Smart Cards in Motion Conference, Ponte Vedra, Fla., October 14, 2003–The Smart Card Alliance today announced a new chairman, new board of directors members and its seven-member 2004 executive board. The Alliance’s new board of directors held elections of its executive board at the organization’s annual conference in Ponte Vedra, Florida. The executive board will lead and direct Alliance activities for the year ahead.

Princeton Junction, NJ, October 13, 2003–Programs are underway with major transit operators throughout the United States to implement contactless smart card-based fare collection systems. This trend may be a catalyst that creates new collaborative opportunities between transit operators, the retail payments industry and other sectors. A new white paper available from the Smart Card Alliance, “Transit and Retail Payment: Opportunities for Collaboration and Convergence,” discusses the business interests and technological foundations that must be aligned to capitalize on those opportunities.

ERG Group today announced it has teamed with T-Systems International, a division of Deutsche Telekom, for upcoming transit fare collections tenders in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

The new consortium is actively working on the anticipated tender in Berlin, where ERG and T-Systems successfully completed a smart card trial in 1999. The trial involved 31,000 passengers using buses, trains and trams, and met or exceeded all expectations of the customer.

SmarTrip® Regional Customer Service Centre will allow passengers one-card access to 17 transit systems

Washington DC, 29 September 2003–ERG Group, a global leader in smart card-based transit fare collection and management systems, and Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Information Technology (IT) sector, announced that work has begun on the SmarTrip® Regional Customer Service Centre (RCSC), a project that will enable residents of the Washington DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia metro area to use one card to pay fares across multiple transit systems.

Princeton Junction, NJ, September 30, 2003–Smart cards have a unique capability to make information access easier for users while at the same time enforcing the more robust security and privacy policies required of health care organizations to bring their environments into HIPAA compliance, according to a new Smart Card Alliance white paper released today.

International Smart Card Leader Appoints Timothy Wright as Director of North America Conventional Card Sales

LUXEMBOURG and HORSHAM, Pa., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294–GEM and Nasdaq: GEMP), the world’s leading provider of smart card solutions, today reaffirms its commitment to the North American conventional card market and appoints Timothy Wright as Director of North American Conventional Card Sales.

ActivCard® Now Offers Advanced Multi-Factor Authentication and Credential Management for Citrix® MetaFrame® Presentation Server

FREMONT, Calif., Sept. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/–ActivCard® (Nasdaq: ACTI), the leader in IDentity Management software (IDM) and a Premier member of the Citrix Business Alliance™ (CBA), today announced that a variety of its strong authentication methods are now supported by Citrix® MetaFrame® Presentation Server software. Citrix customers gain the flexibility to select from ActivCard software, smart cards, PKI certificates, fingerprint biometrics, one-time passwords, PINs, hardware tokens, software tokens, and USB keys to provide advanced multi-factor authentication and credential management within their Citrix environment. The following ActivCard capabilities enhance the security of Citrix MetaFrame Presentation Server software:

Digital Identity Management Software Provider Appoints Proven Industry Leader

FREMONT, California, September 17, 2003–ActivCard® (NASDAQ: ACTI), a provider of Identity Management software for secure remote access, secure sign-on and digital ID card solutions, today announced the appointment of George Garrick as Chief Executive Officer, commencing October 1, 2003, as well as his election to the Company’s Board of Directors.

Cashless Fare Payment Via “Oyster” Smart Card Speeds Passenger Boarding

BIRMINGHAM, U.K., (BUSINESS WIRE), Sept. 23, 2003–Cubic Transportation Systems Limited, the UK European Headquarters and a subsidiary of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX:CUB), today announced it has received an order from the London Buses division of Transport for London to supply 600 Universal Smart Card Validators for its expanding fleet of articulated or “bendy” buses.

Austin, TX, September 22, 2003–Schlumberger Smart Cards & Terminals, a division of Schlumberger, today announced that it has changed its name to Axalto to bring more visibility and reinforce the company image as a leading smart card player in a rapidly evolving market.