Gemalto is the world's new force in digital security. Formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto and Gemplus, we have united their vision, capability and innovative powers for the benefit of our clients. Gemalto provides secure personal devices, platforms and services, enabling them to offer trusted and convenient solutions to the billions of people who use digital networks for communications and transactions. Gemalto is a pioneer in the wireless smart card industry. This experience has led us to work with more mobile network operators in more countries than any other player.
Within the banking and retail markets, Gemalto is the leading and fastest growing player in the payment sector, delivering innovative and secure payment solutions to financial institutions around the world. Hundreds of banks and retailers worldwide trust us for their payment projects including migration to chip cards, contactless payment projects, innovative card designs, on-line authentication for e-banking, payment terminals, readers and much more. In addition, Gemalto offers a range of durable and highly secure products, solutions and services for governments, national printers and integrators in the service of citizens.In the Card arena, Gemalto provides a full range of GlobalPlatform compliant cards. For the mobile industry, USIMERA CLASSIC 3 and GemXplore 3G supports GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.0.1. GlobalPlatform Card Specification v2.1.1 is also supported in the new GemXplore Generations product range. In the ID and Financial business area, the GemXpresso family provides a high level of security for our customers. As an example, the recently released SafesITe Government's FIPS 201 compliant smart badges offer a dual interface card (contactless and contact interfaces on the same chip) based on GlobalPlatform Card 2.1.1 standards. In the Device arena, Gemalto has always been committed to providing cost effective technology that will improve its customer profitability and competitiveness with a high focus on the cost of ownership and time-to-market. The Singula platform is a STIP-compliant Operating System developed by Gemalto for its MagIC Evolution terminal range.
OMAN - The Sultanate of Oman's national ID card program is the first smart card-based citizen ID solution ever to be deployed in the Middle East, making it a landmark project of its kind. The contract appointed Gemplus to provide an integrated turnkey solution comprising of hardware, software and smart cards as well as training and skill transfer services to the ROP staff.