FRANCE'S SMART CARD IS A TEAM EFFORT Oberthur Smart Cards has been selected by France's Health Care Dept. to be the main smart-card supplier of the first and largest health-care smart-card project in the world to date: Sesam-Vitale (''Medical care on a card,'' Social Issues, Sept. 14). The smart cards for this project are manufactured by three different vendors: Oberthur Smart Cards, with 40% of the project, in association with IBM for the integration technology part; Groupe Bull, also with 40% of the project, in association with Orga for manufacturing the cards; and Schlumberger, the remaining 20%. Philip Tartavull Chief Operation Officer Oberthur Smart Cards USA Inc. Rancho Dominguez, Calif.

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