Latvia's X INFOTECH, a global system integrator for electronic identity (eID) projects and a Silicon Trust partner, will now include Elyctis know-how in the company’s offering in order to deliver a comprehensive, all-in-one solution for ePassport and eID card issuance. X INFOTECH’s solutions perform all the necessary functions to manage the entire production workflow for efficient and…
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VIDEO: Agfa @ Cartes 2012, Paris
Silicon Trust met up with Agfa's John van den Bulcke at their booth during Cartes 2012 to discover many innovations that are highly relevant to the Govt. ID arena. Watch to find out more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I7yzUsEMec
Suprema inks biometric ePassport contract with Mexican Government
Suprema Inc. has won a nationwide electronic passport project for the Mexico Government. The project, steered by Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE, Ministry of Exterior) of Mexico, is aimed to develop passport issuing system for 2.7 million electronic passports across all 32 states in Mexico including the Federal District of Mexico City. With the initial…
Morpho and Oberthur Technologies ink Finnish ePassport contract
The Finnish National Police Board have once again selected the consortium of Oberthur Technologies and Morpho to provide the secure ePassport as well as the related end-to-end issuance system. Oberthur Technologies and Morpho have been providing secure e-Passports for Finland since 2006. The passport will feature a data page made from polycarbonate and incorporate a…
Emirates ID hits record number with 4.6 million eID cards printed in 2012
The Emirates Identity Authority has unveiled its success in printing 4.6 million electronic ID cards since the beginning of this year up to September 20 compared to around 1.7 million in the same period last year. The Emirates ID said its achievement was the result of the limitless support of the UAE prudent leadership aimed…
Malaysia: New ID cards secured by Infineon
Infineon Technologies is supplying the security chips for Malaysia's new national electronic identity cards. Popularly known as ‘MyKad’, the new generation smart card features Infineon`s SLE 78 security controller with Infineon’s award-winning ‘Integrity Guard’ security technology. Malaysia takes advantage of this new security technology combined with SOLID FLASH™ for fast deployment capability. MyKad is a…