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NEC establishes Biometrics Excellence Center

Thursday, May 13, 2010

NEC Corporation, a technology development company, has announced the creation of the NEC Biometrics Excellence Center, a core engineering competency center, in Bangalore, India.

The new center is intended to help drive the expansion of NEC’s multi-modal biometric solutions and security solutions business. The creation of the center is being touted as a first step towards NEC’s recently set goal of growing their public safety business. Additionally, similar centers are being planned for development in five other regions. [end] 

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