Gemalto

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{{Infobox company

| name = Gemalto N.V.

| logo = 250px

| type = Naamloze vennootschap

| foundation = {{start date and age|2006}}

| defunct = April 2019

| fate = Purchased by Thales Group

| location = Amsterdam, Netherlands

| key_people = {{ubl|Alex Mandl (Chairman)|Philippe Vallee (CEO)}}

| industry = Electronics

| products = Smart cards and related software and services, card terminals

| predecessor = {{ublist |Axalto |Gemplus}}

| revenue = {{increase}} €3 billion (2018){{cite web|url= https://www.thalesgroup.com/sites/default/files/gemalto/Gemalto-Annual-Report-2018.pdf|publisher=Gemalto N.V.|title=Next generation digital security – Annual Report 2018 |access-date=16 September 2020}}

| operating_income = {{increase}} €480 million (2018)

| net_income = {{increase}} €332 million (2018)

| assets = €4.257 billion (end 2018)

| equity = €2.274 billion (end 2018)

| num_employees = 15,000

| parent = Thales Group

| homepage = {{URL|http://www.gemalto.com/|gemalto.com}}

}}

Gemalto was an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, e-wallets and managed services. It was formed in June 2006 by the merger of two companies, Axalto and Gemplus International. Gemalto N.V.'s revenue in 2018 was €2.969 billion.

The company was purchased by Thales Group in April 2019 and is now operating as Thales DIS (Digital Identity and Security).{{cite web|url= https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/group/journalist/press-release/thales-completes-acquisition-gemalto-become-global-leader-digital|publisher=Thales Group|title=Thales Completes Acquisition Of Gemalto To Become A Global Leader In Digital Identity And Security|access-date=16 September 2020|date=4 February 2020}} Gemalto was until its acquisition the world's largest manufacturer of SIM cards.{{Cite news|url = https://www.economist.com/news/business/21633870-moves-reinvent-or-even-abolish-sim-card-could-have-big-consequences-endangered-sim|title = The endangered SIM card|date = November 22, 2014|newspaper = The Economist}}

Thales DIS is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and has subsidiaries and group companies in several countries. It has approximately 15,000 employees in 110 offices along with 24 production sites, 47 personalization centers, and 35 R&D centers in 47 countries.

History

In June 2006, smart card providers Gemplus and Axalto merged to become Gemalto (a portmanteau of the original company names.) Axalto was a Schlumberger IPO spin-off in 2004.

Between the merger and 2015, Gemalto completed a series of acquisitions: the Leigh Mardon's personalization center (Taiwan), Multos International, NamITech in South Africa, NXP mobile services business, the mobile software provider O3SIS, Trusted Logic (the secure software platform provider), Serverside (personalization of bank cards with digital images generated by end users), XIRING's banking activity, Netsize (a mobile communications service and commerce enabler), Valimo Wireless, a provider in mobile authentication, the internet banking security specialist Todos AB in Sweden, Cinterion the German specialist of machine-to-machine (M2M),{{cite web|url=http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS100629081549987|title=Gemalto Acquires Cinterion Wireless Modules|website=connectedworldmag.com|access-date=22 June 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714125413/http://www.connectedworldmag.com/latestNews.aspx?id=NEWS100629081549987|archive-date=14 July 2014}} SensorLogic (an M2M service delivery platform provider), Plastkart in Turkey, Ericsson’s mobile payment platform IPX,{{cite web|url=http://www.netsize.com/NewsEvents_Press_20121001_Gemalto-acquires-mobile-payment-platform-from-Ericsson.htm|title=Newsroom|date=26 October 2013|website=netsize.com|access-date=22 June 2017}} the information security company SafeNet and Buzzinbees, the automatic SIM activation expert.{{cite web| url = https://finance.yahoo.com/news/edited-transcript-gto-earnings-conference-194414118.html| title = Gemalto's earning conference| access-date = 2016-04-21| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161104022459/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/edited-transcript-gto-earnings-conference-194414118.html| archive-date = 2016-11-04}}

=Axalto and Schlumberger=

Schlumberger began its chip card activities in February 1979 when it licensed and marketed certain chip card technologies developed and patented by Roland Moreno, who is generally credited with the invention of the chip card.

Schlumberger developed the first telephone chip cards for France Telecom and the Swedish telecommunications operator Telia in the early 1980s. The company developed ties with telecommunications operators in several countries, and played a role in industry-wide efforts to develop new digital mobile communication standards, particularly the GSM transmission standard (Global System for Mobile Communication). Schlumberger designed its first SIM card in the early 1990s for the launch of GSM in Europe, and this led to the use of microprocessor card technology for access and security for mobile telephony worldwide, in 3 billion handsets today.{{cite web|url=http://www.gsmworld.com/news/statistics/index.shtml |title=GSM World Statistics |access-date=1 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822040039/http://www.gsmworld.com/news/statistics/index.shtml |archive-date=22 August 2008 |url-status=dead }}

In the early 1980s, the French banking sector decided to migrate from the magnetic stripe card-based payment system to a more modern and secure microprocessor card-based system. Schlumberger received its first contract in June 1981 to provide GIE Cartes Bancaires, the French credit/debit card issuers’ association, with 5,000 microprocessor cards and 200 associated POS terminals. The microprocessor card-based payment system subsequently became standard in France and eventually led to a global standard known as EMV, set up by Europay, MasterCard and Visa.

Schlumberger experienced internal and external growth since the launch of its chip card operations in the early 1980s through the 1990s and 2000s, both in terms of revenue and product portfolio, particularly with the substantial growth in GSM-based mobile telecommunications. Acquisitions of regional companies in card production and personalization included Cowells (United Kingdom), Malco (United States), Printer (Mexico) and Cardtech (Brazil), followed by Solaic in 1996 and Bull-CP8 from Bull in 2001, in France and China.

In 2003, Schlumberger created Axalto as a division to consolidate into one company all of its card and POS terminal activities, which until then had been managed by several subsidiaries and joint ventures of the Schlumberger group. Subsequently, Axalto was listed on the Euronext Paris market on May 18, 2004.

=Gemplus=

{{Infobox company

| name = Gemplus International SA

| type = Public

| foundation = Luxembourg (May, 1988)

| dissolved = June 2, 2006

| location_city = Luxemburg, LU

| location_country = LU

| key_people = Alex J. Mandl, CEO

| industry = Smart cards

| products = Smart cards

| revenue = $9.89 Billion EUR (2005)

| num_employees = 5,000 (2005)

}}

Founded by Marc Lassus, Daniel Le Gal, Philippe Maes, Jean-Pierre Gloton and Gilles Lisimaque, Gemplus started its operations in 1988 as a supplier of prepaid phonecards. Because of its presence in the market of the prepaid phonecards during the 1990s, the company developed ties with the telecommunications industry along with Schlumberger.

Prior to 1999, the business was conducted through Gemplus S.C.A., a French limited partnership. In December 1999, Gemplus Associates, the general partner of Gemplus S.C.A., merged into Gemplus S.C.A., which became a joint stock company, Gemplus SA. In February 2000, the corporate structure was reorganized and a new holding company, Gemplus International SA, a Luxembourg corporation, was created. Texas Pacific Group became a shareholder of Gemplus at the time of its equity contribution in February 2000.

In December 2000, the company completed an initial public offering of its capital stock, in the form of ordinary shares traded on the Eurolist of Euronext Paris, and ADSs traded on the U.S. NASDAQ exchange. In 2004, the company completed the planned reorganization of its corporate structure by transferring most of the subsidiaries of Gemplus SA to Gemplus International SA.

In April 2005, Gemplus acquired Setec Oy, a company headquartered in Finland that, among other things, supplies conventional and electronic travel passports to various government agencies and products involving secure printing.

In June 2006, smart card providers Axalto and Gemplus merged to become Gemalto.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/gemplus/|title=Gemplus has become Gemalto|website=www.gemalto.com}}

= Android patent lawsuit =

In October 2010, Gemalto filed a lawsuit against Google, Samsung, HTC and Motorola over the Android operating system in the Eastern District of Texas.{{cite web|url=http://www.mckoolsmith.com/news-pressreleases-119.html|title=McKool Smith Represents Gemalto In Patent Infringement Lawsuit Over Android Gemalto|date=2010-10-23|publisher=McKool Smith}} Gemalto said that Android phones had memory-utilization features that it had first developed and patented, and accused the defendant companies of infringing three of its patents. Ars Technica quoted ING{{clarify|date=December 2022}} analysts who estimated that winning this lawsuit could potentially bring the company royalty receipts amounting to 30-50 million Euros per annum. However, in June 2014, a panel of judges in the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of the defendants that Android phones don't infringe on those patents.{{cite news|url=https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/06/digital-security-company-gemalto-loses-patent-fight-against-android/|title=Digital security company Gemalto loses patent fight against Android|date=2014-06-20|publisher=Ars Technica}}

=Acquisition by Thales=

In December 2017, Gemalto was the subject of a bid from the Thales Group for €4.8 billion.{{Cite news|date=2017-12-18|title=Thales' 4.8 billion euro bid for Gemalto gets thumbs up from investors|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gemalto-m-a-thales-idUSKBN1EC0XY|access-date=2021-10-20}} This was subsequently approved by the board of directors subject to international clearance. The acquisition was completed in April 2019 not before Thales had to offload the Thales General Purpose HSM unit to Entrust Datacard . This was as part of the agreement with EU competition commission for the necessary regulatory clearance to the acquisition.

= Corruption =

In February 2023, Gemalto was the subject of a judicial investigation for "corruption" and "criminal association" concerning a dozen government contracts in six countries on the African continent.[https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/070223/gemalto-est-vise-par-une-vaste-enquete-pour-corruption-en-afrique].

Structure

Gemalto N.V. is the holding company of the Group. The Company's authorized share capital amounts to €150 million and is divided into 150 million ordinary shares, with a nominal value of €1 per share. As of October 2012, out of these 150 million shares that are authorized to be issued by the Board, 88,015,844 shares were actually issued and in circulation. Since 2006, Gemalto comprises three market-focused divisions—Telecommunications, secure transactions and Security, as well as functional organizations for marketing; operations including both production and research and development; finance; human resources and legal.

= Acquisition by Thales =

In April 2019, Thales finished their acquisition of Gemalto for €4.8bn. Gemalto will become Thales' 7th global division which will be named Digital Identity and Security (DIS).{{Cite web|url=https://www.techradar.com/news/thales-completes-gemalto-takeover|title=Thales completes Gemalto takeover|last=Software|first=Anthony Spadafora 2019-04-02T21:35:33Z|website=TechRadar|date=2 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=2019-05-06}}

Telecommunications

Gemalto provides software, subscriber identity modules (SIM), and managed services to more than 700 million subscribers in the telecommunications market. Gemalto has more than 400 mobile telecom operator customers worldwide.{{Citation needed|date=April 2013}}

In 2007, Gemalto organized the telecom business into four lines—secure operated services, advanced products and data services, value-added products and service deployment, and SIM cards.

Every year since 2000, Axalto and then Gemalto organized the "SIMagine" contest, the Worldwide Mobile Communication & Java Card Developers Contest, aimed at stimulating SIM-based innovations. Sponsors include Samsung Semiconductor Europe and Sun Microsystems.

In 2016, following the Buzzinbees acquisition, it introduced the concept of SIM reactivation{{ Cite press release | url=http://globenewswire.com/news-release/2016/11/03/886048/0/en/Gemalto-pioneers-SIM-Reactivation-solution-to-help-operators-seamlessly-reconnect-with-lapsed-prepaid-subscribers.html | title=Gemalto pioneers SIM reactivation | date=3 November 2016 | access-date=2016-11-03}} whereby operators can let users reuse expired SIM cards instead of purchasing new ones when they wish to re-subscribe to that operator.

=Near field communications (NFC) and mobile payment=

On October 30, 2008, Royal Bank of Canada, Visa and Rogers Wireless jointly announced that they were working together on the next phase of the mobile phone payment pilot, testing wireless delivery of mobile payment software and credit card information to a customer's mobile phone. The companies announced that Gemalto would provide this capability by acting as the trusted service manager to bridge banking with mobile phones. Gemalto's role is to manage the transfer of credit card information from RBC to the secure SIM card in the Rogers Wireless NFC-enabled mobile phone.{{cite web|url= http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/2008/1030-visa.html|title=Rogers Wireless joins RBC and Visa in mobile phone payment pilot|access-date=1 November 2008}}

Gemalto has played the TSM role in other NFC pilots in several countries, including France and Taiwan. In November 2007, Gemalto partnered with Taiwan's Far EasTone Telecommunications Ltd. to start Asia's first mobile contactless SIM-based NFC trial, as part of the GSM Association’s "Pay-Buy Mobile" initiative.

=Mobile signatures=

In November 2008, Turkcell, a mobile operator in Turkey, began using Gemalto's SIM-based mobile signature offering. This allows the 30 million Turkcell subscribers to access services that require strong authentication, such as internet banking or e-government services using their mobile phones to generate a legally binding electronic signature.

Banking & Payment

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Gemalto supplies contact, hybrid, dual interface and contactless cards, EMV chip cards, payment terminals, and user authentication for secure online banking. Via Gemplus Associates, it also invested in tokenization and Mondex, including [https://cardflash.com/news/1999/11/gemplus-korea/ Mondex in South Korea].

According to the Nilson report, Gemalto is the largest provider of chip cards, selling 1.5 billion chip cards, representing 49 percent of the market. At the start of 2010 in Germany 20 million ATM cards and 3.5 million credit cards were hit by an end-of-the-decade programming glitch which prevented them working.{{cite web |url=http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/it-organisation/news/index.cfm?newsId=18184 |title=Millions of German credit card holders hit by decade-end glitch

|author=Jeremy Kirk |publisher=computerworlduk.com |access-date=2010-01-20}}

Gemalto's customers include 300 banks.

Gemalto worldwide banking and retail customers include Santander UK, ABN AMRO Netherlands, Aktia, Finland, American Express, Banque Accord (France), Accord Italia (Italy), Caisse d'Épargne (France), La Caixa (Spain), Crédit Agricole (France), Diners Club Croatia, Findomestic Italy, Fortis Belgium. Hansabank Estonia, HBOS UK, HSBC UK, ING Belgium, JCB, LHV Pank Estonia, National Bank of Greece, OpBank, Parex Bank (Latvia), Sampo (Finland), Société Générale, Agip France, Arena Netherlands, BMW, B.P., Esso, Sodexo, and Total France.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/references/index.html|title=Gemalto Web site|access-date=1 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116041932/http://www.gemalto.com/financial/references/index.html|archive-date=16 November 2008}}

=EMV cards=

Gemalto delivered EMV cards to numerous financial institutions worldwide.

In September 2008, Garanti Bank in Turkey began rolling out 300,000 Gemalto EMV contactless bankcards.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=394|title=Garanti Bank Rolls-Out Gemalto's Most Advanced EMV Contactless Credit Cards in Turkey|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In April 2016, National Commercial Bank (NCB) of Saudi Arabia appointed Gemalto as its supplier for dual-interface EMV cards.{{cite web|url= https://www.itp.net/607068-gemalto-to-deploy-contactless-payment-cards-for-ksa-bank|title=Gemalto to deploy contactless payment cards for KSA bank|access-date=7 December 2020}}

=Instant Issuance=

As of November 2008, Gemalto's Instant Issuance service has been installed in over 300 shopping malls worldwide, enabling one million credit cards to be issued on the spot per year.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=428|title=Gemalto's Instant Issuance Solution Now Deployed in over 300 Shopping Malls Worldwide, Enabling Hand-to-Hand Delivery of One Million Credit Cards per Year|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=CardLikeMe=

In July 2008, Gemalto began providing its CardLikeMe service to PlasticNow in Canada, giving consumers the ability to customize their card with the photo of their choice.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=372|title=Gemalto Web Service Enables Personalized Photos on PlasticNow MasterCard Cards in Canada|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=eBanking and eCommerce security=

Following its acquisition of Swedish security firm Todos AB in April 2010,{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=737|title=Gemalto acquires internet banking security specialist Todos|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=22 June 2017}} Gemalto eBanking provides eBanking and eCommerce security under the Ezio brand name.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/index.html|title=eBanking & eCommerce - Strong authentication and transaction verification for online banking and shopping|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=22 June 2017}} The Ezio Suite includes:

The Ezio Server{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/ezio_suite/index.html|title=eBanking & eCommerce - Strong authentication and transaction verification for online banking and shopping|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=22 June 2017}} that supports multiple authentication techniques, including two-factor authentication, one-time passwords, challenge–response, dynamic signatures{{cite web |url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/techno_trust.html |title=Online Banking | Technology for trust |access-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902151744/http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/techno_trust.html |archive-date=2011-09-02 }} and sign-what-you-see.
Authentication devices including smart card readers and tokens{{cite web |url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/ezio_suite/product/index.html |title=Ezio products |access-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807042912/http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/ezio_suite/product/index.html |archive-date=2011-08-07 }}
Mobile phone authentication using SIM, apps or SMS

Gemalto eBanking supports the Ezio Suite with services including implementation, security audit, design and consulting, training, fulfilment and support.{{cite web |url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/ezio_services/index.html |title=Online Banking | Ezio Services |access-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824014002/http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/ezio_services/index.html |archive-date=2011-08-24 }}

Ezio technology is in use in banks such as ABN AMRO, Barclays and Nordea.{{cite web |url=http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/case_studies/ |title=Online banking | Customer Success Stories |access-date=2011-08-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824013940/http://www.gemalto.com/financial/ebanking/case_studies/ |archive-date=2011-08-24 }}

=Barclays=

As of July 2008, more than one million Barclays customers are using Gemalto's cryptographic smart card reader, called PINsentry by Barclays for strong authentication for online banking.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=367|title=Over One Million Barclays Customers Bank Online with Gemalto's Solution in the UK|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=FINO PayTech Limited=

In June 2007, The Financial Information Network and Operations Ltd. (FINO PayTech Limited) in India began deploying Gemalto smart cards with biometric authentication. to enable microbanking and the underbanked population in rural India.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=203|title=FINO Adopts Gemalto Smartcards To Accelerate Microbanking Deployment In India|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=Biometric cards=

Starting from 2018, Gemalto introduced a range of biometric cards including fingerprint sensors.

In October 2019, biometric cards, equipped with fingerprint sensors, were delivered to NatWest in the UK in a project in partnership with Mastercard.{{cite web|url=https://www.retailbankerinternational.com/news/natwest-biometric-credit-card/|title=NatWest to launch biometric credit card|date=7 October 2019 |access-date=7 December 2020}}

In November 2019, biometric cards, equipped with fingerprint sensors, were delivered to Cornèrcard in Switzerland in a project in partnership with Visa.{{cite web|url=https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2019/11/154344-switzerland-based-cornercard-partners-with-gemalto-and-visa-to-launch-card-featuring-biometric-fingerprint-reader/|title=Switzerland-based Cornèrcard Partners with Gemalto and Visa to Launch Card Featuring Biometric Fingerprint Reader|access-date=7 December 2020}}

Security, public sector (e-Government)

=e-Passports=

Gemalto supplies electronic passport (e-passport) products to Australia, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, India, Italy, Latvia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Singapore, Slovenia, Sweden, Turkey, Peru, Malaysia, United States and the United Kingdom among other countries.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=389|title=Government of India selects Gemalto to jump-start electronic passport program with first rollout for diplomats|access-date=1 November 2008}}

As of March 2007, Gemalto has provided technology to more than 10 million e-passports, making them the largest provider, with an estimated 30 percent market share.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=176|title=Gemalto Ranked as Leading Supplier of e-Passport Programs by Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In the United States, Gemalto is one of two vendors picked by the Government Printing Office to supply their e-passport program in 2007.

In September 2017, Gemalto announced that its biometric ePassport technology is currently being used in more than 30 different countries, including Algeria, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, France, Italy, Korea, Morocco, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden and the United States.{{Cite news|url=http://it-online.co.za/2017/09/14/gemalto-enables-biometric-passports-in-30-countries/|title=Gemalto enables biometric passports in 30 countries|date=2017-09-14|work=IT-Online|access-date=2017-09-20|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.techtradeasia.info/2017/09/gemalto-enables-biometric-passports-in.html|title=Gemalto enables biometric passports in over 30 different countries|website=Techtradeasia.info|access-date=2017-09-20}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.biometricupdate.com/201709/gemalto-biometric-passports-are-being-used-in-over-30-different-countries|title=Gemalto biometric passports are being used in over 30 different countries|date=2017-09-08|website=BiometricUpdate.com|access-date=2017-09-20|language=en-US}}

=e-Driver’s licenses=

Mexico’s licensing authority (ICV) used Gemalto's smart card platform to issue the first e-driver's licenses to the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, in 2007. Gemalto expects to deliver more than 900,000 licenses to ICV over a three-year period.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=198|title=Gemalto Delivers First Smart Card Driving License Program in Mexico}} Gemalto secured a new contract to supply electronic card driver's license to three additional Mexican states in April 2008.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=330|title=Gemalto Expands e-Driver License Contract to 3 Additional States in Mexico|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In December 2007, Gemalto began supplying Sweden with e-driver's licenses that contain a transparent window in the polycarbonate structure, aimed at enhanced physical security. Gemalto will supply Sweden with 600,000 e-driver's licenses per year for three years.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=249|title=Gemalto Provides Swedish Citizens with Driving Licenses Incorporating World's First Clear Window Security Feature|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=e-ID Citizen cards=

In February 2007, the Portuguese Mint and National Printing Office (INCM) picked Gemalto to provide their national e-ID Citizen Card. Gemalto provides the operating system, the personalization system and applications, the middleware and associated helpdesk services. All Portuguese citizens will ultimately carry these cards as their national ID document.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=138|title=Gemalto Selected for the National Identity Project of Portugal|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=e-Healthcare cards=

In September 2007, Gemalto delivered its 100 millionth e-healthcare card. Gemalto has delivered e-healthcare cards in Algeria, Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany Mexico, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

In July, Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse (AOK), a German health insurer, also picked Gemalto to supply and personalize 35 million e-health insurance cards. The cards contain emergency data such as blood group, allergy alerts and ongoing treatments, and e-prescriptions.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=210|title=Gemalto to Deliver 35 Million e-Health Cards for German Citizens|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=e-Government ID=

As of December 2009, Gemalto has provided 25 million Common Access Cards to the United States Department of Defense for employee and contractor use.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=674|title=Gemalto Surpasses 25 Million Smart Card Shipments to U.S. Federal Government|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=22 June 2017}}

ID cards issued by the Swedish Tax Agency since September 2017 have electronic identification provided by AB Svenska Pass, a subsidiary of Gemalto.{{cite web|url=https://www.gemalto.com/sverige/myndigheter/vara-losningar/svensk-elegitimation/skatteverkets-id|title=Skatteverkets id-kort med e-legitimation|access-date=2018-07-19|website=gemalto.com|language=sv}}

=Transportation=

Gemalto has provided contactless payment technology to a nationwide transport project in the Netherlands, and citywide projects in Boston, Paris, London, São Paulo and Santiago.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=149|title=Gemalto to Provide 3.5 Million Transit Payment Devices to Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

Gemalto has delivered more than 100 million transit cards internationally.

Security and enterprise

Gemalto supplies its enterprise services through value-added resellers (VARs) and systems integrators. The company's customers include Barclays, Shell, Chevron, Pfizer, Boeing, Telia Sonera, Schlumberger and Microsoft.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/brochures/corporate_2007/GEMALTO_CB2007.pdf|title=Gemalto Corporate Brochure|access-date=1 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121114424/http://www.gemalto.com/brochures/corporate_2007/GEMALTO_CB2007.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2008}}

In April 2008, Alternative Technology began offering Gemalto's on-demand Device Administration Service (DAS) through its network of 3,000 resellers in the United States and Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2008/2008_04_08-alternative_techno.pdf|title=Alternative Technology to Offer Gemalto's Web-based Authentication Device Administration|access-date=1 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121161923/http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2008/2008_04_08-alternative_techno.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2008}}

In April 2008, Envoy Data Corporation began offering Gemalto's on-demand Device

Administration Service (DAS) through its network of IT security specialized VARs.{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2008/2008_04_08-envoy_data.pdf|title=Envoy Data Adds Gemalto's On-Demand Smart Card Admin Service to its Lineup|access-date=1 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121161837/http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2008/2008_04_08-envoy_data.pdf|archive-date=21 November 2008}}

=Pfizer=

At Pfizer, 100,000 employees use Gemalto smart cards as badges.{{cite web|url=http://www.cio.com/article/122803/How_Pfizer_Did_ID_Management_Right_|title=How Pfizer Did ID Management Right|access-date=1 November 2008|archive-date=12 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912035308/http://www.cio.com/article/122803/How_Pfizer_Did_ID_Management_Right_|url-status=dead}}

=Virchow Krause=

In July 2008, Gemalto began deploying Protiva .NET Dual tokens at Virchow Krause & Company LLP (VK), the 15th largest accounting firm in the United States.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=369|title=U.S. Accounting Firm Virchow Krause Selects Gemalto to Protect Client Data|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=Microsoft partnership=

Microsoft employees worldwide use Gemalto .NET smart card technology embedded in their corporate badge to enable access to Microsoft's own information systems.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=258|title=Gemalto Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In June 2008, Gemalto announced Instant Badge Issuance (IBI), which works directly with Microsoft Active Directory and Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) to load digital certificates directly onto the smart card.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=357|title=Microsoft Enterprise Customers Gain Speed, Security with Gemalto's Instant Issuance for Converged Badges|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

At Microsoft's "Heroes Happen Here" event in February 2008, Gemalto and Microsoft demonstrated the only .NET smart card technology with support built into Microsoft Windows Server 2008.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=305|title=Gemalto Adds Strong Identity Protection Support to Microsoft Windows Server 2008|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In November 2007, Gemalto made its .NET smart card, Protiva Strong Authentication Server and related Protiva credential devices, and other Windows Smart Card Framework-compatible products available for live simulation at the Microsoft Partner Solutions Center on Microsoft Corp.’s Redmond, Washington, campus.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=263|title=IT Leaders Can Now Experience Gemalto Digital Security First Hand When Visiting Microsoft|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In November 2007, Gemalto attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program.{{cite web|url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=258|title=Gemalto Attains Gold Certified Partner Status in Microsoft Partner Program|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In 2006, Gemalto organized a Microsoft-sponsored contest, SecureTheWeb, for the best new development in secure personal devices for Web services, such as smart cards and one-time passwords (OTPs).{{cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2006/11-21-2006-winners_securetheweb.pdf|title=Gemalto Announces Winners of its SecureTheWeb Developer Contest, Sponsored by Microsoft|access-date=1 November 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120024313/http://www.gemalto.com/press/archives/2006/11-21-2006-winners_securetheweb.pdf|archive-date=20 November 2008}}

=Citrix Systems partnership=

In December 2007, Gemalto announced that its Protiva platform were recognized by Citrix Systems as compatible with the Citrix Access Gateway.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=269|title=Gemalto Adds Strong Identity Protection to Citrix Access Gateway}} This followed a previous announcement earlier in January 2007 that Gemalto’s .NET and Protiva products were recognized by Citrix Systems as compatible with its products.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=111|title=Gemalto Digital Security Solutions Now 'Citrix Ready'|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

In January 2007, Gemalto was named a finalist for 2006 Solution Partner of the Year by Citrix Systems.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=113|title=Gemalto Named Finalist for 2006 Solution Partner of the Year by Citrix Systems|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

=Verisign=

In February 2007, Gemalto announced that its Network Identity Manager (NIM) for online security would support the VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Network.{{cite web| url= http://www.gemalto.com/php/pr_view.php?id=117|title=Gemalto Powers Online Security with Unprecedented Simplicity|website=Gemalto.com|access-date=1 November 2008}}

Security breaches

=3G/4G SIM card encryption key leak allegations=

According to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, NSA's and GCHQ's Mobile Handset Exploitation Team{{Cite web|url = https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/19/nsa-gchq-sim-card-billions-cellphones-hacking|title = Sim card database hack gave US and UK spies access to billions of cellphones|access-date =24 October 2017 |website = The Guardian| date=19 February 2015 }} infiltrated Gemalto's infrastructure to steal SIM authentication keys, allowing them to secretly monitor mobile communications.{{cite web| url= https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/02/19/great-sim-heist/|title=The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle |date=19 February 2015 |access-date=19 February 2015}} GCHQ codenamed the program "DAPINO GAMMA". The secret GCHQ document leaked by Snowden also claimed the ability to manipulate billing records to conceal their own activity and having access to authentication servers to decrypt voice calls and text messages. Snowden stated that "When the NSA and GCHQ compromised the security of potentially billions of phones (3g/4g encryption relies on the shared secret resident on the sim), they not only screwed the manufacturer, they screwed all of us, because the only way to address the security compromise is to recall and replace every SIM sold by Gemalto."{{cite web|title=We are Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald from the Oscar-winning documentary CITIZENFOUR. AUAA.|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2wwdep/we_are_edward_snowden_laura_poitras_and_glenn/coupvyq|website=Reddit|date=23 February 2015 |access-date=25 February 2015}}

The breach subsequently refueled suspicions against Gemalto chairman Alex J. Mandl, given his role in the CIA venture capital firm In-Q-Tel.{{Cite web|url = http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/high-tech/scandale-des-cartes-sim-le-president-de-gemalto-trop-proche-de-la-nsa_1653605.html|title = Gemalto: un président trop proche de la NSA| date=20 February 2015 |publisher = L'Express}}

GCHQ and NSA declined to comment on the matter.{{Cite news|url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/gemalto-says-hack-didnt-result-in-massive-theft-of-sim-card-keys-1424851298|title = Gemalto Says Hack Didn't Result in Massive Theft of SIM Keys|newspaper = The Wall Street Journal| date=25 February 2015 | last1=Schechner | first1=Sam }} Gemalto issued a press release on February 25, 2015 saying there were "reasonable grounds to believe that an operation by NSA and GCHQ probably happened", but denying that the government agencies gained access to any authentication keys.{{Cite web|url = http://www.gemalto.com/press/Pages/Gemalto-presents-the-findings-of-its-investigations-into-the-alleged-hacking-of-SIM-card-encryption-keys.aspx|title = Gemalto presents the findings of its investigations into the alleged hacking of SIM card encryption keys by Britain's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA)| date=25 February 2015 |publisher = Gemalto}}{{Cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2015/02/25/gemalto-2/|title = Gemalto: NSA/GCHQ Hack 'Probably Happened' But Didn't Include Mass SIM Key Theft|access-date =14 October 2017 |website =Techcruch.com | date=25 February 2015 |publisher = TechCrunch}}

=Smart card weak key vulnerability=

In October 2017, it was reported that Gemalto's IDPrime.NET smart cards, which are used internally by Microsoft and many other companies, were affected by the Infineon weak key vulnerability, leaving their private keys deducible to attackers.{{cite news |last=Goodin |first=Dan |title=Crippling crypto weakness opens millions of smartcards to cloning |website=Ars Technica |location=US/UK |url= https://arstechnica.co.uk/information-technology/2017/10/crippling-crypto-weakness-opens-millions-of-smartcards-to-cloning/ |access-date=24 October 2017}}

Partnerships

Key partners of Gemalto include Wipro, Prodapt, Maya, Sendum, Unique Computing Solutions, Symphony Teleca, Bing, Kore, West, etc.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gemalto.com/m2m/solutions/application-enablement/partners|title=M2M and IoT Partners|website=www.gemalto.com|access-date=2016-08-26}}

In 2017, OnKöl, a home care hub device started using Gemalto's M2M Module.{{Cite news|url=https://mobileidworld.com/home-care-hub-gemalto-m2m-module-009111/|title=Home Care Hub Device Uses Gemalto M2M Module - Mobile ID World|date=2017-09-11|work=Mobile ID World|access-date=2017-09-20|language=en-US}}