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Society is undergoing rapid and fundamental change in how identity is defined,
valued, and used. Paper-based identity documents are
migrating to electronic credentials at an unprecedented pace. These electronic
identity (eID)
credentials are based on a number of rapidly emerging technologies such as smart chips,
RFID, NFC, and biometrics and can take the form of smart tokens or cards, or
can be embedded in smart mobile devices. Regardless of the format or technologies,
eID’s hold the key to development of a range of on-demand citizen and consumer based applications.
The underlying identification infrastructure, once limited to localized visual and, in
some cases, virtual spot
checks, is being primed to facilitate global, interoperable, and transactional
ecosystems. Applications from the government and commercial sectors such as
healthcare, transportation, financial services, telecom, enterprise, and the Internet
will rely on shared trust infrastructures that provide secure, proportionate,
privacy enhancing eID services. In the near future, this application explosion will
enable an unprecedented variety of secure, on-demand
citizen and consumer services that enhance the user experience, increase government
and commercial
revenues, and reduce operational
costs.
A total of 136 countries will implement National eID programs by 2021 issuing more than 646 million eIDs annually while generating more than $54 billion in revenue between 2016 to 2021 More ...
Each regional report provides global, regional, and country level forecasts for all National eID programs from 2016 to 2021.
There are currently 129 countries worldwide with National eID programs producing over 600 Million ID cards a year and generating just over $7 Billion in annual revenues.
Acuity expects card volume to reach nearly 700 Million cards per year by 2020 with revenue edging up to over $9 Billion annually. More ...
There are currently 122 countries with ePassport programs which Acuity estimates are producing 124 million ePassports annually. Most ePassports are valid for 5 or 10 years and there are
now more than 675 million in circulation. Current annual revenues are in the $4.5 Billion range.
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