Technology in Banking Company delivers its 10 millionth GemXpresso smart card during year of record growth in financial services market
14-11-2001	Gemplus exclusive partner for Tunisian EMV migration Gemplus and SMT to launch smart card based payment system
14-11-2001	Gemplus accompagne les banques tunisiennes dans leur migration vers la carte à puce
22-10-2001	Gemplus Provides New Cost Efficient, Flexible Smart Card Solution to Visa Members New version of GemXpresso Lite Vision, based on Java Open Platform, offered as part of end-to-end smart credit/debit card solution
15-10-2001	TAGSYS is the new Name for Gemplus Tag Same Organization, Increased Resources
01-08-2001	Gemplus Technology Powers Target Corporation's New Target smart Visa™ Card First U.S. retailer to offer smart Visa cards will issue several million GemXpresso cards to enhance customer relationships
06-06-2001	Gemplus Launches EMV Migration Package for Financial Institutions GemShare Pack and GemBanking CaseTM offer four essential components for EMV migration : cards, personalization, consulting and interactive training tool
04-06-2001	Gemplus® Realizes Strong Support for Java Card™ Technology-Based Smart Cards With Millions of Smart Cards using Java Card Technology, Gemplus sees a strong trend towards Sun Microsystems' open platform solution
31-05-2001	Europay Rolls Out Unique Quality Certification Scheme for Smart Cards First CQM Certificates Awarded to Gemplus and STMicroelectronics
17-05-2001	Gemplus Joins Visa's Low Cost Smart Card Program
16-05-2001	Gemplus® and MasterCard International Provide Flexible Smart Card Solutions to Members Leading smart card solutions provider and MasterCard International to offer MasterCard members M/Chip™ Lite flexible smart card solution based on Java® Open Platform
06-05-2001	Gemplus lance un package de migration EMV destiné aux institutions financières GemShare Pack et GemBanking Case™ offrent les 4 composants essentiels pour la migration EMV : des cartes, un outil de personnalisation, des services de consulting et un outil de formation interactif
26-02-2001	Gemplus to Supply World's First Proton Prisma Multi-Application Cards Gemplus, first card vendor chosen by Proton World, launches the new generation of multi-application Proton smart cards
23-01-2001	Verisign, Sun, iPlanet and Gemplus to Deliver Easy-to-Deploy E-commerce Solution for Financial Institutions CIBC First to Select End-to-End Identrus Enabled E-Commerce Solution for Trusted Online Transactions

corporate
26-12-2001	Gemplus estimates that management restructuring will cost approximately 25 million euros in 2001
19-12-2001	Gemplus announces management changes
19-12-2001	Gemplus annonce des changements au sein de son équipe dirigeante
06-11-2001	Gemplus Reports Third Quarter 2001 Results
01-11-2001	EDB Ventures and GemVentures set up US$6 Million Incubator Fund for Smart Card Applications
01-11-2001	Gemplus Celebrates Official Opening of New Facilities with Launch of Incubator Fund for Smart Card Applications
30-10-2002	Convocation d'une nouvelle Assemblée générale extraordinaire des actionnaires le 21 novembre 2002
23-10-2001	Gemplus tops Frost & Sullivan's global market study of smart card industry for the second year running
16-10-2001	Thales, Atmel, Gemplus and Philips announce the launch of a consortium around the ISIA project The ISIA program aims to integrate new technologies into smart card accepting devices and promote the usage of smart card
5-10-2001	La Cour d'Appel américaine fédérale pour la 9ème division rend une décision dans le cas Humetrix contre Gemplus
27-09-2001	Gemplus prévoit une baisse de son chiffre d'affaires et de son résultat net pour le troisième trimestre et l'exercice 2001
26-09-2001	Liberty Alliance Project to Develop and Deploy Open, Federated Solutions for Network Identity Smart card industry leader joins top technology innovators from around the world to bring an open and improved network identity solution to smart card users
11-09-2001	Gemplus met en oeuvre son programme de rachat d'actions
09-09-2001	SLP InfoWare Announces Siebel Validation SLP InfoWare Successfully Integrates its P-CRM Solution With Siebel eCommunications
17-08-2001	Gemplus Sells Tags Subsidiary
26-07-2001	Change in Management at Gemplus Germany Andreas Köbe and Johannis Debissis are the new managing directors
02-07-2001	Gemplus® Teams with Industry Leader to Build and Promote Smart Card Infrastructure Gemplus GemCore smart card technology to power new Compaq® Presario® PCs for consumer market
06-06-2001	Ismap has just concluded the second part of a US$ 7 million pool
27-05-2001	Gemplus Leads the Smart Card Industry A Dataquest Gartner study
09-05-2001	Gemplus announces the third edition of the Gemplus Developer Conference June 20th and 21st 2001 in Paris Organized at CNIT - La Défense, this event is the only developers' conference in the world focused exclusively on smart card technology. It will be followed by a day of workshop on June 19th.
03-05-2001	GemSAFE™ Entreprise de Gemplus : un niveau supérieur de sécurité pour l'entreprise Une solution complète combinant cartes à puces, lecteurs et logiciels pour une sécurité, un contrôle et une simplicité d'emploi sans pareil
01-05-2001	RESULTATS DE GEMPLUS POUR LE PREMIER TRIMESTRE 2001 La société annonce des mesures pour améliorer sa performance financière
16-04-2001	SingTel Mobile Selects SLP InfoWare's Predictive CRM Solution to Reduce Churn and Maximize Customer Retention
29-03-2001	STMicroelectronics and Gemplus Announce Smart Card Security Certification including Hardware and Software
20-03-2001	Valicert and Gemplus Enter Multi-industry Agreement, Enhancing Wireless Security Infrastructure Leading Smart Card Solutions Provider and ValiCert Demonstrate Interoperability of Their Mobile Commerce Solutions at CTIA Wireless 2001
20-03-2001	Gemplus demonstrates innovative smart card solutions at CeBit 2001 Your Passport to the Digital Age
12-03-2001	BodyCom™ Technologies and Gemplus Announce a Joint Marketing Agreement BodyCom Technologies and Gemplus Team up to Supply the Smart Card-enabled GPRS Forum™ Communicator to the Worldwide Identity and Healthcare Markets
28-02-2001	Gemplus and IBM Join Forces to Deliver Worldwide Smart Card Solutions Cooperation to boost growth of global market
07-02-2001	GemVentures, Gemplus' investment fund, becomes Netsize shareholder
30-01-2001	SLP InfoWare Advocates Individual Control of Personal Information to Protect Privacy and Improve Personalization Predictive CRM Software Company Joins Personalization Consortium to Support Best Practices in Privacy and Personalization

e-commerce
10-04-2001	Gemplus® Partners with Computer Associates™, SM to Deliver Portable Digital Certificate Capabilities for eBusiness Security Combination of CA eTrust PKI System and Gemplus Smart Cards Adds Simplicity and Flexibility to Certificate Deployment

hardware
22-10-2001	Gemplus Announces New Enhanced Secure Smart Card Interface Accessory for PalmTM Handhelds
16-05-2001	Gemplus® Improves eConsumer Loyalty by Simplifying On-line Experience Enhanced functionality and flexibility of GemUtilities™ adds value to On-line retention, promotion, and content delivery programs

investors
02-11-2001	Gemplus CEO shareholding agreement
27-09-2001	Gemplus Anticipates Lower Sales and Net Earnings IN Q3 and full year 2001
11-09-2001	Gemplus Implements Share Repurchase Program As Approved by Annual General Meeting
01-08-2001	Gemplus reports Q2 results Company Successfully Implements Restructuring Program and Builds Financial Services Business
01-08-2001	Résultats de Gemplus pour le deuxième trimestre La mise en œuvre du plan de restructuration se déroule de manière satisfaisante et la société continue à se développer sur son activité "Services Financiers"
25-06-2001	Gemplus vend Skidata à la société Suisse Kudelski S.A. Une transaction valorisant SkiData à 140 millions d'euros
06-06-2001	GEMPLUS REDUCES EXPECTATIONS FOR 2001 Lower SIM card revenue expected due to wireless market slowdown
06-06-2001	GEMPLUS REVOIT SES PREVISIONS A LA BAISSE POUR 2001 Un chiffre d'affaires moins élevé que prévu sur le segment des cartes SIM en raison d'un ralentissement du marché de la téléphonie mobile
02-05-2001	GEMPLUS REPORTS FIRST QUARTER RESULTS Company Announces Plans to Increase Financial Competitiveness
04-04-2001	Gemplus Announces Preliminary First Quarter Results
07-02-2001	GemVentures, le Fonds d’investissement de Gemplus, entre dans le capital de Netsize
01-02-2001	Gemplus reports fourth quarter and fiscal 2000 results Company Reports Record Sales and Profits

telecom
22-11-2001	Gemplus and K-Laboratory Form Strategic Alliance to Secure Wireless JAVA™ Alliance aims to secure the wireless Internet ensuring Mobile Operators and Content Providers avoid the pitfalls of the dotcom bust
03-10-2001	Gemplus and Iusacell first to trial User Identity Module (UIM) smart cards for CDMA in the Americas First signs of adoption of smart cards by the CDMA community in The Americas
31-08-2001	QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies to Collaborate with Gemplus, Leading Smart Card Manufacturer, for R-UIM-Enabled CDMA Solutions QCT’s Integrated Circuits Enabled with R-UIM Capabilities for Smart Card Services and roaming on CDMA and GSM Networks
06-06-2001	Ivoiris Turns to SLP InfoWare’s Predictive CRM Solution to Maximize Customer Retention France Telecom’s subsidiary in Ivory Coast deploys P-CRM software to predict multiple customer behaviors and optimize marketing campaigns
23-05-2001	Gemplus supplies SIM/WIM for first financial transaction on WAP with digital signature
21-05-2001	Gemplus supplies USIM cards for NTT DoCoMo FOMA "Introductory Service" 3G launch Gemplus blazes the trail for all smart card manufacturers by providing NTT DoCoMo with USIM* cards for their FOMA* “Introductory Service” offering
21-05-2001	Gemplus fournit ses cartes USIM à FOMA, l'offre de lancement 3G de NTT DoCoMo Gemplus ouvre la voie à tous les fabricants de carte à puce en fournissant les cartes USIM à l'opérateur Nippon
02-04-2001	SIM Card Technology Expands Beyond GSM Gemplus® Launches Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) Card for New Java® Powered Phone Line from Nextel®
22-03-2001	Baltimore Technologies, AU-System and Gemplus deliver world's first digital signature over next generation wireless networks Partnership provides end-to-end security solutions for new packet based GPRS mobile networks
20-03-2001	Gemplus and Guandong Mobile Communication Corporation provide Chinese subscribers with a World First for Point-of-Sale, mobile service download.
26-02-2001	Gemplus and SLP InfoWare Unveil Secure, Device-Driven Wireless CRM and Personalization Technology
20-02-2001	GemXplore™ 'Xpresso, Gemplus' latest Java Card™ Solution helps Mobile Operators exceed their Subscribers' expectations
20-02-2001	The three leading smart card players combine forces to reach complete interoperability for SIM cards usind Java Card™ technology
13-02-2001	Gemplus, France Telecom Mobiles and Certplus to pilot Wireless PKI based secure transactions Mobitrust enables secure transactions over a mobile phone using a digital signature based on Public Key Infrastructure
25-01-2001	Gemplus First to Market with 3G Card New products and services for 3G wireless networks
25-01-2001	Gemplus dévoile GemXplore 3G Une nouvelle gamme de produits et services dédiés aux réseaux sans fil de troisième génération

r_d
22-10-2001	Gemplus’ GemSAFE Logon system provides a smart way to manage passwords New password management system cuts administration costs
16-05-2001	Visa USA designates "Smart Visa Ready" Performance Standards for Products and Services Compaq PCs to Receive Visa Approval
03-05-2001	Gemplus® Delivers New Level of Corporate Security With GemSAFE™, SM Enterprise Solution PKI combined with smart cards offers highest degree of security, control, and ease of use

security
23-10-2001	La carte à puce S.U.M.O de Gemplus lutte contre le piratage en ligne et l’atteinte aux droits d’auteur Sécurité intégrée sur disque de stockage - Gestion des droits numériques - Développement d’applications…
29-01-2001	Lotus et Gemplus annoncent "e-Security portfolio" La carte à puce, atout majeur de la sécurisation des réseaux d'entreprise