One million passports are currently in use in Slovenia. The government intends to roll out the first electronic passports this August, with 600,000 devices to be supplied by 2016. Gemalto has already delivered a first batch of 50,000 products to Cetis, who will deploy the corresponding number of e-passports by year’s end.
By migrating to chip-enabled travel documents, Slovenia is complying with the
European Union’s mandate requiring its member states to adopt the technology by August 2006.
The technology provided by Gemalto includes a secure operating system with cryptographic features running on a large capacity contactless chip. Gemalto’s program is designed to support governments and secure printing agencies in their migration to chip-enabled passports.
With Gemalto’s technology, Cetis will be able to achieve distribution of electronic passports that offer the highest levels of security, commented Jacques Seneca, president Europe at Gemalto.
