Baltimore Delivers Complete Wireless Trust Solution in Partnership With Leading Mobile Technology Vendors.Business/Technology Editors DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 23, 2001 Unique Integrated Solution Provides Rapid Deployment of the Baltimore Telepathy telepathy, supposed communication between two persons without recourse to the senses. The word was formulated in 1882 by Frederic William Henry Myers, English poet, essayist, and a leading founder of the Society for Psychical Research in London. Framework for Mobile Commerce Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies was an internet security firm founded in 1976 by Michael Purser. It was acquired in 1996 by a team financed by Dermot Desmond and led by Fran Rooney, who became CEO. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BALT BALT bronchus-associated lymphoid tissue. BALT Bronchiole-associated lymphoid tissue, see MALT ; London:BLM BLM n abbr (US) (= Bureau of Land Management) → les domaines ), a global leader in e-security, in partnership with leading mobile technology vendors--Ericsson, Siemens, Gemplus, Oberthur, SchlumbergerSema and Giesecke & Devrient--today launched a complete Wireless Trust Solution designed to enable full implementation of mobile e-business and e-commerce networks. Based on Baltimore's award-winning Telepathy wireless e-security framework, the solution combines the latest standards-based Wireless Public Key Infrastructure (WPKI WPKI Wireless Public Key Infrastructure ), handsets and smartcard technologies in a uniquely integrated package, thus reducing the deployment complexity and timeframe for mobile operators, financial institutions and enterprise customers. The solution is immediately available for trial deployment under the name Telepathy QuickStart. "We are very pleased to incorporate our GPRS/Bluetooth mobile phones, the R520 and T39, to be part of Baltimore Telepathy QuickStart, which will accelerate the rollout of standards-based WPKI. This will help to ensure that Ericsson's customers have reliable and secure mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. services," said Robert Vass, senior manager, applications product management, Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Mobile operators, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies and enterprises realize that Security and Trust are critical enablers for stimulating high value mobile services. WPKI leverages existing wired PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of standards without reinventing the wheel Reinventing the wheel is a phrase that means a generally accepted technique or solution is ignored in favor of a locally invented solution. To "reinvent the wheel" is to duplicate a basic method that has long since been accepted and even taken for granted. thus enabling existing PKI applications to become mobilized without further investment in proprietary solutions. Today's announcement further extends Baltimore's leadership in WPKI and follows a recent major contract with the Finnish operator Radiolinja, who has licensed Baltimore Telepathy to deploy the world's first trust infrastructure for wireless Internet services using WPKI. Radiolinja has developed a secure mobile payment solution for Luottokunta (Visa Finland) allowing merchants to accept Visa and Eurocard/MasterCard transactions. Radiolinja's new secure wireless framework also enables Finland's leading bank, OKO Bank, to provide secure mobile financial services, while Finland's Population Register Centre (PRC), a Government body issuing electronic ID to citizens, will utilize Radiolinja's Wireless Public Key Infrastructure (WPKI) for mobile electronic identity. "Wireless PKI introduces new fascinating services to customers and opens up new revenue streams for operators. We are pleased to participate in the Telepathy QuickStart initiative with our new WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. 1.2.1 compliant S45 and ME45 phones. Trials showing the benefits of standards-based wireless PKI services are an important step towards our vision of the mobile phone becoming a Personal Trusted Device in the hand of each customer," said Anno Mertens, m-commerce product manager at the mobile phones department of Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group. The solution is built on Baltimore UniCERT, one of the world's leading Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems and Baltimore Telepathy, the award-winning wireless e-security framework, combined with a range of the most advanced mobile commerce technologies including phones from Ericsson and Siemens and smartcards (S/WIMs) from Gemplus, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems, and SchlumbergerSema. The QuickStart offering enables customers to rapidly deploy the solution for a period of 120 days for up to 100 users, with easy migration to a full commercial rollout upon completion. Customers can also choose from two deployment options: hosting at a Baltimore Centre of Excellence or alternatively hosting the solution in-house. Through deploying the Baltimore Wireless Trust Solution, customers are in a position to use enabling technology to drive their business vision forward, capturing market share and increasing average revenue per user (ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) A calculation often used to determine the overall value of an application. It is also used to rate particular customers, especially in the wireless space, by comparing someone's account to the overall average. ) among other key objectives. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent Datamonitor Report (published May 2001), the global WPKI market is forecasted to account for over 40% of the total $3.6Bn PKI market by 2006. Telepathy QuickStart provides customers with invaluable opportunities to evaluate the trusted frameworks, which will be used in commercial deployments and designed to meet the most demanding security requirements including registration, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , and non-repudiation. It is also possible for the customer during the evaluation period Evaluation period The time interval over which funds assess a money manager's performance. , to start the implementation of business strategies for new compelling m-commerce services. Limdara Chea, WIM WIM Windows Image (Microsoft) WIM Wireless Identification Module WIM Weight-In-Motion WIM Woe Is Me WIM Wireless Instant Messaging WIM Window Invalid Mask (SPARC architecture) product manager at SchlumbergerSema, Mobile Communications explains, "We believe our customers will value this innovative technological development with Baltimore. Our solution should offer easy Wireless Public Key Infrastructure deployment to mobile operators, using WAP 1.2.1 compliant SWIM card Simera e-motion(TM). It leverages the SchlumbergerSema card personalization expertise with Baltimore Telepathy QuickStart to deliver an integrated secure batch certificate request process and SWIM card issuance system." "WPKI technology enables non-repudiation and mutual authentication Mutual authentication or two-way authentication refers to two parties authenticating each other suitably. In technology terms, it refers to a client or user authenticating themselves to a server and that server authenticating itself to the user in such a way that both , which is essential for secure mobile commerce. To be part of an initiative like Telepathy QuickStart underlines G&D's goal to provide potential partners and customers with complete standards-based solutions that enable secure transactions on various Wireless Internet platforms in a short time-to-market. Following its success in GSM, from basic authentication devices to advanced SAT-enabled platforms, smart cards Example of widely used contactless smart cards are Hong Kong's Octopus card, Paris' Calypso/Navigo card and Lisbon' LisboaViva card, which predate the ISO/IEC 14443 standard. The following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and other electronic purse applications. are now empowering mobile commerce solutions in the WAP(TM) environment," said Dr. Klaus Vedder, executive vice president and head of telecommunications at G&D. "Our STARWIM(R) product combined with Baltimore's WPKI solution will make secure WAP(TM) transactions over GSM networks a reality." According to Patrick Imbert, director, mobile commerce at Gemplus, "Wireless PKI is the only technology that enables operators to forge bonds of Trust between their customers and content providers in a very open environment. Gemplus strongly believes that the Telepathy QuickStart program will help mobile operators to easily trial and quickly measure the huge opportunities that WPKI offers. Thanks to its GemXplore Trust SIM/WIM product range, Gemplus provides fully interoperable client platforms that are compliant with the latest standards." A feature of Telepathy QuickStart will be the implementation of Baltimore's X-BULK extension of the XKMS XKMS XML Key Management Specification (W3C) (XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Key Management Specification), which effectively eliminates any interoperability issues for the bulk or batch issuance of digital certificates in wireless PKI. "We believe that today's announcement will not only accelerate the rollout of WPKI but also demonstrates that WAP 1.2.1 interoperability tests between Baltimore's software, WIM-enabled mobile phones and WIMs are our prime concern. With SIMphonIC WIM and Telepathy QuickStart, operators are provided with a state of the art digital signature creation device and Wireless PKI software. In addition, the future combination of Baltimore X-BULK and Oberthur Card System's current personalization system will provide an innovative PKI-enabled SIM card issuance system," stated Sylvestre Denis Denis, king of Portugal: see Diniz. , WAP project manager at Oberthur Card Systems, Mobile Communications Business Unit. "Telepathy QuickStart enables customers to benefit quickly and easily from Baltimore's unrivalled experience of WPKI commercial deployments and to leverage advanced mobile commerce technologies from world class partners," said Owen Chubb, Telepathy marketing manager at Baltimore Technologies. "It will also employ Baltimore's new X-BULK proposal demonstrating our commitment to fostering new global standards. This proves that Baltimore is the only company that can deliver next generation e-security services to meet the most demanding needs of our customers for authentication, authorization and content security," he added. About Baltimore Telepathy Baltimore Telepathy (http://www.baltimore.com/telepathy) is the most comprehensive open standards-based wireless security solution available, designed to meet the most demanding security needs of Wireless Network Operators, Content Providers (including Financial Institutions and Enterprises) and Technology Vendors. Featuring innovative technology, Baltimore Telepathy ensures secure and trusted delivery of highly confidential services over the wireless Internet. Baltimore Telepathy uses Baltimore UniCERT, the world's leading PKI as the foundation to extend PKI systems to secure high value transactions, confidential communications CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS, evidence. Whatever is communicated professedly by a client to his counsel, solicitor, or attorney, is considered as a confidential communication. 2. and Intranet access. About Baltimore Technologies Baltimore Technologies develops and markets security products and services to enable companies to develop trusted, secure systems for e-business, the Internet and mobile commerce. Its products include a wide range of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) products and services, access control and authorization solutions, content security (MIMEsweeper) products, wireless e-security solutions, cryptographic tool-kits, security applications and hardware cryptographic devices. Baltimore's global professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. organization offers a wide variety of consulting, training and deployment support to its customers worldwide. Baltimore Technologies markets and sells its solutions worldwide directly and through the TrustedWorld partner program. Baltimore TrustedWorld includes many of the world's leading technology companies and a wide variety of global, regional and local business alliance partners. Baltimore Technologies plc is a public company with dual listings on NASDAQ (BALT) and the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (BLM). For further information and press releases on Baltimore Technologies, please visit www.baltimore.com. Baltimore Technologies and Telepathy are trademarks of Baltimore Technologies plc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Certain statements that are not historical facts including certain statements made over the course of this document may be forward-looking in nature. Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance and achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements implied by such forward-looking statements. |
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