Flora Telecom to support deployment of e-passport

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Bangladeshi technology firm Flora Telecom will provide technical solutions for implementation of electronic passport project across the country, the company said in a press statement.

The government on Wednesday awarded German firm Veridos GmbH for providing e-passports to Bangladesh. Flora will maintain the data centre, disaster recovery sites and regional passport offices utilizing its skilled human resources, according to a news release of the firm. Besides, as a local technology partner, Flora will supply enterprise servers, storage as well as security solutions for the project implementation.

Veridos has won the job to provide Bangladesh with biometric e-passports for around Tk 33.4 billion. The German firm will provide passport booklets, 28 million machines to make e-passports, relevant accessories, software, and 10 years of maintenance services.