June 09, 2006
French E-Passports carry Philips RFID chips
The French government has announced the Royal Philips Electronics as supplier of RFID chips for the E-passports. The government asserts that the e-passports will be implemented progressively to cover regions where French citizens reside including overseas.
Philips whose chips are in operation for the electronic-passport installments in 28 countries uses 72KB of EEPROM memory in its SmartMX chips which France is using at present. The E-passports will store biometric data and digital images of the holders. The government plans to full pledge implementation of E-passport systems by end of this month.
Via rfidjournal
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