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Precise Biometrics receives follow-up order for Swisscom worth SEK 2.4 million

Friday, December 21, 2007

Precise Biometrics has won a follow-up order for fingerprint logon in computer systems for Swisscom. The Precise 100 MC BioKeyboard will be supplied through a local distributor, Rotronics AG in Switzerland. The solution is based on a solution from ActivIdentity that integrates Precise BioMatch™, and is also utilized by users that have laptops with built-in fingerprint sensors. The delivery of the biometric keyboards will start during first quarter 2008.


PRECISE BIOMETRICS RECEIVES FOLLOW-UP ORDER FOR SWISSCOM WORTH SEK 2.4 MILLION

LUND, SWEDEN — Precise Biometrics AB, which develops and sells world-leading and user-friendly biometric security solutions based on fingerprints and smart cards, has through a local distributor - Rotronics AG in Switzerland - won a follow-up order for fingerprint logon in computer systems. Precise Biometrics will be supplying the keyboard Precise 100 MC BioKeyboard. By logging on to computers by means of biometrics it will be easier for users to gain access to the wide range of applications in daily use, and which require complicated and frequently updated passwords. The solution for Swisscom is already in use at their call center.

Swisscom is Switzerland’s leading telecom company with a total of around 12,000 employees. Swisscom delivers services and products for mobile data communication. The delivery of the biometric keyboards will start during first quarter 2008.

Swisscom chose Precise 100 MC BioKeyboards for biometric logon already in the end of 2006 since the product offers excellent logon functions at a reasonable price, replacing complicated passwords with fingerprint technology, which is much easier to use. The solution is based on a solution from ActivIdentity that integrates Precise BioMatch™, and is also utilized by users that have laptops with built-in fingerprint sensors.

“The new order is a very pleasing development of our ongoing cooperation with Swisscom. The fact that we can deliver the most cost-effective keyboard that comply with their requirements makes it even better,” says Thomas Marschall, President and CEO of Precise Biometrics.

Precise Biometrics AB is an innovative company offering solutions for fingerprint recognition to prove people’s identities. With top-of-the-line expertise in fingerprint verification, Precise Biometrics offers fast, accurate and secure authentication of a person. Our core product Precise BioMatch™ integrates into ID and bank card programs and secure chips, as well as systems for access control to buildings, computers and networks. We act on a global market and our technology is licensed to more than 78 million users all over the world. The Precise Biometrics group has subsidiaries in Sweden (with group headquarters in Lund), Great Britain, Hong Kong and USA, and a joint venture agreement in China. Precise Biometrics is listed on the small cap list at the Nordic Exchange in Sweden. For more information, please visit http://www.precisebiometrics.com[end] 

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