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Sagem Wireless And UPEK Partner To Bring Fingerprint-Based Identity Capabilities To New Mobile Devices
February 2010 by Marc Jacob
Sagem Wireless announced that it has formed a partnership with UPEK to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that Sagem Wireless is expected to launch later this year, including new Android-based mobile devices. Sagem Wireless selected UPEK for its superior fingerprint technology, which offers industry-leading recognition accuracy, ruggedness, power efficiency, and enhanced touch-input capabilities as well as its support of a standards-based, open-platform software solution.
Mobile operators, device manufacturers and application developers need identity management tools that are both convenient and secure to support the growth of mobile services such as application marketplaces, m-banking, m-commerce, mobile enterprise applications, and mobile productivity tools. By offering an open, standards-based platform for mobile identity services, the strategic partnership between Sagem Wireless and UPEK enables an ecosystem of operators, manufacturers and application developers to seamlessly utilise fingerprint identity capabilities to personalise mobile services and make mobile applications more secure, faster and easier to use.
With fingerprint identity solutions offered by Sagem Wireless and UPEK, mobile applications and services derive benefits such as:
Simplified user experience without any need to remember and re-type personal information such as usernames, passwords and account numbers.
Users just employ a fast and simple touch gesture to identify themselves.
Quicker and easier purchases from mobile application marketplaces and on-line stores along with better protection against identity theft and piracy
Faster and more secure mobile payments, mobile banking and other new mobile applications.
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