1. Protecting Ghana Telecom with Verid+ iCLASS
Project Brief
Client Profile & Business Challenge
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CaseStudy
Ghana Telecom is the number one provider of telecommunications to the
country of Ghana. As the main provider for telecoms and IT it is imperative
that the telecommunications infrastucture remains intact and protected from
any form of attack. The physical infrastructure including telephone
exchanges, equipment rooms and repeater stations must remain free from
theft or vandalism if they are to ensure continued economic growth and
development.
Ghana Telecom were looking for a solution to secure their telephone
exchanges, equipment rooms and repeater stations – thereby ensuring
unauthorised access is prevented, and the telecommunications infrastructure
of the country remains intact and safe.
Ghana Telecom provide the country’s telecommunication infrastructure which
serves as the backbone for economic growth and development.
Ghana Telecom is one of the largest employers in the country employing
close to 4,000 Ghanaians. The company’s operations are a source of
employment for communication centre operators and agents who supply the
Ghana Telecom payphone, recharge and top-up cards.
Ghana Telecom's telecommunication infrastructure helps the public make use
of advanced information technology applications for long distance learning,
e-banking and e-business transactions. The availability of a secure
telecommunication infrastructure serves as an essential ingredient in
supporting the country’s economic growth.
Remote Building Protection

2. The Verid+ biometric fingerprint reader was used in conjunction with HID’s iCLASS smartcards to
secure telephone exchanges, equipment rooms and repeater stations – thereby ensuring
unauthorised access is prevented.
The combination of TSSI’s Verid+ fingerprint technology and HID’s iCLASS cards allows 2 fingerprint
templates and a PIN to be stored on the smallest, lowest cost iCLASS card. The template-on-card
feature means that the user’s fingerprint data travels with him or her on the card. Hence, no
networking is needed to transfer the correct templates to each site. This reduces costs and
administration time, providing a simple, secure and robust system.
Roy Thomson, TSSI’s Biometric Business Manager commented: ”Template-on Card has proved to be
an effective solution where biometric access is needed across disparate sites. TSSI’s small fingerprint
templates (52 bytes) are ideal for this type of Smartcard based application.”
Mr Saleh Alsahib
Alaola Security & Safety Equipment
P.O. Box: 38480 - Dahiat Abdulah,
AlSalem,
72255,
Kuwait.
Tel: +965-2417340
E-mail: saleh@alaola.com
Mr Hussam Tawfiq
ABTSS
P.O Box 42086
Riyadh 11541
Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966-1-2912222
E-mail: abt@abtss.com.sa
Mr Rizwan Majeed Khan
Trango Pakistan Private Limited
Office No. 6 Ground Floor
Al-Babar Center F-8 Markaz
Islamabad-Pakistan
Tel: +92 51 2855041-2
E-mail: trangopakistan@gmail.com
Mr Mathew Shelby
Omnix Media Network
Promedia Division
PO Box 37560
Dubai
UAE
Tel: +971 4 3388812
E-mail: shelby@ominx-group.com
Preventing Unauthorised Access
The Solution
TSSI’s Middle East Partners
Case Study
TSSI Systems Ltd., Swindon, SN25 5AZ, UK. Tel: +44 1793 747 700. Fax: +44 1793 747 701. E-mail: info@tssi.co.uk Web: http://www.tssi.co.uk
About the Verid+ iCLASS…
Henry Whyte, Project Manager in charge of the
(Ghana) Telecom Security Project said “The TSSI
Verid+ iCLASS units have performed extremely well
and provided the extra security we required.”
All of the installations in Ghana Telecom have been
perfromed by TSSI’s long-established distributor,
Timeware (Ghana) Ltd. Sam Atakorah, MD
Timeware commented: “TSSI supported us from
the beginning, helping to define the most reliable
and cost effective way to meet our client’s needs.”