Sonera SmartTrust Ltd, a leading provider of comprehensive security and service management solutions for mobile and Internet e-services, and Nokia Networks have signed a mutual non-exclusive reseller agreement for secure mobile commerce and other mobile Internet products. Based on the agreement, Nokia Networks can offer its operator and service provider customers SmartTrust's wireless PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) solutions as part of its mobile Internet solutions. In return, SmartTrust can include Nokia's corporate WAP server in its product offering.
"The global customer base of Nokia Networks offers us an attractive opportunity to deliver our products especially to 2G and 3G networks," explains CEO Harri Vatanen of SmartTrust.
"We share Nokia's strong vision of a Mobile Information Society where voice, data and video communications are largely wireless. This cooperation clearly marks the fast growth of mobile commerce solutions."
"Nokia's strategy is to build future security solutions for transactions based on open standards, such as WAP and wireless PKI. SmartTrust's wireless PKI products complement our own security and mobile Internet product offering to mobile operators and other service providers. This enables us to offer our customers a complete, end-to-end mobile Internet solution, including trusted security solutions with evolving path to future technologies. These solutions will accelerate the build-up of new innovative services," says Niklas Savander, Vice President, Mobile Internet Applications, Nokia Networks.
Both companies will immediately start co-operation on sales, marketing and support including competence transfer into Nokia's system integration centers, hence ensuring the fast ramp-up of security solutions for the first customer cases.
Further information:
Timo T. Laaksonen,
Senior Vice President
Sonera SmartTrust
Tel. +358 (0) 2040 63146
Email: timo.t.laaksonen@sonera.com
www.smarttrust.com
Sari Laitinen
PR Manager
Sonera SmartTrust
Email: sari.laitinen@sonera.com
Tel. +358 (0) 2040 63148
Nokia Networks
Communications
Tel. + 358 (0) 9 5113 8193
Email: nokia.networks@nokia.com
www.nokia.com
About SmartTrust
SmartTrust Ltd. is a leading provider of comprehensive security and service management solutions for mobile and Internet e-services. SmartTrust's infrastructure software enables the provision of secure and convenient e-services on wireless and wireline networks. SmartTrust's customers include operators, financial institutions, trusted service providers, portals and other service and content providers. Currently the company has over 150 major corporate customers on all continents.
SmartTrust is a wholly owned subsidiary of Sonera Corporation. SmartTrust recently merged with Across Wireless and iD2 Technologies. SmartTrust is an active member of many industry interest groups and standardization bodies such as ETSI, Radicchio, PKI Forum and WAP Forum.
About Sonera
Sonera Corporation (HEX: SRA, NASDAQ: SNRA) is an international forerunner in mobile communications and mobile-based services and applications. By combining its expertise in mobile communications, the Internet and service provision, Sonera aims to develop into a global communications operator and provider of transaction and content services. In 1999, Sonera's revenues amounted to EUR 1.85 billion and the profit before extraordinary items and taxes EUR 0.5 billion.
About Nokia
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. The company is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services, as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, Nokia's net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York [NOK], Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 60 000 people.