OLIVETTI TECNOST AND SMARTMATIC ANNOUNCE PLANS TO OFFER THEIR ELECTRONIC VOTING SOLUTION IN OTHER LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES
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few months ago Olivetti Tecnost - the Telecom Italia Group’s “Office &
System Solutions” Business Unit – was chosen as technological and
industrial partner by the international consortium SBC, headed by
Smartmatic, for the provision of a 20,000-terminal online voting system
in Venezuela.
Following delivery according to schedule of the 20,000 terminals in
Venezuela, Olivetti Tecnost is confident that its extremely reliable and
secure technology can be implemented in other countries as well and has
announced its intention to offer in alliance with Smartmatic, the
“Smartmatic Automated Election System” across the Latin American
continent.
The Executive Vice President of Olivetti Tecnost Systems Division,
Vincenzo Rosselli stated that - “Olivetti Tecnost is delighted with the
results of the technological partnership with Smartmatic for the
electronic voting solution in Venezuela. It is a very innovative and
secure on-line voting system that can be implemented in many other
countries around the world.”
Antonio Mugica, CEO of Smartmatic, commented: “Smartmatic is extremely
pleased to be able to offer in alliance with Olivetti Tecnost its
electronic voting solution in other countries in Latin America and it
represents another stride ahead down the successful route that began for
us four years ago.”
Olivetti Tecnost S.p.A. is the Telecom Italia Group Business Unit active
in office products and solutions, specialised banking and retail
applications, and automated gaming and voting systems. In 2003 Olivetti
Tecnost posted revenues of 655 million euro. It has 4 research,
development and production centres and more than 2,300 employees
worldwide. Olivetti Tecnost products are marketed in more than 70
countries (Europe, Latin America, and the Far East) directly and through
dealer networks, distributors and mass merchandising chains.
Smartmatic Corp. is one of the leading device-networking companies in
the world with more than 20 pending patents, and international awards in
the field. Smartmatic sells its device networking platform, its Unified
Platform and SmartBank through its Automated Security Business Unit, and
voting systems thorugh its Smartmatic Automated Election Systems
Business Unit. Smartmatic sells its technologies through large
integrators worldwide, and directly in the US, Mexico and Venezuela.
For more information:
www.olivettitecnost.com
Carlo Rossanigo
Olivetti Tecnost S.p.A.
Tel. 02 6613.4421
Fax 02 6613.4043
c.rossanigo@olivettitecnost.com
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