MUNICH, Germany and ESPOO, Finland, December 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that G&D has become the sole shareholder in Venyon Oy by acquiring the shares held by Nokia.

HELSINKI, Finland and MUNICH, Germany, December 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Nokia announced today the completion of a global joint venture. The name of the company is Venyon, and it is 57 percent owned by G&D and 43 percent owned by Nokia.

Renesas Technology Corp. and Giesecke & Devrient GmbH (G&D) announced that Renesas Technology has licensed the high-security Java Card(TM) Operating System from G&D for its security IC used in embedded security applications.