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E-passport inspections lagging worldwide

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Issuance remains strong but slow economy hinders infrastructure investment

The issuance of electronic passports is going well with approximately 250 million documents in circulation as of October, according to Barry Kefauver, principal at the consulting firm, Falls Hills Associates LLC. On the other hand, deployment of inspection systems to read the contactless chip in these books is not going as well.

Mandates were the impetus to get the new documents issued, but no such pressure exists on the inspection side. “It’s obviously not as quick and not keeping pace with the issuance systems,” says Kefauver.

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Dr. Eckart Brauer Permalink
March 3, 2011 1:59 AM

There are 26 PKD Participants at the moment (15 February 2011). For details see the PKD Board web site.

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