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Precise receives additional order from Swisscom

Monday, December 1, 2008

Precise Biometrics AB, a Swedish developer of biometric technologies, has reported an order they received from Switzerland-based telecommunications group Swisscom totaling nearly $300,000.

Swisscom has been using Precise products and services since 2006. This new order consists of keyboards with installed fingerprint sensors as well as licenses for Precise’s Biomatch software for authenticating users. [end] 

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