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Canada Post and Gemplus announce strategic partnership for electronic
Postmark™ services
SAN JOSE, Calif., RSA Security™ 2002, 20th
February 2002 - Canada Post and Gemplus (NASDAQ:GEMP) today announced
their partnership to deliver and market enhanced Canada Post Electronic
Postmark (EPM™) services, essential for the secure, non-repudiable*
delivery of on-line documents and transactions.
"This relationship will expand our Electronic Postmark services
which are already an important part of our existing eServices platform,"
said Philippe Lemay, executive vice-president, Business Development at
Canada Post. "The Electronic Postmark builds on the trust Canadians
have long placed in the security of the post and our 'traditional' postmark.
As more and more transactions are taking place on the Internet, the corporation
has been working, as a trusted third party, to develop new Internet based
services which will provide Canadians with that same level of security
they have come to expect from Canada Post."
Canada Post is currently providing secure electronic solutions through
PosteCS™, secure online bill presentment and payment through epost™,
and is working as a part of a consortium of companies to build the federal
government's secure channel. It also offers other electronic solutions
such as Volume Electronic Mail™ (VEM) and Sell Online™ Shipping
module.
"Our partnership will offer Canada Post's customers a compelling
alternative to pen and paper transactions, realizing the practical advantages
of secure Internet communications," said David Ludin, North American
senior director of financial and security, Services Business Unit, Gemplus.
"Canada Post's Electronic Postmark (EMP™) project is one of
our largest eServices opportunities to date, making it an exciting opportunity
for Gemplus, and one that yet again marks our position as a leading solutions
provider in the security space."
The EPM™, already a major component of the Canada Post e-platform
as well as one of the key offerings to the government secure channel consortium,
will be further enhanced. The EPM™ is Canada Post's testimonial seal,
or electronic signature, indicating that a customer's transaction was
processed and delivered securely and privately, and is non-repudiable,
in accordance with the service offering that the customer subscribed to.
"Partnering with Gemplus, the world leader in security and smart
card technology, will continue to enhance our role as an innovative e-commerce
business while allowing the corporation to play a vital role as the trusted
third party on the Internet," said Lemay.
Together, Gemplus and Canada Post will strengthen the non-repudiation
element of EPM™ by using GemSAFE server software that will manage
verification, time stamping and logging of all performed digital signature
operations, as well as client software for high-level
About Gemplus
Gemplus is the world's number one provider of solutions empowered by smart
cards. Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable,
personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives.
These include mobile Internet access, interoperable banking facilities,
e-commerce, and a wealth of other applications. Gemplus is the only completely
dedicated, truly global player in the smart card industry, with the largest
R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track record of
technological innovation. Gemplus trades its shares on Euronext Paris S.A.
First Market and on the Nasdaq Stock Market as GEMP in the form of ADSs.
Its revenue in 2000 was 1.205 Billion Euros. It employs 6721 people in 37
countries throughout the world.
Gemplus: Beyond smart
About Canada Post
Canada Post serves over 30 million Canadians at some 13 million addresses
and nearly 1 million Canadian businesses. Incorporated in 1981, the company
employs more than 56,000 people and offers customers 7,000 postal outlets
and the largest retail network in Canada. In 2000/2001, its revenues were
$5.9B (Canadian). The address of Canada Post's Web site is www.canadapost.ca
Contacts
For Gemplus
Alicia Jones
Edelman PR Worldwide
Tel: +1 (323) 202-1047
alicia.jones@edelman.com
Gemplus
Kerry Butler
Tel: +1 (215) 390-2840
kerry.butler@gemplus.com
For Canada Post
John Caines
National Media Relations
Tel: (613) 734-7675
john.caines@canadapost.ca
Editor's Notes
(*)Non-repudiation is a vital feature in online environments, providing
non-deniable proof of an Internet-based transaction. It is achieved through
cryptographic methods that prevent an individual or entity from denying
having performed a particular action related to data.
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Gemplus, the Gemplus logo and GemSAFE are trademarks and service marks
of Gemplus S.A. and are registered in certain countries. All other trademarks
and service marks, whether registered or not in specific countries, are
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