GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK 2014

COLOMBES, France. - Wednesday, October 29th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE) Oberthur Technologies (OT), a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space, participated in GITEX 2014 from October 12 to 16 and demonstrated its Mobile Financial Services and NFC solutions together with Etisalat, the leading mobile operator in Middle-East and Africa.

GITEX Technology Week is the largest ICT event in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia with more than 3700 exhibiting companies from 61 countries and 100.000 visitors from 150 countries. The main focus was on four themes: Smart, Cloud, Big Data and Mobility.

OT and Etisalat with their respective expertise showcased prominent demonstrations related to Mobile Financial Services and NFC in the banking, transportation and retail areas amongst others. GITEX VIPs, for instance, were instantly issued a prepaid card from OT’s Smart Kiosks and were showed how to access the metro thanks to OT’s NFC technology.

“The Middle East is a strategic market for Mobile Financial Services, where many innovative programs have already been launched and people are keen to use mobile technologies to pay or commute. This year again, GITEX was a success with very attractive and innovative demos and high level visitors on the booth” said Arnaud de La Chapelle, President of the RMEA region at OT.

« OT, as one of the key strategic partners in Etisalat’s Connected Commerce program “Flous”, helped us to deliver market relevant, transformational product innovations enabling consumers to access advanced financial services directly from their mobile phone in a highly secured and intuitive environment” said Khalifa Al Shamsi, Chief Digital Services Officer at Etisalat Group.

ABOUT OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES

OT is a world leader in digital security solutions for the mobility space. OT has always been at the heart of mobility, from the first smart cards to the latest contactless payment technologies which equip millions of smartphones. Present in the Payment, Telecommunications and Identity markets, OT offers end-to-end solutions in the Smart Transactions, Mobile Financial Services, Machine-to-Machine, Digital Identity and Transport & Access Control fields. OT employs over 6 000 employees worldwide, including close to 700 R&D people. With more than 50 sales offices across 5 continents and 10 facilities, OT’s international network serves clients in 140 countries. For more information: www.oberthur.com

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Oberthur Technologies

Audrey Besnardeau, Tel.: +33 1 78 14 76 75

a.besnardeau@oberthur.com

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Guillaume Granier/Eric Fohlen-Weill, Tel.: +33 1 47 03 68 10

oberthur@fticonsulting.com

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