NEXT Biometrics announced new volume order to deliver its flagship, recently Aadhaar certified, FAP20 fingerprint sensor to one of its Indian OEM customers in Fourth Quarter 2023. The order is a part of the NOK 65 million order that was announced on 3 July 2023. The customer?s products target the Point of Sales (POS) market.

As previously announced, the Indian government is upgrading India?s biometric and digital ID services program, Aadhaar, to the next generation security standard. Thus, as per June 2024, all devices to be used within the ID program must now meet new, stricter security requirements and be certified according to Aadhaar?s L1 certification level. The Aadhaar security upgrade creates strong momentum for NEXT, as roughly 4.5 million devices are expected to either be completely replaced by new biometric products or partly replaced by new upgraded sensors.

The Indian OEM which has placed the volume order is targeting to complete its Aadhaar L1 certification in First Quarter 2024.