Mobile partners

SIM, MicroSD and SMD

FUTURECARD was founded in 2002 to address ME market for plastic and smart cards. Since then, we grew from an annual capacity of 48 million cards to 600 million within five years, enabling us moving from regional to worldwide player. With our large portfolio, we address all markets, including telecom, Banking, Public Sector, loyalty and private payment.

GEMALTO is the leader in digital security. Its' solutions are designed to make personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable. More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity and access management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

Giesecke & Devrient is a leading manufacturer of banknotes and security documents and a specialist in banknote processing. G&D is also a technology leader in smart cards, and a provider of chip-card based solutions in a wide range of fields, including telecommunications, electronic payments, health, identification, transportation, and IT security (PKI). Based in Munich, Germany, the G&D Group operates subsidiaries and joint ventures throughout the world.. In fiscal 2007, the Group had a workforce of nearly 9,000 employees and generated sales revenues of over 1.5 billion euros.

Sagem Mobiles (a SAFRAN Group subsidiary) is a leading player on the mobile telecommunications market, designing, developing, manufacturing and selling a wide range of mobile phones, delivering the latest technologies (3G, EDGE, DVB-H, Wi-Fi, RFID/NFC, mobile payment). SAGEM mobiles are designed to meet increasingly varied consumer expectations, by providing a platform for convergent services, by being developed in partnership with sports-based or trendsetting brand names and by being designed exclusively for deluxe brand names. Sagem Mobiles has also deployed an ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) business segment within which it develops mobile phones on behalf of and under the brand name of its partners.

STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, Intellectual Property (IP) portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2007, the Company's net revenues were $10 billion.

With sales of 733.4million Euros in 2007, Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality services ensure Oberthur Technologies’ strong positioning in its main target markets:

Smart cards
One of the world’s leading providers of security and identification based on smart card technology and associated services, such as personalization, for the mobile, payment, identity, digital TV and transport markets.

Secure printing
The world’s third largest private security printer, specializing in high security for the production and management of banknotes, passports and other identity documents in more than fifty countries.

Cash protection
World leader in the emerging market of equipments for smart cash transportation and ATM protection.

Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an industrial and commercial presence across all five continents. Oberthur Technologies is listed on the Eurolist section B stock exchange.

WATCHDATA is a leader in security enabling solutions for electronic and mobile transactions and data critical e-commerce activities. Watchdata is an established and recognized pioneer in smart card and contactless technology solutions. Watchdata offerings include SIMpass™, digital signature and authentication solutions, embedded security access module and the award winning TimeCOS™ operating system