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Gemalto
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Also known as Gemalto N.V.

Gemalto was an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, e-wallets and managed services. It was formed in June 2006 by the merger of two companies, Axalto and Gemplus International. Gemalto N.V.'s revenue in 2018 was €2.969 billion.

Key facts

Company.name
Gemplus International SA
Company.logo
250px
Company.type
Public
Company.defunct
April 2019
Company.fate
Purchased by Thales Group
Company.location
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Company.industry
Smart cards
Company.products
Smart cards
Company.revenue
$0.938 Billion EUR (2005)
Company.operating_income
€480 million (2018)
Company.net_income
€332 million (2018)
Company.assets
€4.257 billion (end 2018)
Company.equity
€2.274 billion (end 2018)
Company.num_employees
5,000 (2005)
Company.parent
Thales Group
Company.foundation
Luxembourg (May, 1988)
Company.dissolved
June 2, 2006
Company.location_city
Luxemburg, LU

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Type
Company
Founded
2006
Location
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Status
Active

GRID grid.497144.b · ISNI 0000 0004 0591 6632

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Encyclopedic overview

38 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Axalto and Schlumberger
  • Gemplus
  • Android patent lawsuit
  • Acquisition by Thales
  • Corruption
  • Structure
  • Acquisition by Thales
  • Telecommunications
  • Near field communications (NFC) and mobile payment
  • Mobile signatures
  • Banking & Payment
  • EMV cards
  • Instant Issuance
  • CardLikeMe
  • eBanking and eCommerce security
  • Barclays
  • FINO PayTech Limited
  • Biometric cards
  • Security, public sector (e-Government)
  • e-Passports
  • e-Driver’s licenses
  • e-ID Citizen cards
  • e-Healthcare cards
  • e-Government ID
  • Transportation
  • Security and enterprise
  • Pfizer
  • Virchow Krause
  • Microsoft partnership
  • Citrix Systems partnership
  • Verisign
  • Security breaches
  • 3G/4G SIM card encryption key leak allegations
  • Smart card weak key vulnerability
  • Partnerships
  • See also
  • References

Gemalto was an international digital security company providing software applications, secure personal devices such as smart cards and tokens, e-wallets and managed services. It was formed in June 2006 by the merger of two companies, Axalto and Gemplus International. Gemalto N.V.'s revenue in 2018 was €2.969 billion.

The company was purchased by Thales Group in April 2019 and is now operating as Thales DIS (Digital Identity and Security). Gemalto was until its acquisition the world's largest manufacturer of SIM cards.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gemalto” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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