SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CINTERION, a Gemalto company (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), reaffirms its market leadership in cellular M2M modules with market share of 26 percent recently confirmed in a report by Gartner, Inc., a leading information technology research and advisory company. Of the top three M2M cellular module vendors, only CINTERION was profitable during 2009 with revenues of €145 million.

"CINTERION has been the definitive embedded cellular M2M module market share leader every year since 2003, when ABI Research first started tracking the market,” said Sam Lucero, practice director, M2M Connectivity, ABI Research. “The M2M market is gaining momentum with growth expected to exceed 106 million units shipped in 2015 and we expect CINTERION, with its proven experience across many vertical markets, to continue its strong performance in 2010.”

“With the same outstanding team, our reliable and high quality products, and now our strengthened financial structure and ownership by Gemalto, CINTERION has never been in a better position to grow its business and expand the overall M2M marketplace,” said Norbert Muhrer, CEO CINTERION. “CINTERION has been leading the M2M module market since its inception and our vast experience across all vertical markets gives us unparalleled expertise to help design and develop intelligent, innovative M2M solutions.”

In the last six months, CINTERION has strengthened its presence in key vertical markets including metering, telematics and mHealth. The Company was recently honored with Oracle’s Duke’s Choice Award for integration of its innovative TC65i and EGS5 Java™ powered modules in mHealth solutions. More than two and a half million Java modules have shipped in the last year. CINTERION was also honored with two prestigious Value Chain Awards for powering wireless communications for Philips Respironics System One sleep therapy solution, integrating TC65i, and for Zonar Systems fleet management solution, integrating TC63i. Delivering on its promise and commitment to research and development, CINTERION launched five new products in recent months including: EU3-E, EU3-P and HC28-J Advanced Platform modules for European and Asia Pacific markets; BG2 M2M Value Platform module for new M2M market entrants; and AGS3 Automotive Platform module with LGA surface mount technology.

For more information about CINTERION, visit us at CTIA Enterprise and Applications at Moscone Center, Booth #745 in the M2M Zone or online at www.cinterion.com.

About CINTERION

CINTERION is the worldwide leading supplier of cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) communication modules and combines unparalleled M2M engineering expertise and localized worldwide customer support with a strong portfolio of high-quality GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS and HSPA products. CINTERION is a reliable partner and valued by many vertical market customers for its award-winning modules which enable machines, equipment and vehicles to communicate over wireless networks helping enterprises dramatically cut costs and increase productivity and efficiency. CINTERION products are carrier and FTA approved and used for industries including: healthcare; automotive and eToll; metering; remote maintenance and control; payment systems; routers and gateways; security systems; tracking and tracing; environmental monitoring and more. CINTERION is part of the Gemalto group (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security with 2009 annual revenues of €1.65 billion, and over 10,000 employees operating out of 75 offices, with research and service centers in 41 countries.

For more information, please visit: www.cinterion.com.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the world leader in digital security with 2009 annual revenues of €1.65 billion, and over 10,000 employees operating out of 75 offices, with research and service centers in 41 countries.

Gemalto is at the heart of our evolving digital society. The freedom to communicate, travel, shop, bank, entertain, and work—anytime, anywhere—has become an integral part of what people want and expect, in ways that are convenient, enjoyable and secure.

Gemalto delivers on the growing demands of billions of people worldwide for mobile connectivity, identity and data protection, credit card safety, health and transportation services, e-government and national security. We do this by supplying to governments, wireless operators, banks and enterprises a wide range of secure personal devices, such as subscriber identification modules (SIM), Universal Integrated Circuit Cards (UICC) in mobile phones, smart banking cards, smart card access badges, electronic passports, and USB tokens for online identity protection. To complete the solution we also provide software, systems and services to help our customers achieve their goals.

As the use of Gemalto’s software and secure devices increases with the number of people interacting in the digital and wireless world, the company is poised to thrive over the coming years.

For more information please visit www.gemalto.com.