COUNTRY FOCUS
Governments
moving
citizen IDs to
smartphones
Governments are now pilot testing the
process of transferring government
identifications to smartphones.
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INTELLIGENTCIO
The versatility of smartphones are
only increasing. Governments are
now pilot testing the process of
transferring government identifications
to smartphones. Physical identifications
that need to work within the
boundaries of a country are the ones
that are being tested in the first phase.
These include national identification
cards, drivers licenses, and vehicle
registration cards.
The process of issuing and transferring
the digital identification to citizen
smartphones follows a parallel
process similar to issuing the physical
identification. This means that
governments do not need to invest in
building separate process infrastructures
to deliver the digital identification to
citizen smartphones. However they do
need to invest in the technology solution
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