Gemplus Joins 3G Americas' Board of Governors

Bellevue, WA - May 24, 2004 - 3G Americas today announces that Gemplus, a leading provider of smart card solutions, is the newest member of its Board of Governors, effective 2004. Gemplus joins a Board comprised of leading operators and manufacturers that support the GSM family of technologies throughout the Americas, as well as the adoption of next generation wireless technologies and services.

Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas remarked, "We are pleased to welcome Gemplus to our membership. With their leadership role in smart card technology solutions, Gemplus brings a new area of expertise to our Board. As content and applications for wireless data become a larger revenue source for GSM operators in the Americas, the strategic involvement of Gemplus will be mutually beneficial. "

"As a pioneer in the wireless smart card industry, Gemplus provides a wide range of products and solutions for GSM wireless telecommunications," stated Jean-Louis Carrara, Vice President of Marketing and Technical Consulting, North America for Gemplus. He added, "With our expertise and worldwide experience in 3G, Gemplus will be able to contribute to the goals of 3G Americas and work with its leading operator and vendor members to highlight new and exciting wireless services and applications to customers throughout the Americas. Gemplus is a strong contributor to the 3G standardization bodies and is the only smart card manufacturer present in all commercial launches of 3G GSM networks to date."

Gemplus is a leading provider of SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) cards in the Americas. The SIM card is a smart card for use in wireless telecommunications. It plays a unique and important role in the GSM technology standard, serving as the authentication device to the GSM network and as an operator-owned application platform. Gemplus' SIM cards enable a wide variety of secure, portable, and personalized solutions for GSM customers including security, portability of devices, and purchasing/banking functionality.

3G Americas' Board of Governor members include AT&T Wireless (USA), Cable & Wireless (West Indies), Cingular Wireless (USA), Ericsson, HP, Lucent Technologies, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Openwave Systems, Research In Motion, Rogers Wireless (Canada), Siemens, T-Mobile USA, Telcel (Mexico), Texas Instruments, and now Gemplus.

About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology 
The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless deployment of GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS throughout the Americas for the benefit of consumers. The organization fully supports the Third Generation (3G) technology migration strategy GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS adopted by many operators in the Americas that is expected to account for up to 85% of next-generation customers worldwide. 3G Americas is headquartered in Bellevue, WA with an office for Latin America and the Caribbean in Dallas, TX. For more information, visit our website at www.3gamericas.org.

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: Gartner-Dataquest (2003); Frost & Sullivan, Datamonitor.) It has the largest R&D team, unrivalled experience, and an outstanding track record of technological innovation.

Gemplus offers 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.

Gemplus' revenue in 2003 was 749 million Euros.

www.gemplus.com

Contact: 

Kerry Butler 
Tel: +1 215 390 2840 
e-mail: kerry.butler@gemplus.com

Vicki Livingston
Tel: +1 262 242 3458
e-mail: vicki.livingston@3gamericas.org

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