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ComSense today announced it has begun shipping the production version of its ComDot(TM)-powered reader-free Internet cards. This marks the world's first volume production and general availability of a self-powered ISO card. ComDot-powered cards authenticate users at any telephone or connected PC eliminating the need for a card reader or other specialized hardware. Customers include online service providers, credit card issuers, and retailers.

In November, Network World recognized the ComDot technology with an Editor's Choice "Category Breaker" award in the security realm. What makes the self-powered ComDot cards unique is that they are both active and reader-free, meaning they communicate with server-based applications by means of the PC, mobile phone, telephone, and other devices without a card reader. This is achieved by using sound, a capability that is standard with these and many other personal electronic devices. ComDot-powered cards provide a standard, ubiquitous means for easy and secure account access and Internet transactions for online health care, network access, membership, loyalty, and e-commerce. Since ComDot-powered cards are ISO 7810/7816 compliant, they can also be credit cards.

Separately ComSense announced several field trials of the world's first reader-free Internet card, including:

-- iMetrikus, for the interactive health care community MyHealthChannel.com

- Nippon Shinpan Company, one of Japan's largest credit card issuers

-- Sofmap, one of Japan's largest consumer electronics and online retailers

-- Marubeni Information Systems, a major Japanese company with broad expertise
in telecommunications and information systems and a division of trading company
Marubeni Corporation, an investor in ComSense and the company's distributor in
Japan

"We are pleased and gratified that companies of such stature all around the world are beginning to embrace ComDot technology," said Alon Atsmon, president and chief executive officer of ComSense. "Convenience, privacy, and security are universal values that strengthen any company's customer relationships. We are particularly excited about the potential our technology holds for network security. Information system providers have been waiting for a security solution like ours that is easy to install and use anywhere."

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