Spain reveals plan to place ID card on phone

Spain has revealed plans to be the first country to have a national identity document on a mobile phone. 

The revelation came from Francisco Pardo Piqueras, the General Director of the National Police.

He was talking at the recent inauguration of Las Rozas’, the new police documentation office in Madrid. The office issues national IDs, passports and foreigner identity cards.

No date was set for the launch.