T2 installs bioterminals in salons across the country

T2, a Russian mobile operator, is scaling up a project to introduce biometric solutions for identifying foreign citizens when selling SIM cards throughout the country.

Now foreigners can undergo a mandatory identity verification procedure and connect to mobile communications directly at the operator’s point of sale. By the end of October 2025, the company will equip 300 communication stores with its own bioterminals, and by the end of the first quarter of 2026 it will increase their number to 1000.

The company presented a new solution with biometric identification at the Finopolis-2025 forum of innovative financial technologies. The initiative is aimed at creating a convenient and fast process for verifying the biometrics of foreign citizens in accordance with current legal requirements.

The bioterminal is integrated with State Services and the Unified Biometric System, which allows you to undergo verification in a few minutes and activate the SIM card directly in the T2 salon. To connect, you will need a confirmed account on State Services and submitted biometrics. The identity verification procedure can be completed in advance at the bank or directly at the operator’s point of sale.

A network of bioterminals has already been deployed in the largest cities of Russia – St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod, Voronezh, Rostov-on-Don, Tula, Yekaterinburg and Krasnodar.

The project was implemented jointly with the Russian manufacturer of biometric security systems Ovision and with the support of PJSC Rostelecom.

“We started a pilot in St. Petersburg and in October we will scale the project to 300 communication stores. A complete infrastructure of bioterminals allows us to offer a unified and convenient standard for connecting foreign citizens. We see great interest in this service and plan to further expand this service in our network to 1,000 salons, so that biometric identification becomes a familiar part of the customer experience and sets a new level of service quality in the industry,” said Denis Goleschikhin, T2 mass market sales director.

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