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Bell ID Strengthens Presence in South America

11 June 2009 (Rotterdam, The Netherlands) - Bell ID, a leading provider of smart card management systems, today announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with PandaID Soluciones.

The two companies will bring Bell ID's ANDiS Smart Card Management Solution to the EMV banking, government and corporate ID markets in Venezuela and Colombia.

PandaID Soluciones, a privately held company with offices in Caracas (Venezuela) and Bogotá (Colombia), is dedicated to providing identification solutions and offers smart card products and services within the region since 1992.

Hugo Crawford, Sales Manager Americas at Bell ID commented: "There is a great deals of opportunity in South America and working with strong local partners will be essential to Bell ID's success in this region. We are very excited to be teaming up with PandaID Soluciones and we are confident that the combination of Bell ID's market leading ANDiS solution together with PandaID's significant experience, smart card expertise and local knowledge will ensure that this is a successful venture."

Alberto Gonzalez, CEO at PandaID Soluciones, added: "With 17 years of experience in identification and smart card solutions, PandaID Soluciones is an established player in the market. We have seen an increasing demand for a solution capable of managing a wide variety of smart cards, applications and keys and believe that ANDiS is the best product available to address this need. We are pleased to be working with Bell ID and are looking forward to a successful partnership."

About Bell ID

Bell ID is a worldwide technology leader in card, application and key management, with unrivalled international references in government ID, corporate ID, health care and banking. Bell ID's ANDiS range now includes solutions for the management of payment and other applications on mobile phones.

About Panda ID

PandaID Soluciones is focus on the development and integration of multiple technologies related with Smart Card World. PandaID Soluciones has conformed a highly trained team to deploy solutions that integrates multiple services through only one identification appliance, a smart card. For more information please visit www.pandaid.com or email pandaid@pandaid.

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