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Oberthur Card Systems introduces CosmopolIC(tm) lite, a multi-application, low-end, Java and Visa-certified smart card
UK, April 24 -- Oberthur Card Systems today announces the general
availability of a new, low-end, Java and Visa-certified smart card.
The card meets increasing market demand for low-cost multi-application
projects, and more particularly that of US Visa member banks that
participate in the Smart Visa program.
This new range also appeals to other markets eager to embark on scalable,
multi-application projects.
It complies with the most recent Visa specifications (both for the
implementation of OpenPlatform and for Smart Visa Framework, a personal data
storage application used by Visa in the US).
The card can be used:
* To pay for goods or services via a Visa-certified
debit/credit application;
* To gain secure access to Internet services: recording of
passwords or personal information, secure online purchasing, etc.;
* For other purposes, according to the card issuers' needs,
thanks to the possibility they have of adding applications adapted to their
markets (loyalty, logical access, authentication, etc.).
Furthermore, its storage capacity enables issuers to incorporate
MasterCard's debit/credit application, M-Chip Lite, and a loyalty
application.
This card can also be supplied with a card reader and PC software for secure
connections to services. It can additionally be integrated into security
solutions from Oberthur such as Convenient Storage Application and AuthentIC
Web Assistant.
Technical specifications
* 16 KB of user memory
* JavaCard 2.1-certified
* Open Platform 2.0.1-certified, supporting various security domains
* VSDC - Visa Smart Debit Credit
* Smart Visa Framework
About Oberthur Card Systems:
Oberthur Card Systems, listed on the Euronext Stock Exchange (Euroclear
code12413), ranks amongst the three world-wide leaders in the smart card
industry, and is the world's number 1 card provider for Visa and MasterCard.
The company markets an extensive range of products and services from
conception to the final product: including software development,
personalised card issuance and end-to-end project management.
Its strategy is to be positioned as the leader in terms of innovation and
services within the payment, mobile telephony and security/identification
sectors.
Employing more than 3400 people, Oberthur Card Systems has an industrial and
sales presence in 21 countries on the five continents.
In 2001, Oberthur Card Systems revenue was 484.1 million euros, with a 7.3%
growth over the preceding year.
Internet web site: http://www.oberthurcs.com/
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