Tanzania ID scheme gathers pace

Tanzania’s National Identification Authority to capture biometric fingerprints of citizens in Dar es Salaam.

Cybercom wins Swedish deal

Cybercom Group has won a contract to develop infrastructure for digital identity in Sweden.

IHMA launches search for best products

Search underway to find the best holography products in the world.

Datacard CE840 system set for market

Datacard announces availability of its CE840 instant issuance system.

Melbourne Airport rolls out passenger technology

Melbourne Airport introduces passenger self-service technology to reduce queuing time.

Trüb set for Macau deal

Trüb to provide the new generation of eID cards for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

SMARTRAC patent validated by China

Chinese Patent Re-examination Board (PRB) validates SMARTRAC’s CN 11 19 768 C patent.

Thales completes Uzbek ePassport system

Uzbekistan’s biometric ePassport issuance and control solution now in operational service throughout the country.

Filtrona set to rebrand

Payne Security’s parent company Filtrona to be renamed as Essentra.

Evolis wins driver license deal

Evolis selected to customise drivers’ licenses in Uttar Pradesh.

South Africa taps Gemalto for ID cards

Gemalto set to supply South Africa’s Government Printing Works with Sealys eID cards for its national ID programme.

Smart card and IC shipments grow

7.95 billion smart cards and 7.99 billion ICs shipped during 2012, according to ABI Research.

OTI cuts costs in Q1 results

OTI reports first quarter 2013 revenue of US$8.6m.

SecuGen forms SecuGen India

SecuGen India established to support the rapidly growing Indian market.

Namibia readies for border cards

The IOM African Capacity Building Centre, IOM Namibia and Namibian Ministry of Home Affairs and Immigration complete nine-day assessment on the introduction of a border resident card for people living on the Namibia-Angola border.

Avoco Identity joins EEMA

EEMA announces that UK-based Avoco Identity has become its latest member.

Zetes signs deal with Guinea’s INEC

Guinea’s Independent National Electoral Commission selects Zetes to handle the deduplication of voters’ data.

Edinburgh Airport opts for HRS

Human Recognition Systems deploys its MFlow Journey system at Edinburgh Airport.

HJP supports OSCE in ICAO PKD workshop

HJP experts provide workshop in Armenia to promote ICAO PKD on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

FIPS certification for INSIDE Secure

INSIDE Secure’s SafeZone encryption toolkit receives Federal Information Processing Standard 140-2 certification from US National Institute of Standards and Technology.