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Follow UsCOLOMBES, FRANCE: Oberthur Technologies, one of the providers of security and identification solutions and services based on smart card technologies, announced that its multifunction operating system has been selected by French State Printing Group to equip 100 per cent of the new electronic driving licenses in France.
Oberthur Technologies has provided electronic secure components for passports, driving licenses, resident permits and civil servants cards to the French State Printing Group since 2009. For the launch of the new electronic French driving license, OT delivers the operating system embedded in each driving license. Based on its qualified technology, this high-end quality solution - the digital core of the new credential - is only readable by the state security forces, as the announcement explained.
France is recognized as one of the most protected countries regarding identity document protection and, thanks to OT's high expertise, more than three million driving licenses will be manufactured, personalised and sent directly to citizens as from this year, the company adds. Faced with increasing identity fraud and impersonation, OT's comprehensive range of electronic credentials allows end-users to securely authenticate and authorities to reduce fraud while protecting citizens' personal information, it said.
Oberthur Technologies claims that it is not only the unique provider of civil servants cards in France, but also of healthcare cards for professionals. By delivering over one million healthcare cards for professionals across France, Oberthur Technologies allows 18 health professions (doctors, pharmacists, dentists, etc.) to identify the cardholder and secure transactions, while respecting privacy.
"Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés appreciates working closely with OT, for the implementation of European standards such as the IAS ECC standard (particularly for civil servants electronic identity cards). Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés also appreciates the quality of the components used for the manufacturing passports, driving licences and civil servants cards. We are delighted we can count on the support of OT as a quality partner" said Etienne Guepratte, Director of Agence Nationale des Titres Sécurisés.
According to Didier Trutt, CEO of the French State Printing Group, "OT has key common values with French State Printing Group which are expertise, know-how, confidentiality but also security; values on which we rely for all our production and in order to guarantee the complete confidentiality of data".