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NEC (stock info) is the global leader in the field of biometric authentication, bringing the best of their class in the world, providing the most suitable solutions to customers’ needs in six areas—face recognition, iris recognition, fingerprint/palmprint recognition, voice recognition and ear acoustic authentication. In addition, by combining multiple biometric authentication systems, NEC’s solutions bring about even more robust security, creating a safe, secure and seamless future cities.
NEC Biometrics News
New UK facial recognition vans equipped with NEC software
Police in England and Wales are expanding their use of live facial recognition from NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd with…
| Sep 5, 2025 | NEC gets face biometrics integration, distribution in Comtel EMEA UC dealItalian ICT provider Comtel has struck a deal with NEC’s Unified Communication division to enhance its technology portfolio for the… |
| Aug 26, 2025 | Facial recognition cost, false alerts for Wales police falling over timePolice in Wales have spent more than £3.5 million (US$4.7 million) on facial recognition over the last seven years with… |
| Aug 25, 2025 | Police claims on live facial recognition bias not supported by facts: UK professorPolice in London have made 140 arrests during the Notting Hill Carnival over the weekend, with 13 individuals apprehended after… |
| Aug 4, 2025 | authID introduces ‘unphishable’ enterprise Identity Exchange PlatformauthID has launched a platform aimed at closing long-standing gaps in enterprise digital identity and access management (IAM). Built in… |
| Jun 4, 2025 | Palm and face biometrics in competition as retail payment modalities of choicePalm biometrics is gaining ground with companies planning implementations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. While fingerprints and face… |
| May 9, 2025 | Laos readies national digital ID card rolloutLaos is ready to take its nationwide digital ID card system to the next stage. The Southeast Asian country’s Department… |
| Apr 17, 2025 | NEC America launches face biometrics from cloud for fast, inexpensive deploymentNEC Corporation of America has introduced a new cloud service to provide biometric identity verification and searches to global enterprises,… |
| Apr 10, 2025 | NEC and Keyless identify high marks in NIST face biometrics benchmarkKeyless is celebrating a new high result in a key category of the Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) held by… |
| Apr 8, 2025 | UK awards NEC $25M facial recognition policing contractUK’s law enforcement agencies have awarded a £20 million ($25.2 million) contract for live facial recognition to three suppliers, including… |
| Apr 7, 2025 | SITA and NEC partner on digital identity interoperability, airport biometricsSITA and NEC Corporation have joined forces in a collaboration designed to accelerate the adoption of digital identity technology in… |
| Apr 1, 2025 | NEC claims world-first facial recognition system for genomic custom cancer vaccinesA news release says NEC Corporation has developed and successfully demonstrated a facial recognition system for personalized cancer vaccine therapies…. |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Explosion in identity and payments fraud forces governments, private companies to actA common enemy can bring together unlikely allies, and right now the common enemy of banks, tech and telecoms firms… |
| Mar 26, 2025 | MLB Go-Ahead Entry adds new parks to growing biometric rosterIt’s baseball season again, and in biometrics circles, that means it’s time for a fresh round of Go-Ahead Entry deployments… |
| Mar 25, 2025 | NEC supplying biometric walkthrough gates for Japanese airportsBiometric walkthrough gates from NEC are coming to three of Japan’s largest airports to streamline airport arrivals. The country’s Immigration… |
| Mar 21, 2025 | NEC face biometrics for passenger boarding in self-driving bus trial with JALThe Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) and NEC Corporation are experimenting with self-driving buses and using Neoface facial recognition to verify… |
| Mar 12, 2025 | New Zealand police say NEC AFIS contract expiring soonNew Zealand’s police are warning that the contract for its fingerprinting system, supplied by biometric firm NEC, will expire soon… |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Corsight showcasing face biometrics platform at Security & Policing 2025The UK government’s Security & Policing 2025 expo opened in Hampshire, England today. The public safety and security-focused show for government officials, law enforcement… |
| Mar 7, 2025 | Vendors make their case why biometrics and the healthcare sector go togetherCompanies such as Amazon have been introducing biometric authentication systems into the healthcare sector, adapting its Amazon One palm biometrics… |
| Mar 6, 2025 | NEC says biometric ‘fluctuation’ estimation preserves privacy and accuracyMatching face biometrics with consistent accuracy but without stored facial information has long posed a challenge for hashing systems, but… |
NEC White Papers
Finding a face in a crowded arena
Face recognition has improved leaps and bounds in the last five years. From a technology once associated with science fiction…
| Oct 16, 2018 | How digital technology can be the difference in making cities safer |
