Gemalto has made a promising start to 2008 by reporting an increase in revenue of 12% for the first quarter and a growth in its three main business segments.

23/04/08

Rogue DNA unveils anti-counterfeiting device

Rogue DNA (RDNA) has unveiled its latest anti-counterfeiting technology at the Security Document World and Identity Loop Conference and Exhibition, taking place in London.

23/04/08

Bahrain concludes GCC project phase

Bahrain’s cabinet affairs minister, Shaikh Ahmed Bin Attiyetallah al Khalifa, has confirmed that the initial phase of the country’s GCC smart card project has been completed.

18/04/08

HJP Consulting inks UAE ePassport deal

HJP Consulting has been awarded a long term ePassport consultancy project from the Ministry of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

17/04/08

Unisys scoops TWIC deal

Unisys has won a deal to design and manage a smart card and biometric-based ID and access control system at the Port of Los Angeles.

17/04/08

Bell gets GSA stamp of approval

Bell ID’s ANDiS4FIPS201 Card & Application Management solution is now on the GSA Approved Products List in recognition of its compliance with the FIPS 201: Electronic personalization standard.

15/04/08

Cote d’Ivoire adopts ePassports

Cote d’Ivoire is set to become the latest African country to adopt ePassports

15/04/08

Datacard produces anticounterfeit labels in China

Datacard Group has announced that Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House has completed the installation of the first Datacard MJ7500 card personalization system in China

8/04/08

Taiwan selects HP to enable ePassports

Taiwan selects HP to roll out ePassports to 23 million Taiwanese citizens

8/04/08

Bulgaria cancels ePassport tender process

Bulgaria’s biometric ePassport procurement has been cancelled

4/04/08

Codebench and Datastrip join forces

Datastrip has joined forces with Codebench to offer a FIPS 201-compliant ID card verification system.

4/04/08

LaserCard scoops green card deal

LaserCard has received a US$170,000 purchase order to supply a card encoding system for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ‘green card’ Permanent Resident Card Program.

1/04/08