Ukraine begins issuing biometric passports with plans to issue 2.5 million every year
Ukraine began issuing biometric passports this week, as Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk unveiled plans to issue 2.5 million passports every…
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News, interviews and reports relating to government contracts for biometric systems used in eGovernment, border control, national security and national ID.
Pakistan begins investigation of 103 million unverified SIMs
A joint group formed by the Pakistan Ministry of Interior began investigating over 100 million subscriber identification modules that were…
Government projects to propel biometrics markets to $21.9b by 2020
Market research firm 6Wresearch has published its latest “Global Biometrics Market (2014-2020)” report, which projects the global biometrics market to…
US customs and border protection receives $3m in funding to test biometric exit app
The Department of Homeland Security released a $39.7 billion appropriations bill last week that includes $3 million specifically for testing…
NEC multimodal biometric solution selected by two California counties
NEC Corporation of America announced that it is providing its multimodal biometrics identification solution (MBIS) Integra-ID 5 to the Cal-ID…
Global biometrics market projected to reach $24.6 billion by 2020
The global biometrics technology market is expected to reach US$24.59 billion by 2020, according to a new study published by…
TechNavio projects biometric growth in China based on ePassports, national ID cards
According to TechNavio, growing demand for ePassports and national ID cards will result in exponential growth in the Chinese biometrics…
SpeechPro named voice biometrics leader by Opus Research
Last week, SpeechPro was named an industry leader in voice biometrics, in a report published by Opus Research in Speech…
Economic Community of West African States biometric identity card program to launch in 2016
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) biometric identity card program will launch in 2016. Previously reported, leaders within…
New York City to use facial recognition software for municipal ID program
New York City officials announced it will use face recognition software to curb identity fraud regarding the city’s new municipal…
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