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Orange places 1,700 ID card readers at prepaid sales points - Telecompaper

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Orange is forecasting 1,700 outlets with a Famoco terminal, which can verify the identify of a prepaid customer. This has become a requirement since December for all prepaid providers in Belgium…The system can within seconds make an identification using the government’s CheckDoc database.From Orange places 1,700 ID card readers at prepaid sales points - Telecompaper

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Orange Digital Ventures recently made an investment of EUR 11 million into Famoco, a maker of scanners…. Orange started using the terminals in its own shops. Now, supermarket gas stations and other sales points will use the technology.

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