Deploying Mobile Signatures for Secure Authentication to Serivces

Ericsson has been selected as the prime integrator to provide an end-to-end mobile signature service in Spain for Telefónica Móviles España. The service is based on a solution from the authentication provider, Valimo Wireless.

Developed in conjunction with Valimo Wireless, the end-user service will provide mobile signature services to support secure authentication for web log-ins, remote access and the digital signing of transactions and documents.

Deployment is set to commence in the second quarter of 2007 and the service will initially be targeted at large corporations.

Mobile digital signing applications have become one of the most robust mechanisms for authentication and identification. This, together with the availability of cryptographic SIMs, prompted Telefónica Móviles España (TME) to develop its new mobile signature service.

Ingemar Naeve, Head of Ericsson's Market Unit Iberia, says: "This contract opens the door to an exciting new area where the mobile device can be used as an advanced electronic ID."

Jarkko Elonen, Chief Operating Officer at Valimo Wireless, says: "Valimo Wireless' mobile identity concept sits on a mobile operator's existing customer service and SIM-logistic processes, enabling existing handsets to support the new services. Generating a digital signature is therefore as easy as sending an SMS.

"Phone-based authentication services are a natural fit for TME. They create benefits for the operator, their enterprise clients and end users alike. The Valimo Wireless solution has been commercially deployed by more than 40 customers around the world."

Posted to the site on 13th February 2007