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World Congress, Barcelona - Feb 28, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in Digital Security, and Sony Corporation have established an agreement to provide FeliCa / Near Field Communication (NFC) solutions globally. Under the agreement, Gemalto will incorporate FeliCa software technology into its UpTeq NFC SIM product lineup starting in 2012, offering mobile operators and service providers a more comprehensive range of mobile NFC services globally. The addition of FeliCa makes Gemalto’s UpTeq NFC SIM the secure element that can embed the world’s broadest set of applications, and with the highest level of privacy.

End-to-end solution enables 100% coverage of operators’ subscriber base and provides a highly reliable environment for mission critical applications

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona - Feb 28, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces the launch of the Advanced Connectivity offer, an end-to-end solution allowing 100% success rate for the download and activation of mission critical applications including M2M, NFC and streaming multimedia content over LTE networks. Advanced Connectivity combines Gemalto’s Advanced Over-the-Air (OTA) platform and Advanced Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC) fitted with automatic updating(1). The carrier grade efficiency of the Gemalto OTA platform has already been field-proven through a number of high-profile commercial LTE deployments, notably with NTT Docomo in Japan, as well as Metro PCS and Verizon Wireless in the U.S.

Munich/Barcelona, February 27, 2012–Giesecke & Devrient (G&D), a global security technology leader, has been selected by Intel to deliver lifecycle management of the embedded Secure Elements within Intel’s Smartphone Reference Device. G&D will manage the partitioning and key management of the embedded Secure Elements Over-the-Air. Embedded Secure Elements provide an additional protected area for security-sensitive applications such as payments and ticketing using NFC (Near Field Communication) technology.

Munich, February 22, 2012–Leading technology group Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) is supplying NFC-capable SIM cards to Nòverca, an MVNO, for Italy’s very first pilot project for mobile payments launched by Banca Intesa Sanpaolo. Six hundred employees and customers of Banca Intesa Sanpaolo can now use their mobile phones to make contactless payments in the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin at more than 3,000 POS (point of sale) terminals provided by Setefi, the payment institution of the Intesa Sanpaolo Group, for example in supermarkets and cafés.

Chase expands business relationship with Gemalto to include its enterprise-wide mobile payments platform

Wilmington, Del - Feb 27, 2012– Chase (NYSE: JPM) announced today that it has selected Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a leader in digital security, to provide its Trusted Service Management (TSM) solution for Chase’s enterprise-wide mobile payments platform. Gemalto’s TSM will provision and manage the credit and debit card data of Chase customers, validating authenticity and supporting information delivery over the air. The Isis™ mobile wallet, developed through a joint venture between AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless, will be the first to benefit from this partnership.

Delivers enhanced security and superior convenience for Windows DirectAccess users

RSA Conference 2012, SAN FRANCISCO - Feb 27, 2012 - Gemalto, the world leader in digital security, will be demonstrating its broad range of strong authentication and one-time password (OTP) solutions, and the introduction of OTP login with Windows DirectAccess for remote and on-premise employees. The integrated security-enhanced solution will allow corporate users to securely logon to their network from a computing device running Windows 7 without the need for a conventional VPN.

Increase ROI from post-issuance features enabling chip-payment level of protection for handling credentials and downloading applications after it is issued to consumers, and reduced complexity and risks. With the most comprehensive security certifications.

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona - Feb 27, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, launches the new UpTeq NFC SIM vault to offer mobile operators higher return on investment from their NFC roll-outs, and unmatched security for protecting mobile transactions. The powerful and robust new SIM has attained more security certifications from independent authorities and to the highest level possible. This enables mobile operators to install and manage a wealth of new NFC services even after issuing it to end users. This new flagship product from Gemalto combines the remote management expertise and security know-how that Gemalto has acquired from its extensive engagements across key digital security markets worldwide, creating the trusted environment for the mass deployment of mobile contactless services. UpTeq NFC is immediately available on order.

Mobile World Congress, Barcelona - Feb 27, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, will showcase a broad range of innovations in the NFC, M2M and LTE domains at the Mobile World Congress 2012. Visitors can discover and view demonstrations on various mobile software and services as well as new secure personal devices designed to support mobile network operators in their strategy to develop a unified channel between various service providers and the ever growing subscriber population.

Largest EMV provider in the U.S.

Nanterre, February 20th, 2012–Oberthur Technologies, the world’s second largest provider of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, announced today that it shipped over 2.5 million EMV cards to US banks and credit unions, which made it the largest EMV provider in the U.S. for 2011. Oberthur Technologies additionally noted that it currently has fifteen active EMV programs in the US–more than doubling its EMV programs in just six months.

Award recognizes Gemalto’s expertise in securing cloud computing for enterprise applications

Amsterdam, Feb 16, 2012–Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it won the Security Innovation award in the inaugural 2012 Cloud Awards program. Gemalto was recognized for its Protiva Strong Authentication Service, a robust strong authentication platform that enables secure access to cloud resources and applications. This service delivers a full suite of security features including access control, data encryption and versatile authentication making the transition to cloud computing simple and cost effective.