Gemalto to Design, Build and Implement the First Smart Card-Based Healthcare System in Algeria

Amsterdam and Algiers, Algeria (ots/PRNewswire) -

- The Contract Calls for 7 Million Smart Cards Over Three Years
and Designing, Building and Implementing the Smart Card Customisation
and Management System

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital
security, announced that it has been selected by the Algerian
national health insurance authority (Caisse Nationale de la Sécurité
Sociale des Travailleurs Salariés, CNAS) to be its sole provider for
the rollout of the first healthcare microprocessor cards in Algeria.
As prime contractor, Gemalto will manage the entire project. Main
roll out is to take place in 2007, including a total of 7 million
smart cards.

Under the contract, Gemalto will provide CNAS with a
microprocessor card-based turnkey solution to strongly authenticate
both healthcare beneficiaries and healthcare providers, while
ensuring full prescription traceability. Gemalto's solution involves
smart cards for citizens, smart cards for healthcare professionals
(doctors, pharmacists..), the related customisation system and an
integrated issuance and management system. Leveraging on its
expertise in solutions and services customisation, Gemalto will
assist the CNAS in starting off the production process, and ensure
proper training for the CNAS personnel.

For the citizens, the healthcare smart card simplifies
substantially the submission of claims to the Algerian social
security services by digitising claims forms. It also offers a high
degree of transaction security and speeds up claim reimbursements.

"We needed a partner with expertise in rolling out healthcare
smart card and customisation systems," said Mr Ahmed Khenchoul,
General Director of CNAS. "Gemalto had a clear understanding of our
needs and was able to propose a turnkey solution enabling healthcare
institutions to migrate efficiently to smart card technology. By
doing so, healthcare institutions in Algeria will be able to securely
manage patient records and verify patient benefits while keeping
patient data confidential."

"We are proud to be taking part in this ambitious CNAS
modernization plan, which will be a premiere not only in North Africa
but on the entire African continent," added Xavier Chanay, President
CIS, Middle East, Africa at Gemalto.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is a leader in digital
security with pro forma 2005 annual revenues of EUR1,7 billion ($2.2
billion), operations in 120 countries and 11,000 employees including
1,500 R&D engineers. The company's solutions make personal digital
interactions secure and easy in a world where everything of value
-from money to entertainment to identities- is increasingly
represented as bits and bytes communicated over networks.

Gemalto thrives on creating and deploying secure platforms,
portable and secure forms of software in highly personal objects like
smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, readers and tokens. More than a
billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for
telecommunications, banking, e-government, identity management,
multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security and other
applications. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of
Axalto and Gemplus International S.A. For more information please
visit www.gemalto.com.

Gemalto
Media
Emmanuelle Saby
T: +33-1-55-01-57-27
M: +33-6-09-10-76-10
emmanuelle.saby@gemalto.com
Investor Relations
Stéphane Bisseuil
T: +33-1-55-01-50-97
M: +33-6-86-08-64-13
stephane.bisseuil@gemalto.com
TBWACorporate
Emlyn Korengold
T: +33-1-49-09-66-51
M: +33-6-08-21-93-74
emlyn.korengold@tbwa-corporate.com

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Contact:
Gemalto: Media, Emmanuelle Saby, T: +33-1-55-01-57-27, M:
+33-6-09-10-76-10, emmanuelle.saby@gemalto.com. Investor Relations,
Stéphane Bisseuil, T: +33-1-55-01-50-97, M: +33-6-86-08-64-13,
stephane.bisseuil@gemalto.com. TBWACorporate, Emlyn Korengold, T:
+33-1-49-09-66-51, M: +33-6-08-21-93-74,
emlyn.korengold@tbwa-corporate.com