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Atos Origin tapped for French e-passport

Monday, May 19, 2008 in News

Atos Origin and Sagem, a unit of Safran, have reportedly won a contract worth around 80 million Euros to produce electronic passports for the French government, according to Le Journal du Dimanche. The first e-passports were due to be produced at the end of June. Also competing for the contract was Thales-Accenture, Capgemini-Sopra Group and Bull-Zeltes.

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