ThirdFactor | Australian airport outfitted with SmartGate

Thursday, April 8, 2010

The Gold Coast International Airport in Queensland, Australia has become the seventh Australian airport to be outfitted with the biometric SmartGates developed by biometrics company SAGEM Australasia, according to an IT News article.

The new technology in the airports is designed to automatically authenticate a traveler’s identity via face recognition if they have a new Australian or New Zealand ePassport embedded with their biometric information.

Australia’s Customs and Border Protection says that the SmartGates have been used by more than 900,000 travelers this financial year at the seven airports.

The next airport the Australian government is considering for future roll-outs of SmartGates is at Darwin Airport sometime next year. In addition to use for easing lines for people with biometric passports, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has also been trialing a potential use for similar technology that would identify individuals biometrically if they do not have the proper documentation to otherwise ascertain their identity.

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Morpho contracted for long-term service for Australian border entries

Morpho announced that Australia’s Customs and Border Protection Service signed a five year agreement for service of the SmartGate automated biometric security checkpoint solution.

The SmartGate technology operates in real-time utilizing facial recognition hardware that compares the captured data of a traveler to the data contained on the chip embedded on his e-passport. Australian Customs and Border Protection Service says that implementation of Morpho’s solution has proven to be a successful way for Australian Border Protection agents to cope with growing traveler numbers while improving traveler experience at borders and maintaining the high-levels of security they demand.

Last of eight Australian international airports receives biometrics gates

Darwin International Airport in Australia has launched its own SmartGate counters that enable users with specific passports to rely on automated kiosks utilizing face recognition to get through customs as opposed to traditional manned counters, according to a ZD Net article.

New Zealand border officials are seeing half of travelers through airports use SmartGates, the automated checkpoints that use the chip on e-passports and facial recognition to confirm a traveler’s identity, according to a Dominion Post article.

Jakarta airport opens biometric immigration gate

In an effort to streamline passenger security, Jakarta, Indonesia’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport has opened the country’s first biometric immigration gate.

Fingerprint biometric identification provider BIO-key International, Inc. and Oakwell Engineering Limited partnered to create the new gate, designed for use by passengers with electronic passports. Passengers submit their e-passports and authenticate with a fingerprint.

LAWA places order from ImageWare

ImageWare Systems announced that the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), an agency that oversees Los Angeles International (LAX) airport, LA/Ontario International airport and Van Nuys airport, has placed an order for a number of biometric identity management and credentialing solutions.

Olympics’ VIPs to get fast-tracked aisle for immigration at Heathrow

The 25,000 VIPs, including athletes, coaches and officials, arriving for the summer Olympics in London through Heathrow International Airport will have a dedicated passport lane just for them when passing through immigration, according to a Daily Mail article.

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Australian airport outfitted with SmartGate