Valimo digitally signs Mobile ID contract with Iceland's national identity provider

Valimo, the world leader in mobile identity authentication, has electronically signed a co-operation agreement with Iceland's national certification authority, Audkenni, for the delivery of Valimo's Mobile ID technology. Audkenni is the national leading identity solutions provider for the banking sector, jointly owned by the country's commercial banks and largest telecoms operator. By the end of 2013, Valimo's Mobile ID solution will enable all mobile users in Iceland to use strong authentication and legally binding signatures that are essential to securing banking and e-government services.

Audkenni has been issuing Icelanders with certificates embedded in debit cards to securely access online services, notably in the e-banking and e-government fields. Mobile ID will extend the existing nationwide electronic ID infrastructure to each and every citizen, via their mobile phones. This move will give Icelandic citizens another option for using those services with the same high level of assurance and with the convenience of mobility. Users will also get anytime, anywhere secure access to new digital services offered by banks, governments and enterprises.

The Valimo solution enables a SIM-vendor-agnostic approach that helps mobile operators to reduce time to market, in line with the GSMA Mobile Identity Group strategy to promote interoperable and federated mobile ID solutions.

"Mobile ID will allow citizens to save on travel and time by enabling the digitisation of procedures and their validation with a legally binding digital signature," commented Haraldur Bjarnason, CEO of Audkenni. "With the security and convenience brought by Mobile ID, we expect to double or triple the use of e-services in the first year."

"This new deal is a major landmark for Valimo, and to demonstrate the legally binding validity of digital solutions, we even signed it electronically," commented Yousaf Ghous, Managing Director of Valimo. "Valimo's mobile ID expertise, acquired through 20 deployments in 10 countries, will support mobile operators in Iceland in making secure and convenient financial, insurance and e-government services available to all of their subscribers."