
As users are more and more mobile and always connected thanks to 3G dongles, Telcos need to secure electronic transactions and ensure a confidential usage of the WEB applications more than ever.
Telcos are facing a big challenge : how to provide both security and ease-of-use to their users ?
> The Ethertrust technology is uploaded over the internet into the customer's SIM card.
> A secure connection is established on an IP network between a mobile device and a service platform
> The end user service privileges are checked thanks to certificates stored in the SIM card (e.g. in the 3G modem)
For the MNO
This solution enables the mobile operator to offer new secured services:
> Content download services
> Secure web browsing & upload of data (i.e for M2M services)
End user
The end user can access protected web services using his SIM card to be transparently authenticated and ensure a secure usage of the service.
Technical
Compliant with any SSL existing infrastructure