Vodafone Qatar Selects Oberthur Technologies as Preferred SIM and Scratch Card Provider

Oberthur Technologies, one of the world's leading smart card suppliers, has been selected by Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C ("Vodafone Qatar"), part of the Vodafone Group, the world's largest mobile network, to provide the company with SIM Cards and top-up cards to support the upcoming launch of its mobile commercial services planned in March 2009.

Oberthur Technologies has been supplying SIM Cards to Vodafone since 1999 and has also been a strategic supplier of the Vodafone Group's portfolio of GUSIM products for several years.

With a dedicated regional support team in Dubai, Oberthur Technologies is able to provide support services locally to Vodafone Qatar, including a certified SIM product combined with tailor-made SIM applications. This project is part of Oberthur Technologies' strategy of developing key partnerships on both a regional and global basis with market leaders. Through this new project, Oberthur Technologies reinforces its position within the Vodafone Group and its presence in the Middle East.

"Oberthur Technologies is committed to supporting Vodafone in its growth strategy in the region by providing high-end products and solutions coupled with dedicated local support and flexibility of service. We have successfully launched many operations in the region and Vodafone Qatar will be another great reference to add." said Sam Lahdo, Middle East & Gulf Telecom Sales Director.

About Vodafone Qatar

Vodafone Qatar is the holder of the second public mobile telecommunications networks & services license in the State of Qatar granted on June 29, 2008.

Vodafone Qatar's mission is to "Make A World of Difference for People in Qatar" by aiming to become "the Number One brand in Qatar in three Years."

Vodafone Qatar will turn on its mobile network on March 1, 2009.

About Oberthur Technologies

With sales of 879 million Euros in 2008, Oberthur Technologies is a world leader in the field of secure technologies. Innovation and high quality services ensure Oberthur Technologies' strong positioning in its main target markets:

- Card Systems: One of the world's leading providers of security and identification based on smart card technology and associated services for mobile, payment, transport, digital TV and convergence markets.
- Identity: International player for the manufacture and personalization of secure identity documents such as passport, identity card, driving license or health care card - traditional and electronic
- and associated services for both
governmental and corporate markets.
- Fiduciary printing: World's third largest private security printer specialized in high security for the production of banknotes, checks and other fiduciary documents in more than fifty countries.
- Cash protection: World leader in the emerging market of intelligent systems to secure cash-in-transit and ATM.

Close to its customers, Oberthur Technologies benefits from an industrial and commercial presence across all five continents.

Oberthur Technologies S.A. is a limited liability company (societe anonyme) registered in France with its registered office at 50 quai Michelet 92 532 Levallois Perret, France. Oberthur Technologies S.A.'s corporate registration number is 340 709 534 R.C.S. Paris.