Uruguay selects Gemalto for eID secure document and issuance solution
13 January 2015 - 5:00PM
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital
security, will deliver its Sealys eID card and Coesys Issuance
solution to the Ministry of Interior of Uruguay for the country's
eID ("Documento de Identidad") program. Gemalto's instant issuance
solution enables on-the-spot delivery of the highly secure document
from more than 20 sites across the country. The microprocessor in
the polycarbonate card provides strong user authentication and
digital signature for the country's comprehensive suite of
eGovernment services. It is ICAO-compliant, making it an official
travel document within the Mercosur and associated countries. This
new program reinforces the country's positioning at the forefront
of innovation. Uruguay ranked number one in Latin America in the
2014 United Nations eGovernment index1.
Gemalto will provide consulting services all the way through the
implementation, supporting the Ministry of Interior of Uruguay in
on-boarding third parties such as banks, tax collection agencies or
social security administrations to accelerate service adoption. The
contract also includes maintenance and support services over five
years.
"Our goal is to improve the official identity document and to
boost usage of our eGovernment platform," said Eduardo Bonomi,
Minister of Interior of Uruguay. "We also wanted to position
ourselves at the forefront of innovation by implementing
polycarbonate documents with contact and contactless
microprocessors, including advanced digital signature and identity
applications, as well as Match-on-Card technology. In addition, we
will meet ICAO's requirements to all electronic travel documents
with on-the-spot delivery of the new, highly secure eID card to our
citizens."
"Online services in Uruguay increased 55% from 2012-14 and the
country is also recognized for the high quality of its third level
education in the areas of technology and computing1," added Jérôme
Desbois, Vice President of Government Programs for Latin America at
Gemalto. "With this program, it becomes one of the first countries
in Latin America to deploy an identity document that complies with
the latest international security standards."
1 UN E-Government Survey 2014
About Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in
digital security with 2013 annual revenues of €2.4 billion and more
than 12,000 employees operating out of 85 offices and 25 research
and software development centers, located in 44 countries.
We are at the heart of the rapidly evolving digital society.
Billions of people worldwide increasingly want the freedom to
communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain and work – anytime,
everywhere – in ways that are enjoyable and safe. Gemalto delivers
on their expanding needs for personal mobile services, payment
security, authenticated cloud access, identity and privacy
protection, eHealthcare and eGovernment efficiency, convenient
ticketing and dependable machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. We
develop secure embedded software and secure products which we
design and personalize. Our platforms and services manage these
products, the confidential data they contain and the trusted
end-user services made possible.
Our innovations enable our clients to offer trusted and
convenient digital services to billions of individuals. Gemalto
thrives with the growing number of people using its solutions to
interact with the digital and wireless world.
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