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Frost & Sullivan's 2026 Biometric Solutions Company of the Year
Frost Radar™ Biometrics Market Leader for third consecutive time
Why This Matters
As digital services expand, organizations must verify identity in ways that are secure, seamless, privacy-conscious, and scalable. NEC has been named Frost & Sullivan’s 2026 Global Biometric Solutions Company of the Year, the first company in the biometrics industry to receive this recognition.
Discover how NEC is advancing trusted digital identity through biometric innovation, responsible AI, and real-world deployment expertise. Frost & Sullivan recognized NEC for its ability to address these needs through visionary innovation, strong customer impact, and trusted implementation across industries.
What Sets NEC Apart
NEC brings together biometric authentication, AI, analytics, systems integration, and digital identity technologies to support trusted experiences at scale. From face and iris recognition to emerging modalities such as ear acoustic authentication, NEC continues to expand the possibilities of secure and convenient identity verification.
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Multimodal biometrics: Combining face, iris, fingerprint and other modalities to enhance accuracy, security, and user convenience.
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Decentralized identity and verifiable credentials: Supporting privacy-preserving digital identity models that give individuals greater control over their credentials.
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AI: Advancing innovation while placing privacy, ethics, and respect for human rights at the centre.
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End-to-end implementation: Delivering consulting, technology, integration, and operation expertise for complex environments.
NEC's success is driven by innovation, global expertise, and a strong focus on customer outcomes. Through their biometric technologies, digital identity solutions, and trusted authentication capabilities, NEC continues to support governments, enterprises, and citizens worldwide.
Customers proudly own NEC’s biometric solutions, confident in their performance, reliability, and ethical foundation. This brand loyalty is a testament to NEC’s consistent delivery of value and their unwavering commitment to customer success.
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NEC's Achievements
in Digital Identity
NEC’s biometric technologies are trusted across more than 50 countries and regions, supporting identity verification in airports, transportation, offices, hospitals, retail, financial institutions, and government services. Deployments across approximately 300 airports demonstrate how NEC brings secure, convenient, and scalable biometric experiences into real-world environments.
NEC’s leadership is also backed by independent recognition. In addition to Frost & Sullivan’s recognition for market leadership and customer impact, NEC was ranked the world’s most accurate in the latest NIST Face Recognition Technology Evaluation (FRTE) 1:N Identification benchmark , reinforcing its strength in both practical deployment and technical performance.
*Results shown from NIST do not constitute an endorsement of any particular system, product, service, or company by NIST.
NEC's third-party evaluation in biometric authentication: Biometric Authentication | NEC
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1 National Institute of Standards and Technology.
- Results shown from NIST do not constitute an endorsement of any particular system, product, service, or company by the U.S. government.
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2 FRTE Identification (2026Feb) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) by Algorithm Achieved No.1 ranking in 4
categories on the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
- Gallery: Visa, Probe: Border, N=1600000; Gallery: Visa, Probe: Kiosk, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
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3 FRTE Identification (2025Mar) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories on
the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
- Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
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4 FRTE Identification (2024Jan) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 4 categories on
the leaderboard: Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000;
- Gallery: Visa, Probe: Kiosk, N=1600000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≥10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≥12YRS, N=3000000.
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5 FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (2021Aug) Leaderboard Identification (T>0) Achieved No.1 ranking in 2
categories on the leaderboard:
- Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000 and Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000.
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6 FRVT Ongoing 1:N Identification (2022Jan) Leaderboard [Identification (T>0)] Achieved No.1 ranking in
3 categories on the leaderboard:
- Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot, N=12000000; Gallery: Border, Probe: Border ΔT≧10YRS, N=1600000; Gallery: Mugshot, Probe: Mugshot ΔT≧12YRS, N=3000000.
- 7 IREX 10: Identification Track(2022Sep) Achieved No.1 ranking in 3 categories: Two-eye Accuracy, Single-eye Accuracy, Rank Accuracy.
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8 Friction Ridge Image and Features (FRIF) Technology Evaluation (TE) Exemplar One-to-Many (E1N) (2026Feb)
Achieved No.1 ranking in FpVTE2012 – Class A.
- The dates shown in the illustrations are those announced by NEC.
