Government ID, Smart Cards, Identification and Authentication

Bell ID partners with PandaID

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Bell ID, a provider of smart card management systems, announced that it has signed a strategic partnership agreement with PandaID Soluciones. The two companies will bring Bell ID’s ANDiS Smart Card Management Solution to the EMV banking, government and corporate ID markets in Venezuela and Colombia.

PandaID Soluciones, a privately held company with offices in Caracas, Venezuela and Bogotá, Colombia. [end] 

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