Digital Barriers secured a contract for its facial recognition technology with Careem. The contract award follows a competitive benchmarking process and is one of a number of framework contracts that were in the final stages of contract negotiation at the time of the group's trading update on 24 March. Once the software has been deployed, the contract will deliver recurring software revenue to the group up and until the end of calendar year 2018, with an option thereafter to extend. This contract represents the first integration of the group's facial recognition software into a mainstream commercial application on a recurring revenue basis. Careem will integrate Digital Barriers' facial recognition technology into its driver smartphone application, with the aim of providing enhanced passenger safety and security by ensuring that the actual driver of a given vehicle can be matched in real-time to the authorised and accredited driver of that vehicle. Careem will also use the Group's facial recognition technology to secure the driver enrolment process.