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Students and also professors and staff at the College of Technology and Economics in Chur (HTW Chur), Switzerland, are profiting from the contactless LEGIC smart card in the form of a student and staff ID. This has brought their identification IDs into line with the very latest state of the art, and also gives them many advantages besides the visual ID. Thanks to the solution realized by EVIS AG and Kaba AG, the HTW Chur is placing new trails in both student and staff identification, and is emphasizing its image as an innovative college. The new card makes the lives of students and members of staff easier in many ways, and also greatly simplifies study administration.

“No key leaves the building!”

An events centre which is the only one of its kind in Germany is currently being created in the west of Stuttgart. Here for the first time, it will be possible to use two connected halls–Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle and the Porsche Arena–either individually or together for all types and sizes of events.

Amsterdam, 31st May 2006–Integrated Engineering, a world leading powerhouse in the contact less smart card industry, announced the introduction of its new state-of-the-art in contactless Smart Card reader, the SmartTRANS reader. With the SmartTRANS reader, Integrated Engineering expands its product range with a dual technology ISO14443 and 125 kHz Prox reader.

Amsterdam/Chicago, 31st May 2006–Océ, a leading provider of digital document management technology and services, has chosen Integrated Engineering, a world leading company in the field of developing and manufacturing contact less smart card solutions, as technology partner to provide a solution for the ID-Star Color Security Reader (CSR). With the ID-Star, Océ is able to offer a reader with an e-Passport verification solution to its customers.

Gemplus to deliver smart cards and personalization services to GIE SESAM-Vitale for the French Nationwide health insurance application

Luxemburg, 30 May 2006–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294, GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading provider of secure card-based solutions, has been selected by G.I.E. SESAM-Vitale as one of the main suppliers to issue the new generation of French patient e-Healthcare cards, known as “Vitale 2”.

Contactless low-cost ticketing technology moves a step nearer to reality for mass-transit applications

Jewel®, the flagship, low-cost, smart ticketing chip developed by Innovision Research & Technology, the leading RFID design services company, is now supported by Tri-Reader® 2, the multi-protocol card interface device used in the newest automated fare collection equipment from the transportation segment of Cubic Corporation.

Acquisition expands opportunities for both companies in secure card issuance and electronic access control

Irvine, CA, May 23, 2006–ASSA ABLOY’s HID Global Corporation announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fargo Electronics, Inc. for an all cash consideration. The transaction is expected to close at the end of the third quarter, subject to Fargo stockholder and regulatory approvals.

Innovative Payment Tool–MasterCard® PayPass™ Contactless Payment Feature on 3-D Soccer Ball Key Chain

Fort Lee, NJ, May 22, 2006–On Track Innovations Ltd. (OTI) (NASDAQ: OTIV), a global leader in contactless microprocessor-based smart card solutions for homeland security, payments, petroleum payments and other applications, announced today that it is providing Taipei Fubon Bank a ‘Tap & Go™’ key fob solution. The device complies with MasterCard® PayPass™ and fits on a key chain for easy access, so customers can make purchases with a simple tap on a contactless reader at participating merchants.

CBA cardholders to use the MasterCard-approved product, GemInstant

LUXEMBURG, May 18, 2006–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294–GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), a world leading provider of secure card-based solutions, announces its involvement in Australia’s first MasterCard PayPass pilot program, where Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) cardholders will simply place their card in front of the terminal to make a payment.

Banks can now offer customers a handy, miniature-size contactless means of payment to hang on a key chain

Munich, May 17, 2006–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) recently began offering MasterCard issuers conveniently-sized contactless payment cards and devices in smaller formats to be attached to key rings. G&D has developed an innovative Contactless Product Suite, which makes small-scale antennas available for Radio Frequency (RF) transmission on the basis of new antenna technology. The smaller MasterCard®PayPass™ form factor will be issued first to customers in North America.