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Article: NEC to assist South Africa Upgrade its National Identification System; One of the world's largest national ID systems utilising fingerprint identification technology.
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- May 22, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-22 May 2008-NEC CORPORATION: NEC to assist South Africa Upgrade its National Identification System; One of the world's largest national ID systems utilising fingerprint identification technology(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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Tokyo and London -- NEC Corporation today announced that it has been contracted by the Republic of South Africa to upgrade the country's national identification system, with work scheduled to commence this coming June.
The South African Government issues an ID booklet to all citizens over 16 years of age that adopts fingerprinting as a method of personal identification. This booklet is used ...