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Highly modular platform takes card programs to new levels of security, productivity and flexibility.

Minnetonka, Minn., April 25, 2006–Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, introduced the Datacard® MX6000™ card issuance system to the world’s leading card issuers at a private event held today in Miami, Florida. The MX6000 system offers the most comprehensive range of card issuance capabilities available today.

Telco-grade Appliance Speeds Deployment for End Users & Integrators; Adds New Revenue Stream for Hypercom

LAS VEGAS, ETA Annual Meeting & Expo, April 20, 2006–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today unveiled a new network server appliance enabling the market’s first plug-and-play deployment of value-added applications for point-of-sale/point-of-service systems. The new telco-grade appliance will come pre-loaded with application software along with tools permitting remote configuration by Hypercom that will eliminate the need for end users or ISOs to install, test, integrate and configure the software for the user’s network.

High Security Multi-Application Device Expands Market for Hypercom

LAS VEGAS, ETA Annual Meeting & Expo, April 20, 2006–Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) today introduced the new P4100 PIN Pad, the first universal RF-enabled multi-application PIN entry device designed to meet the rigorous new PCI (Payment Card Industry) security standards established by Visa International and MasterCard International to protect consumers at the point-of-service. The sleek, compact device easily integrates with Hypercom, VeriFone and Ingenico card payment terminals as well as leading electronic cash register systems, allowing retailers to quickly take advantage of the increase in PIN-based and contactless card transactions.

RFID Viruses Pose No Threat for Access Control Applications

IRVINE, Calif., April 17, 2006–“RFID is a broad term that encompasses everything from simple devices that contain a few thousand transistors and feature little or no security to contactless smart cards which are tiny computers that contain several million transistors and incorporate military grade security,” said Peter Lowe, Chief Technology Officer for HID Global, the premier manufacturer of contactless access control cards and readers for the security industry, in response to recent claims that RFID technology can spread viruses.

Zurich. LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, the leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification applications, and Intercard AG, the market leader in the personalisation of plastic cards in Switzerland, agree on a licence partnership and strengthen their joint position.

AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS and PARIS, (MARKET WIRE), 04/13/2006–Axalto, the world’s leader in microprocessor cards, today announced it has supplied the electronic covers for the new passports being issued as of today by the Hauts de Seine prefecture (issuing authority in France). Axalto, in coordination with a group of French industrial players, has worked alongside Imprimerie Nationale to meet the extremely tight deployment schedule recently set by the French Ministry of the Interior for the electronic passports designed for French citizens. Axalto will provide Imprimerie Nationale with around two million units in 2006.

Comprehensive solution integrates hardware, software, supplies, services and in-country support.

Minnetonka, Minn., April 12, 2006–Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, today announced that it has successfully implemented a fully-integrated EMV™ smart card solution for the Industrial Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). This solution is driven by the new, high performing and cost effective Datacard® Affina® data preparation software.

New process eliminates time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile

Munich/Las Vegas, April 06, 2006–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and MasterCard International today announced, at the CTIA Wireless Conference in Las Vegas, the launch of the world’s first full-scale over-the-air (OTA) secure personalization payment solution for mobile phone-based payments, developed and managed by G&D. The solution will make the management of contactless payments with mobile phones secure, economical and flexible for participating financial institutions as the new process eliminates the time consuming need to “manually” personalize mobile handsets individually, which has been the method used for mobile payment trials until now.

WALTHAM, Mass., April 5, 2006–Polaroid Commercial ID Systems (Polaroid Commercial ID), a division of Polaroid Corporation, has launched a fully integrated ID Card system with the software, camera interface, printer, and supplies all manufactured by Datacard Group. The new Polaroid system represents a significant advancement in product quality, flexibility, and functionality.

Axalto demonstrates R-UIM cards with R-UIM enabled phones at CTIA Wireless 2006, booth 1844

CTIA WIRELESS 2006, LAS VEGAS, April 5, 2006–R-UIM cards and compatible phones are now available in North America, giving CDMA subscribers all of the benefits that were once exclusive to users of GSM networks, Axalto announced today. Axalto R-UIM cards ease handset upgrades, provide international roaming and add to overall convenience for subscribers of CDMA networks like Sprint, Verizon, Alltel and Bell Mobility. Axalto will demonstrate its R-UIM smart cards on R-UIM compatible phones from Nokia today and this week at CTIA Wireless 2006, booth 1844.