29 Facts About Gemalto

Gemalto was an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, and managed services.

Gemalto was until its acquisition the world's largest manufacturer of SIM cards.

Gemalto 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 .

In October 2010, Gemalto filed a lawsuit against Google, Samsung, HTC and Motorola over the Android operating system in the Eastern District of Texas.

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.

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In December 2017, Gemalto was the subject of a bid from the Thales Group for €4.

Gemalto will become Thales' 7th global division which will be named Digital Identity and Security .

Gemalto provides software solutions, subscriber identity modules and managed services to more than 700 million subscribers in the telecommunications market.

Gemalto has more than 400 mobile telecom operator customers worldwide.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Gemalto secured a new contract to supply electronic card driver's license to three additional Mexican states in April 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 provides the operating system, the personalization system and applications, the middleware and associated helpdesk services.

Gemalto has delivered e-healthcare cards in Algeria, Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany Mexico, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Gemalto has provided contactless payment technology to a nationwide transport project in the Netherlands, and citywide projects in Boston, Paris, London, Sao Paulo and Santiago.

Gemalto has delivered more than 100 million transit cards internationally.

Gemalto's customers include Barclays, Shell, Chevron, Pfizer, Boeing, Telia Sonera, Schlumberger and Microsoft.

In June 2008, Gemalto announced that Instant Badge Issuance, a solution that works directly with Microsoft Active Directory and Identity Lifecycle Manager to load digital certificates directly onto the smart card.

In November 2007, Gemalto attained Gold Certified Partner status in the Microsoft Partner Program.

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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 .

In December 2007, Gemalto announced that its Protiva platform were recognized by Citrix Systems as compatible with the Citrix Access Gateway.

In January 2007, Gemalto was named a finalist for 2006 Solution Partner of the Year by Citrix Systems.

In February 2007, Gemalto announced that its Network Identity Manager for online security would support the VeriSign Identity Protection Network.