LONDON, January 17 /PRNewswire/ --

- Global Communications Provider Takes Leadership Role in Driving Open,
Secure and Privacy Respecting Digital Identity Management Solutions

Liberty Alliance, the global identity consortium working to build a more
trusted internet for consumers, governments and businesses worldwide, today
announced that BT has become a member of the Liberty Alliance Management
Board. BT joins Liberty Alliance 2008 board members from AOL, France Telecom,
HP, Intel, Novell, NTT, Oracle and Sun Microsystems to drive the strategic
direction of Liberty Alliance on a global basis.

"Liberty Alliance is the only global identity organization where members
representing deployers and vendors of identity management solutions work
collaboratively to address the technology, business and privacy aspects of
digital identity management," said Robert Temple, Vice President, Security
Technologies, BT Group Chief Technology Office. "BT is expanding its role in
Liberty Alliance to help drive a secure and privacy-respecting internet
identity layer across applications, industries and regions."

BT joined Liberty Alliance as a sponsor member in 2006 and participates
in the Liberty Alliance Technology Expert Group (TEG), Business and Marketing
Expert Group (BMEG) and several of its special interest groups, many of which
are open to the public and are formed by members to solve global, regional
and vertical-specific identity management challenges. During 2008 BT will
also participate in the Liberty Alliance Identity Assurance Expert Group
(IAEG) and corresponding public Identity Assurance Special Interest Group
(IASIG) to advance trusted inter-federations spanning industries, regions and
technologies based on certified identity assurance levels.

About Liberty Alliance

Liberty Alliance membership includes technology vendors, consumer service
providers and educational and government organizations working together to
build a more trusted internet by addressing the technology, business and
privacy aspects of digital identity management. Liberty Alliance works with
identity organizations worldwide to ensure all voices are included in the
global identity discussion and regularly holds and participates in public
events designed to advance the harmonization and interoperability of
CardSpace, Liberty Federation (SAML 2.0), Liberty Web Services, OpenID and
WS- specifications. More information about Liberty Alliance as well as
information about how to join many of its public groups and mail lists is
available at www.projectliberty.org

CONTACT:
    Russ DeVeau
    Liberty Alliance
    www.projectliberty.org
    +1-508-487-6102 - Office
    +1-908-251-1549 - Mobile
    russ@projectliberty.org
    AOL IM (Russ DeVeau): devcommruss

Web site: http://www.projectliberty.org