Following several significant milestones during 2024, NEXT continues to strengthen and develop its biometric offering. Together with a new Partner in India, NEXT has now agreed to collaborate on advancing a biometric module with a slim form factor, which will be offered with liveness detection functionality. The new Partner is well established and active across multiple continents with its solutions for business areas such as identification, automation and tracking.
Under the agreement, the Indian Partner will leverage NEXT’s expertise in fingerprint technology and product integrations to advance the implementation of the biometric module. The integrations are targeted to be completed in Q1 2025, and the first volume orders from the Partner are expected during H2 2025.
Digvijay Singh Kanwar, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales India, US, EU, and Africa, at NEXT commented:
”We are proud to announce both a new Partner and an additional product launch. Our new Partner is already a well-established top supplier of Aadhaar certified biometric products in India and a great match for NEXT. By signing this MoU, we continue to strengthen our position on several of the world’s largest and most demanding biometric ID markets.”
During Q1 2025, NEXT will advance and adapt the hardware and software for the module which will be tailored-made for the Indian Partner. The module will be marketed and sold to customers that are targeting markets that include India, Asia, South America and Africa. The biometric module will have a slim form factor and be customized to provide superior liveness detection with a focus on government ID markets and end-customers.
Mr. Kanwar concluded:
”Compared to competing sensor technologies, NEXT’s Active Thermal® sensors are simply much better at detecting liveness in a finger. This makes it harder for fake fingers or spoofing attempts to bypass our systems, a crucial feature in the top-tier security segments such as national ID systems. NEXT always provides its partners a comprehensive biometric security experience, easily integrated and also available for multiple platforms. I very much look forward to demonstrating our expertise and develop this module together with our new Partner.”
For more information, please contact:
Ulf Ritsvall
Chief Executive Officer, NEXT
ulf.ritsvall@nextbiometrics.com
Eirik Underthun
Chief Financial Officer, NEXT
eirik.underthun@nextbiometrics.com
About NEXT Biometrics
NEXT provides advanced fingerprint sensor technology that delivers uncompromised security and accuracy for the best possible user experience in the payment and fintech, government ID, access control and office and notebook markets. The company’s patented NEXT Active Thermal ® principle allows the development of large, high-quality fingerprint sensors with superior security level. NEXT Biometrics Group ASA is headquartered in Oslo, with sales, support, and development operations in Seattle, Taipei, Tokyo, New Delhi and Shanghai.
For more information, please visit us at www.nextbiometrics.com