A report from the National Audit Office (NAO) on ePassports said the IPS has "successfully completed the project" with a total set-up cost of £61m, just under the budget of £63m.

The thousands of UK ePassports stolen on Monday are likely to sell for up to £20m on the black market, say privacy experts. A van carrying about 3,000 blank ePassports and visas was hijacked on ...

Clockless technology offers the ideal answers for the specific requirements of secure ePassports, eVisas and national ID cards. A controller based on Handshake Technology can easily support the large ...

Canadians can purchase ePassports that expire after 10 years or, at a cheaper cost, in five years. Passports for children under 16 are good for five years, and non-chip passports remain valid ...

On Track successfully argued that the fault lay with the supplier. Now the company is back in the competition to create so-called epassports with microchips that carry personal identification data.

Worldwide adoption of ePassports (passports with contactless chips containing biometric image information about their holder) will drive the adoption of biometrics in other applications 2. 3D ...

Gemalto`s software was assessed in May alongside a range of ePassports from other companies, and the test demonstrated data throughput rates more than twice the industry average.

India will soon start issuing ePassports which will use Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) and biometrics chip and be in line with the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organisation ...

The eStickers enable the upgrade of existing passports to ePassports. Deliveries of the eStickers are expected to begin in the fourth quarter this year with most of the deliveries expected next year.

Passport Canada plans to launch an ePassport in 2012, and in the meantime it wants to hear Canadians' thoughts on the issue — including revised fees.

In October 2005 Australia introduced one of the world’s first biometrically enabled ePassports, paving the way for more secure travel and a smoother transition through airport customs.