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NEC Corporation India bags contract for Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata airports
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NEC Corporation India bags contract for Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata airports
NEC Corporation India, a part of the Tokyo-based IT and electronics company, NEC Corporation, has bagged contracts from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to deploy facial recognition-based passenger identification technology in four airports in the country, in Varanasi, Vijayawada, Pune and Kolkata.
Pradeep Kushwaha, head of public safety at NEC Corporation India, told
The Hindu, “We have won these projects from the Airport Authority of India. Varanasi airport will be ready for passenger trials of the technology this month, while work has begun in the other thee airports and they are expected to be ready for passenger trials in three months. In Varanasi, trials are already on with airport staff.”