 Gemplus
R&D team joins world's software leaders engaging in the CMM certification
process
Industry's high rating - CMM level 2 certification highlights Gemplus
leadership in smart card software development
Luxembourg 26 January 2004 - Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext:
LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP), the world's leading provider of smart card
based solutions, today announced that it has achieved the CMM Level 2
certification standard.
Gemplus is the first organisation of its industry to obtain a CMM (Capability
Maturity Model), level 2 certification which covers both the smart cards and the
OTA platforms (Over The Air).
"The most advanced customers start to ask what are our plans regarding
CMM as a software quality measurement method. We are very proud to show them now
the recognition that the Gemplus R&D team is receiving through this CMM
certification, this is a demonstration of the continuous improvement of our
software process maturity, which is reflected in the quality of our products and
will soon become a must for all smart cards developments." said Jacques
Seneca, Vice President and Director of the Business Development Group, Gemplus.
The CMM (Capability Maturity Model), developed at Carnegie Mellon
University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI), USA, is considered the
industry standard for measuring the maturity of an organization's software
development processes.
Gemplus has the strongest R&D group in the industry with 600 smart card
R&D engineers in France, Singapore, Germany and China. The R&D resources
of Gemplus are focusing on growing smart card functionalities and ease of use as
well as developing server based solutions to manage smartcard issuing and life
cycle, targeting the main market segments: GSM and 3G, financial services, ID
and security.
About Gemplus
Gemplus International S.A. (Euronext: LU0121706294 - GEM and NASDAQ: GEMP) is
the world's leading player in the smart card industry in both revenue and total
shipments (source 2002: Gartner-Dataquest, Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor.)
It has the largest R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track
record of technological innovation.
Gemplus helps its clients offer an exceptional range of portable,
personalized solutions that bring security and convenience to people's lives.
These include Mobile Telecommunications, Public Telephony, Banking, Retail,
Transport, Identity, WLAN, Pay-TV, e-government, access control, and a wealth of
other applications.
www.gemplus.com
For more information
Marielle Bricman, Press Relations
Gemplus
Tel : + 33 4 42 36 55 96
E-mail: marielle.bricman@gemplus.com
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