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To: gdichaz who wrote (7474)	3/12/2000 4:01:00 PM
From: vc21	Respond to of 13582

I bet if Q started making multi-colored ASICs, Nokia would jump on board in a flash. Thanks, VC

To: gdichaz who wrote (7474)	3/13/2000 12:06:00 PM
From: kumar	Respond to of 13582

smart card vendor : www.gemplus.com i dont know if they are publicly listed. I know they are linked up with Verifone, a leading provider of smart card readers. am waiting confirmation that its their technology in the GSM SIM cards. cheers, kumar from their web site : Gemplus S.A. (www.gemplus.com) is the world's leading provider of plastic and smart card -based solutions (by units sold, source: Dataquest 1998). Gemplus sells magnetic stripe cards, memory and microprocessor-based smart cards , smart contactless cards, electronic tags and smart objects. The company designs and markets software, development tools and readers. Gemplus also provides consulting, training and personalization services to deliver the industry's most comprehensive and flexible card-based solutions to its developers, distributors, partners, and customers. With sales of over $US817 million in 1999, Gemplus employs almost 6,000 people in 16 manufacturing facilities, 7 R&D centers and 41 sales and marketing offices located in more than 30 countries around the world. Founded in 1988, Gemplus has successfully implemented portable and secure smart card -based solutions to simplify applications such as public and wireless communications, financial transactions, loyalty, transportation, education, healthcare, identity, physical access control, pay TV, electronic commerce, Internet security, logical access control and information technology.