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Precise Biometrics wins order for non-European national ID card
Precise Biometrics has received an order of Precise Match-on-Card(TM) licenses for the first phase of another national ID card program. The project is related to an ID card program in a non-European country.
The total value for Precise Biometrics has the potential to reach approximately USD 3 Million (SEK 24 Million) over a four-year period, based on the current deployment plan. The first phase of the project is invoiced during the fourth quarter. The order value for this phase and information about the country can for business reasons not be communicated at this point.
The project aims to equip all ID cards in the country with Precise Match-on-Card(TM) for secure verification of the cardholder. This is the fifth country to choose Precise Match-on-Card(TM). Countries that already use the technology are Thailand, Qatar, Bahrain and Portugal.
Precise Match-on-Card(TM) is a technology that enables the process of storing and matching fingerprint information on a smart card to ......more
Atos Worldline selected by GEK to implement and manage electronic health cards
One of the German public authorities’ most important IT projects, the eHealth card is an important step in the modernisation of European health systems. It is designed to guarantee the simple and secure exchange of data between insured parties, doctors, pharmacists and health insurance companies.
The introduction of the new electronic health card helps to connect together people, pharmacists, doctors, hospitals as well as the private and statutory health insurance companies, and aims at simplifying and accelerating exchanges, thereby doing away with any paperwork.
Atos Worldline, an Atos Origin Company, has signed a 5-year contract with leading German health Insurance Company, Gmünder ErsatzKasse (GEK), to implement and operate the issuing and management of the new German electronic health card (eHC). In 2009, GEK plans to issue 30,000 cards per day in order to provide its 1.7 million members in Germany with the new card.
Services include the implementation of the health insu......more
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