| TCS develops integrated e-passport solution |
| BS Reporter / Hyderabad June 20, 2007 |
| India's largest IT-ITeS firm, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is all set to tap the emerging business for e-passports across the world, and the company has already bid for pilot projects in a couple of countries. An e-passport makes the document machine-readable making the passport not only tamper-proof but also enabling quick processing at airports. e-passports come with in-built security (biometric) features including an IC (integrated circuit) chip embedded in the back cover that stores the data (including photo) that is typically displayed on the photo page of a regular passport. M Vidyasagar, executive vice-president and head, Advanced Technology Centre of TCS in Hyderabad said the company had already developed an integrated solution in this regard including hardware. |
