Gemplus Wins Chinese SIM Card Order

China Unicom has ordered over 10 million SIM cards for delivery in the second half of this year, from Gemplus International. With a series of recent orders, including most recently one for 6.5 million cards, Gemplus reinforces its share in the very dynamic Chinese market.

"This is a great achievement for our local teams, and we expect more to come as Gemplus is well positioned to support China Unicom's upcoming campaigns in both GSM and CDMA prepaid markets," said Philip SHIH, President of Gemplus Greater China.

"Gemplus continues to prove itself to be a valued partner for supporting both our ambitious technological challenges while offering significant industrial support. The capacity of its Tianjin operation to supply us with instant mass deliveries was a critical element in our choice of Gemplus as one of our main suppliers," added YU Yingtao, Vice General Manager of Marketing and Sales in China Unicom.

As the only company completely dedicated to smart cards and related solutions with a truly global reach, Gemplus has worked closely with China Unicom since it offered the first GSM SIM cards to their subscribers in 1995. Gemplus has played a fundamental role in the development and deployment of UIM cards in China Unicom's CDMA network, which is the first smart card-based CDMA network in the world."

Posted to the site on 24th June 2003