LONDON-Alcatel, Gemplus SCA and Mondex International said they will cooperate to develop a Global System for Mobile communications phone that can be used as a Mondex electronic cash loading device.The technology will allow customers to withdraw funds from their bank accounts onto their Mondex...
NEW YORK-By 2000, some 22 million devices other than personal computers will be accessing the Internet, according to IDC-Link Resources projections cited at a recent Internet World '97 conference.Although wireless industry representatives and analysts are predicting a bright future for data communications, use of...
NEW YORK-Powertel Inc., a personal communications services carrier based in West Point, Ga., announced Oct. 20 it joined forces with Gemplus Corp. and CyberMark in a four-month trial of prototype multi-application smart cards involving 50 students at Florida State University in Tallahassee.Gemplus, a subscriber...
MONTGOMERYVILLE, Pa.-Gemplus Corp. and Far Point Consulting together introduced a smart card-based electronic gift certificate application for the retail market.The product, which was developed by Far Point using Gemplus memory cards, removes the need for cash refunds, eliminates fraud from counterfeit gift certificates and...
NEW YORK-Gemplus Corp., Montgomeryville, Pa., gambled early and big on the nascent U.S. Global System for Mobile Communications personal communications services business. Today, it has won close to a 50-percent share of the subscriber identity module market.Gemplus and Schlumberger Smart Cards & Systems, Telecom...
Contactless smart cards are becoming hot business.Motorola Inc. announced last month its plans to be a leader in the business of contactless smart cards. Meanwhile, the France-based Gemplus Group claims to have already achieved "world leadership in the area of contactless products," according to...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, N.J.-Omnipoint Communications Inc. received the first shipment of Subscriber Identity Module cards from Gemplus Card International Corp., said the U.S. subsidiary of Gemplus SCA of Gemenos, France.The shipment is part of a five-year contract that calls for Gemplus to deliver its second-generation...
Gemplus America Inc. said it signed contracts to provide subscriber identity module cards, point-of-sale equipment and personalization and over-the-air services to American Personal Communications, American Portable Telecommunications Inc., BellSouth Personal Communications Inc., Omnipoint Communications Inc. and Western Wireless Corp."With these agreements, Gemplus further solidifies...
