Regulatory News:

XIRING (Paris:ALXIR), a security solutions provider for electronic transactions, today announced that its smart card reader Porteo has been selected for the final stage of the Cartes trade show SESAMES Innovation Awards in the Transportation Applications category.

Each year, as part of the ?Cartes' trade show, the SESAMES Awards are given to the best new technological innovations and the best applications in the fields of smart cards, identification, digital security, secure transactions and contactless.

Porteo is a personal and portable smart card reader designed as a cardholder. It is adapted to both contact and contactless cards and dedicated to a nomadic use as well as at home. This is the perfect solution for mass transit users and operators.

The SESAMES Awards will be presented at 8.00 PM on 6 December 2010, during a gala evening taking place at the Automobile Club de France in Paris to mark the opening of the Cartes 2010 trade show the next day.

« We are delighted to be once again shortlisted for a SESAMES Innovation Award. This confirms our strengthened effort to develop R&D in the transportation sector » commented Laurent Maitre, Marketing Director at XIRING.

All these innovations will be exclusively demonstrated by XIRING at the Cartes trade show on 7, 8, 9 December 2010 on our stand in Hall 4, J31 of the Paris-Nord Exhibition Centre in Villepinte (France).

About XIRING

XIRING, a security solutions provider for electronic transactions, develops security software embedded in smart card readers and terminals for strong authentication and electronic signatures. XIRING is the market leader in SESAM-Vitale healthcare terminals for generating and signing electronic medical claim forms or for updating healthcare cards in France and also works alongside authorities in the field of healthcare system dematerialization in international markets. In the area of electronic identity (e-ID), XIRING proposes a broad range of solutions for public authority staff and citizens to meet the latest market challenges with secure electronic identity documents systems: national electronic identity cards, electronic passports, public transport cards, professional cards. XIRING is listed on the Alternext compartment of the NYSE-Euronext Paris stock exchange.
For further information: www.xiring.com

XIRING Press relations:
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