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NEWS
Nokia and industry leaders launch Liberty
Alliance Project,a network identity initiative
(September 26, 2001)
Nokia's participation in the
network identity initiative underlines the need for an open industry
specification for seamless communications and transactions on the mobile
internet
Helsinki, September 26, 2001 - Nokia today announced that it will co-found the
Liberty Alliance Project (www.projectliberty.org) together with other major
industry leaders to create an open, standards-based solution for network
identity and authentication to provide single sign-on to the internet and to the
mobile internet.
"The way in which people communicate with each other is moving to a new
level. Personalization, location specific services and time sensitivity are
becoming increasingly important as individuals are building their own mobile
worlds. The mobile phone will evolve into a centerpiece of personal life
management, enabling complete personal connectivity between people, services,
devices and applications," says Mikko Terho, Senior Vice President, Nokia
Mobile Internet Technical Architecture.
"We can enable a new generation of secure and flexible mobile internet
services through initiatives such as the 'Liberty Alliance'. In addition, the
objectives of the alliance are in line with the goals of the Nokia Mobile
Internet Technical Architecture, which focuses on providing seamless
interoperability between all interaction modes, any network environment and with
any type of access," Mr. Terho continues.
The Liberty Alliance supports a system which provides a single sign-on enabling
a decentralized approach to garnering personal or proprietary information, and
promotes interoperability across networks. At the same time, the solution
guarantees privacy and security of data, letting the user maintain control over
which organization has access to varying levels of personal information.
Identity refers to the basic information needed to identify a consumer, an
employee, a business, a supplier, even a machine or device, when using the
internet and mobile internet services. In points of service identity leads to
service data, which may include name, address, phone numbers, work and home
email, credit cards, club memberships, social security number, health records,
banking records or part numbers.
Any organization interested in supporting the Liberty Alliance Project can visit
www.projectliberty.org for details. The Liberty Alliance Project plans to begin
immediately in setting out a roadmap to address business practices, privacy,
consumer adoption and technology evolution.
About the Liberty Alliance Project
The Liberty Alliance Project (www.projectliberty.org) is an organization being
formed to create an open, federated, single sign-on identity solution for the
digital economy via any device connected to the internet. Membership is open to
all commercial and non-commercial organizations.
About Nokia
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience,
innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the
leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP
networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for
companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly
held company with listings on six major exchanges. www.nokia.com