What are Gemplus main business profile and offerings?
Gemplus is the world’s leading player in the smart card industry and has sold over five billion smart cards worldwide. Founded in 1988, Gemplus employs more than 5000 people in 37 countries around the world. Our international headquarters is located in Luxembourg, with our North America headquarters in Horsham, Pennsylvania – just outside of Philadelphia. We have the largest R&D team in the industry with internationally renowned researchers in security and cryptography. We are traded on both the NASDAQ as GEMP and Euronext as Sicovam 5768. Our revenue in 2004 was 865 million Euros. With our core focus on security, Gemplus delivers a wide range of solutions in a variety of markets around the world including identity management, wireless telecommunications, banking, retail, transportation, healthcare, public telephony, wireless LAN (WLAN), Pay-TV, e-government, and access control. Our products and services include: Memory and microprocessor cards for use in wireless communications SIM ca