AMSTERDAM, Nov 30, 2016 – (ACN Newswire) – Gemalto
(Euronext NL0000400653), the world leader in digital security, has been chosen
by Paris Aeroport to supply, install and maintain its Coesys Automated Border
Control gates, as part of the French PARAFE program (Automated Fast Track
Crossing at External Borders). The solution is based on fingerprint recognition
and aims to increase capacity and improve traveler experience.

Gemalto and its trusted partner Automatic Systems
have been selected by Paris Aeroport to provide 87 e-gates, in Paris-Charles de
Gaulle and Paris-Orly airports. By the spring of 2017, with only their passport
and fingerprint, passengers will be able to start passing through new, faster
e-gates from Gemalto and save time on departure and at arrival in Paris main
airports. With 95.2 million passengers passing through them each year, ensuring
the best possible security while simultaneously improving passenger fluidity is
the goal.

The process is both fast, user-friendly and highly
secure: at the e-gate, passengers present their electronic passport, then their
finger. The fingerprint is matched against the biometric data stored in the
document. While the identity of the traveler is verified at the e-gate, Border
Protection Officers can keep monitoring the information in real-time in order
to allow border crossing.

Frederic Trojani, Executive Vice President of
Government Programs at Gemalto explains that the project is beneficial for both
passengers and border control officers: “From a passenger point of view,
our solution gives the experience of an uninterrupted passage through the gates
as it only takes a few seconds. Allowing optimum use of biometric technologies,
it also improves border control security as it allows for increased detection of
fraud cases.” 

The solution has been designed to evolve over time
from fingerprint recognition to facial recognition as well. Prime contractor
Gemalto has teamed up with two Bollore Group subsidiaries, Automatic Systems
and IER, to deploy the project.