Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 17, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces the success of its traffic boosting solution in increasing the use of Mobistar’s ‘ContactSave’ service by 10. Mobistar is the second largest telecom operator in Belgium.

First trial worldwide for cards made from renewable material

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 16, 2010–Gemalto, (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the launch of a pilot of bio-sourced SIM cards by SFR, leading French operator with over 20 million mobile subscribers. The card body, made from plant-based bioplastics, is easily recyclable and compostable and can be incinerated without emission of toxic fumes. Gemalto has also supplied SFR with packaging made from recycled paper and plant-based inks. This program is the first trial of bio-sourced cards in the world.

Major step forward in rollout of MTN MobileMoney service with Middle-East countries joining in the program

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 16, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that MTN Middle-East and North Africa (MTN MENA) has selected its SIM-based security solution to launch mobile financial services in five countries. MTN MENA is part of the MTN Group, which serves over 100 million subscribers in Africa and the Middle East, including 30 million in the latter region. Gemalto worked in close cooperation with Fundamo, a leading mobile financial services provider, to jointly supply the complete solution for the MTN MobileMoney service.

Gemalto partners with HighCo to create a consumer friendly experience to collect and redeem coupons

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 16, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announces a partnership with HighCo, a leading provider of marketing solutions for mass market retailers and consumer goods manufacturers, to provide user-friendly mobile coupon services via Near Field Communications.

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced that KPN Netherlands has started deploying Roaming Director, its real-time solution for steering of roaming. KPN Netherlands is the largest mobile operator in the country with close to eight million subscribers. With Gemalto’s solution, subscribers will use KPN’s preferred partners when traveling, which enables them to benefit from the operator’s latest services abroad.

Major PC manufacturers to deploy multimedia SIM-compliant mobile Internet devices. Over 30 models ready for commercial roll out in 2010

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today launched the ”UpTeq™ Device Service Link” to facilitate access to mobile broadband. This innovation enables users to enjoy their mobile operator services in just one click from any multimedia SIM-compliant PC.

Travelcard in mobile phone affords riders enriched service

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Feb 15, 2010–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, today announced a new solution enabling commuters to use their mobile phones as e- tickets in MIFARE DESFire* infrastructures. Gemalto achieved the world’s first implementation of a transport application compliant with the DESFire specifications in a SIM or UICC card, and will be presenting this innovation on its booth (8A102).

MicroRead NFC Chip, Open NFC Stack and Wave-Me Client Power New Cosyphone

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain, February 15, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, today announced the first deployment of its portfolio of NFC technologies in a commercially available NFC handset. All three of INSIDE’s core NFC offerings–the MicroRead™ NFC controller chip, the Open NFC™ protocol stack and the Wave-Me™ handset client software–are working together to enhance the user experience for the Cosyphone, a new NFC mobile phone announced today by Sagem Wireless.

Organization strengthens ties with leadership groups across the global ecosystem

Wakefield, Mass., USA, Feb. 9, 2010–The NFC Forum (http://www.nfc-forum.org), a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, today announced it has formed liaisons with three industry-leading organizations key to the NFC global ecosystem: EMVCo, the GSM Association and the Smart Card Alliance. These liaisons broaden and strengthen the NFC Forum’s collaborative ties with key associations and standards bodies across the NFC ecosystem. As a first step in the liaisons, the Forum has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with each organization that outlines how they will collaborate to further the development of the NFC market and NFC-based solutions.

Aix-En-Provence, France, February 12, 2010–INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of advanced, open-standard contactless chip technologies, and Neowave, a developer of smart objects–intelligent, portable devices that go beyond smart cards–today announced their partnership to create the Weneo NFC, the industry’s first NFC smart object. Integrating INSIDE’s third-generation MicroRead® NFC solution, the multi-application Weneo NFC smart object creates a link to the Internet for NFC devices, tags and mobile phones for a variety of secure transactions.