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Passport Service selects SchlumbergerSema to conduct six-month biometric pilot.(News)
SchlumbergerSema, the information technology (IT) business segment of Schlumberger Ltd, has announced that it has been selected by the UK Passport Service to carry out its already announced six-month trial of the biometric technology.
The trial will run from January to June 2004. During this time 10 000 individuals, will be enrolled and receive personalized demonstration smart cards carrying both printed and electronic information. The consortium of technology vendors is led by SchlumbergerSema as prime contractor, and includes NEC, Identix, Iridian Technologies Inc, while the survey research component of the project will be undertaken by MORI.
SchlumbergerSema will design, build and maintain the pilot equipment and software. Building on its extensive experience in the security and biometrics arena, NEC will be supplying its Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), while Identix Inc will provide the fingerprint capture and facial matching technology. Iridian Technologies Inc supplies the iris-recognition technology.
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