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Gemalto Selected for Belgian ePassport

Will provide the Belgian Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs with more than 400,000 ePassports every year

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Gemalto has announced that it will supply Belgium with its Sealys ePassport, due to be introduced in May 2014. Gemalto will provide the Belgian Federal Public Service for Foreign Affairs with more than 400,000 ePassports every year, and Zetes will serve as the system integrator in this long term agreement. ePassports, also known as electronic and biometric passports, can be read via authorized contactless readers and incorporate a microprocessor. Powered by Gemalto’s highly secure embedded so...

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