T-Mobile Selects Gemalto’s Trusted Service Manager for First pan-European NFC Launch; Goes Live in Poland

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“Gemalto’s NFC solution provides PTC with the excellent flexibility required to easily ramp up additional mobile contactless service”

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces that T-Mobile has selected its LinqUs Trusted Service Manager (TSM) platform for the group-wide rollout of NFC services. Gemalto’s TSM platform will enable the secure installation and management of T-Mobile’s NFC services across major European markets. This group-wide deployment will be implemented firstly in Poland.

Gemalto provided PTC, T-Mobile’s network operator in Poland, with a complete NFC solution encompassing the TSM platform and the mobile wallet software, as well as the UpTeq NFC high-end card for mass deployment of SIM-based mobile contactless services. PTC will start the nationwide SIM upgrade to the new UpTeq NFC card by year-end to ensure NFC-readiness for the deployment of a broad range of innovative services to its 14-million subscriber base.

Gemalto’s end-to-end solution will enable PTC to efficiently grow its portfolio of NFC services through the progressive addition of new partners over time. The LinqUs TSM is an open and interoperable secure platform which permits interconnection with any service provider, while the UpTeq NFC secure device enables the operator to easily on-board and manage new services even after the issuance to end users.

This program is the first nationwide NFC rollout in Poland. The country has been a forerunner of contactless payment, with over 10 million banking cards and over 90,000 contactless terminals already active in the field, representing over 20% of the total point-of-sale readers. PTC customers will now be offered the convenience of using their mobile phone to enjoy a broad range of NFC services including payment, access to mass transit and parking systems, loyalty programs and stadium ticketing during major events.

“Gemalto’s NFC solution provides PTC with the excellent flexibility required to easily ramp up additional mobile contactless service” commented Jean-Claude Deturche, Gemalto senior vice president, Mobile Financial Services. “The project delivery expertise of our teams is key to the smooth deployment of their NFC program, and our capabilities acquired through several dozens of TSM commercial implementations worldwide will help T-Mobile in tapping the enormous potential of mobile contactless services being deployed in Europe.”

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2011 annual revenues of €2 billion and more than 10,000 employees operating out of 74 offices and 14 Research & Development centers, located in 43 countries.

We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society. Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime, everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, payment security, authenticated cloud access, identity and privacy protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications.

Gemalto develops secure embedded software and secure products which we design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these secure products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted end-user services they enable. Our innovations offer more ways for our clients to enhance the convenience and security of people’s digital lives.

Gemalto thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to interact with the digital and wireless world.

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