EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / SCM Microsystems´ readers certified for use in the Korean market

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Ismaning, Germany, October 20, 2011 (euro adhoc) - SCM Microsystems,
a leading provider of solutions for secure access, secure identity
and secure exchange and a business unit of Identive Group, Inc.
(NASDAQ: INVE, Frankfurt: INV), today announced that several of its
smart card readers have been certified for use in the Korean market
and now carry the official Korea Certification (KC) mark.

Readers certified for use in Korea include SCM´s SCL3711 and SCL011
contactless readers, SDI011 dual interface reader and SCR3310v2.0 and
SCR3500 contact readers. The certification signifies compliance with
all standards and requirements of the Korean authorities for radio
communications equipment. The KC mark ensures that the readers can
now be used by government agencies, enterprises and private users.

"Korea´s rapid adoption of smart card-based technologies for
telecommunications, banking and payments, transportation and
corporate ID makes it an attractive growth opportunity for SCM, and
certification of our readers is an important step to penetrating this
key Asian market," said Dr. Manfred Mueller, chief executive officer
of SCM Microsystems. "This initial certification brings value to our
customers in Korea as it allows them to leverage proven SCM
technologies to quickly build and certify their own market solutions.
As part of our global certification program we will continue to
pursue certifications for additional product families in the coming
months."

About the KC mark The KC labeling is comparable to the CE and FCC
marking and declaration of conformity standards in many countries.
These designations certify that each product meets the applicable
regulations for quality and safety in each country and has been
tested according to prescribed conformity assessment procedures. The
KC mark was launched by the Korean Agency for Technology and
Standards (KATS) and is valid for all radio communications equipment.
For the testing procedure SCM utilized a testing laboratory
accredited by the Korean Radio Research Agency (RRA).

About SCM Microsystems SCM Microsystems, a business unit of Identive
Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE; Frankfurt: INV), is a leading provider of
solutions for secure access, secure identity and secure exchange. The
company offers the world's broadest range of contact, contactless and
mobile smart card reader and terminal technology, digital identity
and transaction platforms, as well as systems that integrate physical
and logical access control. SCM´s smart card-based products and
solutions are utilized around the world to enable security and
identification applications, NFC-based transaction systems, eHealth-
and eGovernment programs and physical access. For more information,
please visit www.scmmicro.com. Identive Group, Inc. is a leading
provider of products, services and solutions for the identification,
security and RFID industries. Additional information is available at
www.identive-group.com.

Note: All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Further inquiry note:
Frau Annika Oelsner
Tel.: +49 89 9595-5220
E-Mail: aoelsner@identive-group.com

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company: Identive Group Inc.
Carnegie Ave., Bldg. B 1900
US-CA 92705 Santa Ana
phone: +1 949 553 4280
FAX: +49 89 9595-5555
mail: investorrelations@identive-group.com
WWW: http://www.identive-group.com
sector: Computing & Information Technology
ISIN: US45170X1063
indexes: NASDAQ
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