NEXT Biometrics Group ASA

Regulatory Filings • Dec 29, 2025

NEXT Biometrics enters new market segment with an order for NEXT Basalt FAP20 for access control tablets

NEXT Biometrics enters new market segment with an order for NEXT Basalt FAP20 for access control tablets

Oslo, 29 December 2025 - NEXT Biometrics, the world leader in advanced high-security fingerprint sensor technology, has received an order from a new customer, Realtime Biometrics India Pvt. Ltd., for access control tablets integrated with NEXT Basalt FAP 20 sensor. For strong authentication, to be integrated into access panels for smooth and safe access into offices and lobbies.

“We worked closely with Realtime Biometrics and their end customers. Their requirements of liveness detection and fast authentication speed of authentication were key to avoiding long queues and delivering the solution in a fast manner, says Digvijay Singh Kanwar, Senior Vice President, Head of Sales IUEA (India, US, EU and Africa). “This new partnership enters us into a new segment and further grows our solution in the Aadhaar ecosystem.”

“We’re thrilled to be working with NEXT, bringing their cutting-edge, high-security authentication technology into our existing access control tablets. This partnership marks a significant step in enhancing security and operational efficiency, and we look forward to extending this collaboration in the future,” adds Ravender Singh, Managing Director at Realtime Biometrics. The speed of authentication is key to our customers as they look forward to a seamless operation. NEXT Biometrics’ Aadhaar solution was the perfect combination of security, speed and convenience.”

This is a new product with delivery scheduled for Q4 2025. This is the first mass production order with a long-term potential.

NEXT’s Active Thermal® 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.

Over the last 25 years, NEXT Biometrics has shipped more than 10 million sensors. Its Active Thermal® technologies are certified by entities including Aadhaar, FBI-PIV, MOSIP Compliance and NIBSS, and have been implemented in countries including Bangladesh, China, Ghana, India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S. and Vietnam.

For more information about NEXT Biometrics’ solutions, visit our website.

For more information, please contact:

Ulf Ritsvall, Chief Executive Officer

ulf.ritsvall@nextbiometrics.com

Eirik Underthun, Chief Financial Officer

eirik.underthun@nextbiometrics.com

About NEXT Biometrics

NEXT Biometrics is a pioneer of high-security biometric authentication, enabling users to live simpler, safer lives.

NEXT Biometrics was founded on the belief that strong authentication and identification can be secure, seamless and cost effective for governments and businesses with Active Thermal® technology. More than 25 years later, NEXT has retained its Norwegian heritage and grown to serve customers globally.

Today, our solutions are used by billions of users each year across 10+ national ID and local programs, 150.000+ POS terminals, 25+ laptop and tablet models from tier-1 OEMs, and physical and logical access control implementations. Through state-of-the-art technology, deep industry expertise and close collaboration with partners for seamless integration, Active Thermal® biometrics can make life simpler and safer for everyone.

For more information, visit NEXT Biometrics, read our blog and follow us on LinkedIn. NEXT Biometrics is listed on Euronext (NEXT.OL).