September 26, 2006
Gemalto Gets Oman Id Card Deal
The Sultanate of Oman will be receiving 2.5M smart ID cards from Gemalto for the country's national ID card program. It's the first program of it's kind in the Middle East and will begin at the end of the year. The cards will be used for both public service as well as for homeland security - in particular, to build a National Registry System, to be managed by the Royal Oman Police force. All of this is an extension of a program that began in early 2004. As part of this program, electronic gates have already been installed at the country's border. More details at Secure ID News.
Oman is simply one more country to the growing list (UK, Malaysia, China, etc.) that have either already started a National ID program or are about to.
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