Bell ID has signed an agreement with Airos Group to provide local 2nd-line support services and 24/7 support services to its Canadian ANDiS users
[ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS] – Bell ID, worldwide technology leader in the field of smart card management solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement with Airos Group to provide local 2nd-line support and 24/7 support for Bell ID’s growing list of Canadian clients.
The new support services, provided by Bell ID’s support partner Airos Group, extend Bell ID’s standard support offerings providing local Canadian Banks and other potential ANDiS users with additional service options, including local 2nd -line support from certified ANDiS experts as well as different 24/7 support models.
Airos Group is providing a team of experienced smart card experts with in-depth knowledge on ANDiS Management Systems. This team will be able to react quickly and resolve ANDiS problems locally. Depending on the service level agreed between the end customer and Bell ID, a variety of customer-specific support requirements can be offered with fast resolution commitments.
A full call centre in Canada, local second line ANDiS technicians as well as redundancy systems made available for the purposes of problem simulation at Airos will allow Bell ID to satisfy even the highest support expectations of prime Canadian customers.
Oliver Burke, General Manager Partners and Marketing at Bell ID commented:
“Gaining Airos as a support partner for the Canadian market was an important milestone within Bell ID’s Canadian strategy. Finding companies with a long track record of smart card projects and a good reputation within the banking industry is difficult. Airos fits this bill perfectly and provided the required commitment to train their staff on ANDiS solutions, which makes our Canadian customers and us very happy.”
Miki Radivojsa, CEO of the Airos Group commented:
“Bell ID has developed a best of breed solution for Smart Card Management that is fundamental for any multi-application EMV rollout. We feel that the ANDiS product coupled with Bell-ID and Airos technical support will provide an offering that will support all EMV smart card management needs for Canada financial institutions”.
Airos Group is a provider of high quality and high throughput technology solutions for the financial services industry. Airos develops and supports end to end solutions on smart cards, point of sale terminals and back end servers for debit, credit, switching, Micropayment, loyalty and EMV related applications.
For more information about Bell ID, please contact:
Bell ID, Oliver Burke, Tel: +31 10 885 1020, E-mail: o.burke@bellid.com
For more information about the Airos Group, please visit:
www.airosgroup.com
August 19, 2005
Smart Chip Technologies Announces New Chairman and CEO
[LAS VEGAS, NV AND TORONTO, CANADA] – Smart Chip Technologies
(OTC:SCTN) is pleased to announce that Airos Group President Miki Radivojsa
has agreed to join Smart Chip Technologies as its new Chairman and CEO. As
President of the Company's development partner Airos, Mr. Radivojsa has been
operating as Smart Chip Technologies' Product Development Manager for nearly
three years. SCTN founder and outgoing Chairman and CEO David Simon will
remain as a Director and Chief Product Architect, and will work alongside
Mr. Radivojsa throughout the transition.
"Miki and I have worked extremely well together over the years, with our
strengths and talents complementing each other's," explained David Simon.
"Miki's success as an independent businessman, coupled with his extensive
industry experience, his stellar reputation, and his intimate knowledge of
our products, have long made him my first choice to assume command and take
our Company to the next level."
Miki Radivojsa has built a profitable and growing software development
company and brings more than 16 years of business and technical leadership
experience in banking, payments, chip, telecommunications, and embedded
development. He has led the development and deployment of more than 100
successful software projects for a broad range of banking and payment
applications including EMV, VISACASH, Mondex, Proton, other smart card and
POS applications, in addition to the construction of Smart Chip
Technologies' end-to-end loyalty, pre-paid stored value, and gift card
product suite. Mr. Radivojsa and the Airos Group were developers of the EMV
pilot in Barrie, Canada, representing the world's first multi-application
smart card implementation.
"Smart Chip Technologies has created a product suite, under David Simon's
leadership, which is head and shoulders above anything else in the loyalty
and payments marketplace," stated Miki Radivojsa. "Now that we're past the
development phase, we will focus on building a strong and profitable
operation while increasing shareholder value."
About the Airos Group
Airos Group is an innovator and leading international provider of EMV based,
multi-application smart card integration and development services. Airos Group
has comprehensive experience in business case development, system architecture,
project management, software development, and quality assurance testing for
a variety of international financial institutions, processors, and terminal
vendors. ( www.AirosGroup.com )
About Smart Chip Technologies (SCTN)
Smart Chip Technologies' turnkey customer retention solution, including
Loyalty, Pre-Paid Stored Value, and Gift Cards, was co-developed with the
Airos Group (www.airosgroup.com) and IBM™. This software solution enables
card issuers and retailers to take advantage of click-and-mortar, real-time
programs running on their existing cards and point-of-sale (POS) systems,
including bar code, magnetic stripe, RFID, or smart cards, laptops, PDAs
such as Palm™ or Windows™ devices, TV set top boxes, or mobile phones. Smart
Chip Technologies' end-to-end solution provides a seamless migration path
from current customer ID and payment devices to future technology platforms,
establishing business continuity across physical, mobile, and virtual
streams of commerce. (www.sctn.com)
For further information about the Airos Group, call (905)
842-3276, or write to info@airosgroup.com.
For further information about Smart Chip Technologies, please call
(702) 837-3594 or write to Sales or Investor Relations.
