BANGALORE AIRPORT DEVELOPS MAJOR EXPANSION AND TECH INSTALLATION PLANS
April 1st, 2018
INDIA’S information technology hub of Bengaluru (Bangalore) is equipping its Kempegowda International Airport with a new biometric-based passenger authentication system while undertaking a major expansion with a new terminal and a second runway.
The security check will utilise India’s nationwide unique ID ‘Aadhaar’ database, which has collected finger prints and iris scans from almost all the country’s adult population – more than 1 billion people, and which already authenticates bank accounts and telephone subscribers.
Kempegowda airport would be ...
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