AMSTERDAM - Monday, October 29th 2012 [ME NewsWire]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Regulatory News:
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital
security announces that it has been selected by Vodafone Group, one of
the world's largest mobile communications service providers, to provide
and operate its global Trusted Service Management (TSM) platform and
deploy NFC services solutions.
This multi-year global contract will provide the foundation for secure
and convenient ‘wave and pay’ contactless transactions via mobile phone,
as well as for numerous new services that demand the highest levels of
security and integrity. Key elements of the end-to-end solution that is
being integrated by Gemalto include the Allynis TSM service platform (a
complete solution that ensures mobile payment end-to-end security
encryption between financial institutions and mobile operators) and the
company’s UpTeq NFC high-end card product.
As the turnkey supplier and systems integrator for Vodafone’s ambitious
international project, Gemalto will provide for the launch of a range
of innovative services that can address hundreds of millions of
subscribers, located in all the countries where Vodafone Group operates.
To support this program, Gemalto’s solution will allow both Vodafone
subsidiaries and third party service providers such as banks, transport
operators and retailers to seamlessly plug into a secure and reliable
NFC ecosystem.
"We are committed to partnering with the best suppliers to offer
customers the speed, simplicity and convenience of managing everyday
transactions with a single wave or tap of their smartphones” said Christian Wirtz, Vodafone Group’s mCommerce Director."The
consumer benefits of contactless payments are obvious and the industry
in Europe is now at the beginning of rolling out a contactless
infrastructure. The potential of mobile to transform existing industries
– such as financial services, retail and transport- is enormous.”
"Vodafone’s decision to deploy the first global NFC service with
Gemalto marks another important milestone in the long-standing and
successful relationship between the two companies” added Philippe Vallée, Executive Vice-President of Telecommunications at Gemalto. "With
the experience of dozens of TSM deployments worldwide, Gemalto brings
significant accumulated expertise from both the telecoms and banking
sectors. Vodafone’s project will benefit from Gemalto’s robust solution
portfolio and from our know-how in end-to-end mission-critical systems
integration.”
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital securitywith
2011 annual revenues of €2 billion and more than 10,000 employees
operating out of 74 offices and 14 Research & Development centers,
located in 43 countries.
We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions
of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate,
travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways
that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs
for personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud
access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment
efficiency, convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M)
applications.
Gemalto develops secure embedded software and secure products which we
design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these secure
products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user
services they enable. Our innovations offer more ways for our clients to
enhance the convenience and security of people’s digital lives.
Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless world.
For more information visit www.gemalto.com, www.justaskgemalto.com, blog.gemalto.com, or follow @gemalto on Twitter.
Contacts
Gemalto Media Contacts:
Kristel Teyras
Europe, Middle East & Africa
+33 1 55 01 57 89
kristel.teyras@gemalto.com
Ernesto Haikewitsch
Latin America
+55 11 51 05 92 20
ernesto.haikewitsch@gemalto.com
Nicole Smith
North America
+1 512 758 8921
nicole.smith@gemalto.com
Yvonne Lim
Asia Pacific
+65 6317 3730
yvonne.lim@gemalto.com
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