Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

India presses on with smart driver license

Thursday, December 1, 2005


Some 100,0000 smart cards with optical stripes have been delivered to the States of New Delhi and Gujarat in India as part of the first phase of the country’s vehicle registration program. According to the supplying company, Luxembourg-based Gemplus, this will likely be the largest drivers license/vehicle registration project of its kind. With 100 million cards anticipated during the next five years, it’s going to be hard to top.

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