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New national ID cards in Portugal
• 03 May 2007 •
 THE new national ID card which will be called "Citizen Card" is scheduled to replace by next year several ID documents and will become the official identification document for all Portuguese citizens. The card will include functions for simple, fast and secure interaction with government administrations, civil identification, tax payment, social security, health, and in the future, elections. Swedish company Precise Biometrics, which develops and sells biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, have won the procurement contract for the new national ID cards in Portugal.
A first pilot phase has already started in the Azores region. After the initial roll-out, more than two million cards will be rolled out yearly. Precise Biometrics will supply 14 million licences over a seven-year contract period. The project also includes delivery of the Precise 250 MC fingerprint readers. "This is our first national ID card project in Europe, and after our successes in Asia and the Middle East, we are very pleased about this breakthrough on the European market,” said Thomas Marcshall, President and CEO of Precise Biometrics. |  Return to Top
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