INSIDE Passes 50 Million MicroPass Units Milestone 05:21PM, 15-Mar-2009 INSIDE announced that shipments of its revolutionary MicroPass intelligent payment platform for contactless payment cards has surpassed 50 million units. Since it was first launched at Cartes in November of 2005, the MicroPass platform has achieved its unprecedented success by continuing to deliver superior performance, flexibility, and is now the platform of choice for certified card manufacturers around the world.

Xiring Q1 2008 Turnover - US$8.4 million 05:21PM, 15-Mar-2009 Xiring has recorded a turnover of Euro 5.4 million (US$8.4 million) for Q1 2008 - up 88% compared to the same period in 2007.

Oberthur Technologies Q1 2008 Sales Results 05:17PM, 15-Mar-2009 Oberthur Technologies reported its Q1 2008 revenue of Euro 184.3 million (US$286.4 million) representing a year-on-year increase of 13% at constant rate and 8.8% at current rate.

G+D Reports Strong Growth In Sales & Earnings 05:17PM, 15-Mar-2009 G+D reported strong growth in sales and earnings in its consolidated results for fiscal 2007. The Company’s worldwide operations, with a workforce of nearly 9,000 employees, generated net sales of Euro 1.55 billion (US$2.38 billion). This represents an increase of approximately 20% compared with the previous year. All business units contributed to the Group’s outstanding performance around the world, and are all growing at a uniform rate. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) grew at a higher rate than sales, increasing by 73% to Euro 161 million (US$247 million). This pushed the EBIT margin up to 10.4%. Net income for the year amounted to Euro 96 million (US$147.3 million).

Emerging Markets Increase Global SIM Sales By 28% 05:17PM, 15-Mar-2009 SIMalliance announced a 28% growth in global SIM card shipments at SIMposium 2008 – the official event of the SIMalliance. The growth is being driven by new opportunities from emerging markets and demand for a new generation of high-speed multimedia handsets. Total Available Market (TAM) is estimated from 1.9 billion in 2006 to 2.7 billion in 2007.

TietoEnator Nets US$56 Million In Savings 05:17PM, 15-Mar-2009 TietoEnator's Q1 net sales grew by 6% to US$728.8 (688.3) million which was in line with the market growth. The profitability of the underlying business improved from Q1 2007. Operating profit excluding one-off items rose by 15% and amounted to US$58.5 (51.1) million. One-off items were mainly attributable to the Performance Improvement Programme the company announced in October 2007.

CC Protection Profile For USIM Java Cards 04:28PM, 15-Mar-2009 Trusted Labs announced that it has developed a Common Criteria Protection Profile for open USIM Java cards designed to host third-party security-sensitive applications, in a joint effort with other companies including French mobile operators, Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR. The Protection Profile will soon be available for application providers and platform developers.

Historic Milestone For Datacard’s 150i 04:27PM, 15-Mar-2009 Datacard announced that the company recently shipped its 10,000th Datacard 150i card personalisation system, a desktop instant issuance system that embosses preprinted ATM, debit and credit cards in minutes. This productive system is ideal for banks, credit unions and retailers that want to offer new card products, increase revenue and strengthen customer loyalty.

10,000 Pharmacies Now Using “le Point XIRING V2” 04:21PM, 15-Mar-2009 Xiring announced that 10,000 French pharmacies are now using “le Point XIRING V2” - the 2nd generation of its remote service for updating the French Vitale health card.

MasterCard EMV Cards Break 300M Global Milestone 04:21PM, 15-Mar-2009 MasterCard announced the achievement of a major milestone with more than 300 million EMV chip-based MasterCard cards across the world. Importantly, MasterCard year-end 2007 results reveal that these EMV chip cards are now accepted with a dip of the chip at over 8 million locations around the world.