India, April 8 -- SITA, a provider of air transport technology and border management solutions, and NEC Corporation (NEC), a company specialising in biometric authentication technologies, have entered into an agreement aimed at advancing the adoption of digital identity technology in the travel sector.

As part of this collaboration, NEC joins SITA's Digital Travel Ecosystem, an open, interoperable framework designed to enable real-time digital identity verification by connecting various systems. Developed in partnership with Indicio, the ecosystem removes the need for direct integrations between issuers and verifiers, with the goal of simplifying implementation for airports, airlines, and government agencies.

At the centre of the ecosys...