PARIS, November 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Oberthur Technologies, the
world's second largest provider of smart cards, and Telefonica Spain, one of
the leading telecommunications operators in the world, will demonstrate, a
Visual Voicemail Service running on Oberthur Technologies' Multimedia SIM
Card GIGANTIC WUAOW during the CARTES & Identification 2009 exhibition in
Paris.
The Visual Voicemail Service for mobile phones is what e-mail is to
computers. By taking advantage of the multimedia capacities of the GIGANTIC
WUAOW SIM card, subscribers have the freedom to play voicemails in any order,
listen to a message only partially, or use details such as phone numbers in
utmost simplicity from a list displayed on the screen of their handsets. In
addition, subscribers can also store voice messages with no time limitation
due to the mass storage capacity of the GIGANTIC WUAOW SIM card.
"GIGANTIC WUAOW won the SESAMES award for best mobile innovation last
year. We are pleased to offer, together with Telefonica Spain, this first
application paving the way to a set of innovative services which provides a
competitive advantage to our customers based on our GIGANTIC WUAOW platform,"
commented Eric Duforest, Regional Managing Director for Europe at the Card
Systems Division of Oberthur Technologies.
Oberthur Technologies will showcase the Visual Voicemail Service during
the CARTES & Identification exhibition in Paris from November 17 - 19th, 2009
in Paris (Stand 3G001).
About Oberthur Technologies
With sales of 882 million Euros in 2008, Oberthur Technologies is a world
leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality
services ensure Oberthur Technologies' strong positioning in its main target
markets:
- Card Systems: The world's second largest provider of security
and identification based on smart card technology and associated
services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and convergence
markets.
- Identity: Leading international supplier for the manufacture and
personalization of secure identity documents such as passport, identity
card, driving license or health care card - traditional and electronic
- and associated services for both governmental and corporate markets.
- Security printing: World's third largest private security printer
specialized in high security for the production of banknotes, checks
and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
- Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of
intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM.
Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an industrial
and commercial presence across all five continents.
Oberthur Technologies S.A. is a limited liability company (societe
anonyme) registered in France with its registered office at 50 quai Michelet
92 532 Levallois Perret, France. Oberthur Technologies S.A.'s corporate
registration number is 340 709 534 R.C.S. Paris.
Website: http://www.oberthur.com
SOURCE Oberthur Technologies
