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SAGEM CHOSEN TO INTEGRATE PILOT TEST OF EUROPE-WIDE MULTI-BIOMETRIC VISAS.
04 May 2005 - Sagem Communication
| Following a consultation (made public in August 2004) of an ad hoc group of member states, SAGEM was chosen to integrate a pilot test of Europe-wide multi-biometric visas. Known as Biodev, the trial is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2005 and will last one year. SAGEM will equip several consulates abroad as well as European border posts. |
SAGEM is supplying the enrolment stations and the multi-biometric technology (facial and fingerprint recognition) necessary to create and personalize the travel documents. The personalization of the contactless chips complies with International Civil Aviation Organisation standards, which will soon be applied to future secure passports. In particular, the technology protects against identity theft and fraud. In addition, SAGEM is installing a temporary database for visa applicants and a search engine, both indispensable for fighting identity fraud and preventing multiple requests. The test is a precursor to the biometric visa information system, which may well be installed throughout the EU's Schengen area. Furthermore, the pilot system will help determine the impact of new control and work procedures on travelers, consular staff and border police. The pilot test will also allow authorities to verify whether or not documents issued and personalized with different equipment by clients and suppliers in five European countries are interoperable. This new success confirms SAGEM's expertise in multi-biometric technology, contactless smart cards and securing computer systems. Biodev also shows that the group can bring together numerous partners to experiment with and commercialize solutions that are innovative and interoperable on a large scale. Initiated in October 2004, SAGEM's friendly exchange offer for the aeronautics equipment manufacturer SNECMA was announced a success on March 9, 2005.
The coming together of these two corporate heavyweights is expected to lead to the creation of a worldwide leader in high technology named SAFRAN. A shareholders' vote at the May 11, 2005, General Assembly will finalize the merger.
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Sagem Communication is organized in two Business Groups: Mobile Communication and Broadband Communication.Mobile Communication Sagem brand mobile phones enjoys a strong presence in world markets – Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America – thanks to continuous technological innovations, including build-in cameras, colour screens, multimedia messaging, WAP, GPRS, modules and modems, etc. The Mobile Communication Business Group operates a Research & Development center in Cergy, northwest of Paris, and a production plant at Fougères, in the Brittany region of France. Industrial and commercial partnerships with other telecom players have opened access to new international markets, including China and Brazil. China: a joint venture with Bird, the leading domestic manufacturer of mobile phones, called "Ningbo Bird Sagem Electronics Corporation Ltd". Brazil: a joint subsidiary with Gradiente, to handle the production and marketing of Sagem mobile phones. Broadband Communication The Broadband Communication Business Group designs, develops and produces a complete line of products for the high-growth broadband, video and printing markets. A proven capability for innovation led to technological breakthroughs that give Sagem products high-profile positions in these highly competitive markets: the first DLP flat-screen TVs in Europe, the first embedded image correction in terminals, DECT wireless phones with mobile phone functions (SMS, hi-fi ring tones, directory, etc.), TVs and set-top boxes with build-in card readers, etc. The Broadband Communication Business Group also deploys a Europe-wide network of subsidiaries, called National Sales Organization (NSO), that distributes Sagem brand products to all major European retailers. Sagem has signed a number of agreements with OEMs, meaning that Sagem products are used by the world’s leading brands and most European operators. |
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