SIM Strong Authentication Wins SESAMES Award at CARTES 2006
Winner of Best Application in IT Security Category
At CARTES Exhibition, Paris, France, 8 November, 2006 – The SIM Strong Authentication Task Force, a consortium of leading technology firms, today announced it has been awarded a SESAMES Awards at this year’s CARTES 2006 show. The SESAMES Awards are awarded at the annual smart card industry event, and recognize innovation in 10 categories, including hardware, software and several application categories. SIM Strong Task Force member organizations include Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU), Telenor and Ulticom (NASDAQ: ULCM).
SIM Strong Authentication, winner of the SESAMES IT Security category, leverages the ubiquity of SIM-equipped mobile devices to provide secure access to online content and services. A user with a valid Identity Provider account and SIM-enabled mobile phone can easily and securely log on to a host of online services such as e-commerce, online banking, corporate network access, or IP Telephony. The service can also provide SIM authentication via SMS messages, simplifying the end user experience and broadening the potential market.
The architecture is based on a multi-vendor environment featuring SMS-enabled SIM cards from Gemalto. Authentication is performed through a Telenor Identity Provider (IDP) server based on Sun Microsystems Access Manager in collaboration with a Lucent Technologies VitalAAA server communicating with a Home Location Register (HLR) via an Ulticom Signalware SS7/IP MAP Authentication Gateway.
The SIM strong authentication is both user-friendly and cost efficient, with a low deployment threshold. This generic architecture has universal applicability to support any Internet service but is ideal for services that require stronger authentication.
The SIM Strong Authentication application is being featured in the Gemalto booth (Stand 3E002) at the CARTES 2006 exhibition in Paris, 7-9 November.
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SIM Strong Authentication Task Force receiving the SESAMES Award at the 2006 Cartes
Show in Paris, France
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StrongSim founding members (Left to Right): Telenor's Tore Jonvik, Ulticom's John
Vigilante, Telenor's Thanh Van Do, Gemalto's Armand Nachef, and Telenor's Ivar Jorstad
and Sjur Millidahl
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StrongSim is demonstrated by Dr. Ivar Jorstad in the Gemalto booth at the Cartes Show
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About Strong SIM Authentication Task Force
Founded to promote the use of SIM card technology for user authentication, Strong SIM is dedicated to providing a viable, easy to use and implement alternative for secure access to Internet services. Member organizations include Gemalto, Linus, Lucent Technologies, Oslo University College, Telenor and Ulticom. For more information, visit www.strongsim.org. The following companies are founding members of the task force:
Gemalto
Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is a leader in digital security. The company's solutions make personal digital interactions secure and easy in a world where everything of value -from money to identities- is represented as information communicated over networks. Gemalto thrives on creating and deploying secure platforms, portable and secure forms of software in highly personal objects like smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, readers and tokens. More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, banking, e-government, identity management, multimedia digital rights management, IT security and other applications. Gemalto was formed in June 2006 by the
combination of Axalto and Gemplus International S.A. For more information please visit www.gemalto.com.
Linus
Linus develops user-friendly, secure, reliable and cost-efficient tools for application integration, data processing and 3rd party distribution and interconnection. For more information, visit http://www.linus.no.
Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com .
Oslo University College
Oslo University College (OUC) offers Norway's widest range of professional higher education programmes. Offering around 50 study programmes and a wide range of subject courses, OUC has approximately 11,000 students, and is conveniently located in the centre of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Visit http://www.hio.no for more information.
Telenor
Telenor is one of the largest mobile operators worldwide with ownership interests in 12 mobile operators across Europe and Asia, constituting a total subscriber base of 82.7 million at year-end 2005.Telenor is Norway's largest telecommunications company and one of the fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide. Telenor is also the largest provider of TV services in the Nordic region. In 2005, 57% of the Group's revenues were derived from the mobile operations. Telenor has mobile operations in some of the world's fastest growing markets, and the home market, Norway, is one of the most advanced in the world today. Visit http://www.telenor.com for more information.
Ulticom, Inc.
Ulticom provides service essential signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications. Ulticom's products are used by leading telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy mobility, location, payment, switching, and messaging services. Traded on NASDAQ as ULCM, Ulticom is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.ulticom.com.
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