NEXT Biometrics, a world leader in advanced high-security fingerprint sensor technology, has delivered an additional shipment, to the value of NOK 2.3 million, of its FAP 20 Basalt sensors to an existing Indian customer. The devices will support identity verification and payments use cases within India’s Aadhaar program, with shipments completed in Q2 2025. Finally, the customer has also projected a 50% increase in order volume, starting Q3 2025.

“Customers coming back to us so quickly with additional orders demonstrates the momentum of the L1 Aadhaar program in India right now,” comments Digvijay Kanwar, SVP Sales at NEXT Biometrics. “Our fingerprint sensor technology is one of the few that meets the more stringent requirements of UIDAI’s L1 certification program. This, coupled with the authentication speed, user experience and integration ease of our sensors, is driving demand across the portfolio and helping our customers build market share.”

The order is for the ‘S Variant’ of NEXT’s Basalt sensor series, which manages communication with the device’s microcontroller via Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI). NEXT’s Active Thermal® biometric technology uses both heat from the finger and 3D imaging to authenticate the user. This enables superior authentication speed and liveness detection to combat spoofing attacks, when compared with other fingerprint authentication technologies. The product also minimizes energy consumption and delivers exceptional performance in varying light and environmental conditions.

Earlier this year, NEXT successfully completed the rigorous Aadhaar L1 certification process, demonstrating exceptional in-field performance and security. The system’s accuracy, performance and security were rigorously tested to ensure the system correctly identifies and authenticates users, works swiftly and that it can also withstand various types of attacks and manipulations.

Learn more about the FAP 20 Basalt sensor series.

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