Gemalto Technology Empowers World's First Secure SMS-Based Mobile-Payment Service

Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) -

- Belgium's BASE Leverages Gemalto Highly Secure M-Payment
Solution

Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), a world leader in digital
security, today announces it is providing Belgian mobile operator
BASE with a comprehensive solution which allows its subscribers to
perform secure payment by just sending an SMS. This revolutionary
service is extremely convenient, as it enables consumers to pay with
their mobile phone anytime, anywhere, quickly and easily. Always
available, it also permits merchants to get paid immediately. Gemalto
supplied BASE with a mobile payment application compatible with third
generation SIM cards, incorporating the m-banxafe technology designed
by Banksys, the company behind the authorisation, security and
guarantee of electronic payments in Belgium. Gemalto also provided
the specific personalisation services required to guarantee the
highest levels of security for SMS-based transactions. The service
went live on March 20, 2007.

This mobile-payment capability targets all kinds of practical
services such as home deliveries, taxi rides or baby-sitting. Through
an easy-to-navigate menu, the payee enters a payment request into his
mobile phone. The payer receives this request, specifying the amount
and the name of the payee, on his handset screen and accepts the
transaction by entering the secret code he selected at service
activation. Then both the customer and the merchant receive an SMS
confirming the transaction.

The m-banxafe technology enables a link between the SIM card and
the subscriber's banking card and account. During the activation
process, the customer selects his mobile payment PIN code through the
menu of his mobile phone. Then he inserts his banking card into the
point of sales terminal of a BASE shop or into an ATM. He just has to
select the activation option of the menu to create the link between
his banking details and the PIN code on the SIM card. Banksys'
m-banxafe enables reloading of the calling credit and live access to
the account balance. This application has been designed in
cooperation with all Belgian banks, ensuring the same level of
security as that achieved with a banking card. From now on, all new
Base subscribers will be issued an m-banxafe-enabled SIM card.

"We are delighted to welcome BASE customers to our new highly
secure remote mobile payment service thanks to the new generation of
BASE' SIM integrating our m-banxafe technology," commented Vincent
Roland, CEO of Banksys. "The collaboration between Belgian Telecom
operators and banks will allow us to capture cash transactions in new
markets in which up till now the cards weren't accepted. This will be
a benefit for all actors of the economy."

"We are very pleased to support BASE in rolling out this
compelling service and bring our expertise in advanced card
technology, which definitely plays a crucial role in securing future
mobile payment applications," added Jacques Seneca, president Europe
at Gemalto. "This innovative payment means is perfectly in line with
people's lifestyles nowadays. Whether at home or on the move, they
want flexibility, convenience, quick and easy access to secure mobile
services. Gemalto offers solutions that make things safe and simple
for users."

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is a leader in digital
security with pro forma 2006 annual revenues of EUR1.7 billion,
operations in about 100 countries and over 10,000 employees including
1,500 R&D engineers.

In a world where the digital revolution is increasingly
transforming our lives, Gemalto's solutions are designed to make
personal digital interactions more convenient, secure and enjoyable.

Gemalto provides end-to-end digital security solutions, from the
development of software applications through design and production of
secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and
tokens to the management of deployment services for its customers.

More than a billion people worldwide use the company's
products and services for telecommunications, financial services,
e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights
management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications.

As the use of Gemalto's software and secure devices increases with
the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world,
the company is poised to thrive over the coming years.

Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the combination of Axalto
and Gemplus.

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com

Contacts
Gemalto TBWA�porate
Aline Borne Maxence Naouri
T.: +33(0)1-55-01-51-05 T.: +33(0)1-49-09-26-95
M.: +33(0)6-16-29-87-04 M.:+33(0)6-82-78-00-53
aline.borne@gemalto.com maxence.naouri@tbwa-corporate.com

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Contact:
Contacts: Gemalto, Aline Borne, T.: +33(0)1-55-01-51-05, M.:
+33(0)6-16-29-87-04, aline.borne@gemalto.com; TBWA�porate, Maxence
Naouri, T.: +33(0)1-49-09-26-95, M.:+33(0)6-82-78-00-53,
maxence.naouri@tbwa-corporate.com