ZTE video surveillance deployments in Cameroon

ZTE video surveillance deployments in Cameroon
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Deployment Status	Ongoing
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Events	* uses Record type Property:Has event Start (5 January 2017, Documented, , No description)
City	Yaoundé
Country	Cameroon
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Technology Deployed	Unknown Products 0094
Information Certainty	Documented
Primary sources	1
Datasets Used	Unknown Dataset 0149
Deployment Type	Biometric Cameras, Surveillance
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managed by	ZTE Corporation
used by	Government of Cameroon
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Summary	In 10 cities of Cameroon, video surveillance deployments are being installed. The project involves the Chinese company ZTE. Authorities in Cameroon met with representatives of ZTE in 2002 to launch cooperation in this field. After several decades of preparations, the first cameras were deployed in 2007. The cameras support face recognition and 360-degree surveillance to match information with a specially created dataset containing facial images and finger prints of local inhabitants.

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Information Certainty: Documented

Deployment Purpose: Surveillance

Summary

In 10 cities of Cameroon, video surveillance deployments are being installed. The project involves the Chinese company ZTE. Authorities in Cameroon met with representatives of ZTE in 2002 to launch cooperation in this field. After several decades of preparations, the first cameras were deployed in 2007. The cameras support face recognition and 360-degree surveillance to match information with a specially created dataset containing facial images and finger prints of local inhabitants.

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Product Deployed	Unknown Products 0094
Institutions ⠉	ZTE Corporation
Datasets	Unknown Dataset 0149
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Status and Events:

Status	Ongoing
Events	Start (5 January 2017, Documented, , No description)
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Involved Entities
Managed by	ZTE Corporation
Used by	Government of Cameroon

Location:

City	Yaoundé
Country ⠉	Cameroon

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Description

Video surveillance is offered by the National Emergency Telecommunications Network (RNTU), in order to ensure the safety of people and their property in the 10 cities of the country. The technology is ptobided by the Chinese company ZTE.

Ces services qu’offre le Réseau national des télécommunications d’Urgence (RNTU), en vue d’assurer la sécurité des personnes et de leurs biens dans les 10 villes du pays. C’est l’entreprise chinoise ZTE qui les a présentés aux ministres de l’Administration territoriale, Paul Atanga Nji et son homologue des Postes et Télécommunications, Minette Libom Li Likeng, qui dirigeait la visite au sein de cette structure le13 juillet 2002 à Ekounou, Yaoundé. 1

With terminals installed in 50 gendarmerie stations throughout the territory, it will make it possible to host citizen information in the database. In this way, it would be possible to trace an individual from his fingerprint, facial recognition, among others.

En ce qui concerne le troisième service qui est la vidéo surveillance, bien de Caméras surveillance seraient dissimulées dans les coins stratégiques des villes. Bien que le RNTU n’ait pas encore été inauguré par le Ministère des Postes et Télécommunications, la gendarmerie exploite déjà les cameras rotatives à 360 degrés de la structure pour mener ses investigations, tout comme la police.
Le service de e.police est le quatrième de la liste. Avec des terminaux installés dans 50 postes de gendarmerie sur toute l’étendue du territoire, il permettra d’héberger les informations des citoyens dans la base de données. De cette manière, il serait possible de retracer un individu à partir de son emprunte digitale, de la reconnaissance faciale, entre autres.1