HELSINKI, February 25 /PRNewswire/ --     The financial sector is searching for better authentication methods and
mobile signatures are increasingly accepted as the most convenient and secure
choice to work across different banks.

Mobile signatures also provide age verification and anonymous access
control. Proof that these partial authentication processes are in demand is
the German government's announcement that their electronic ID cards will
feature a function to use pseudonyms to authenticate oneself to an online
service without revealing one's full identity.

These online services comprise gaming, betting, adult entertainment or
even just an authenticated login for role playing games, where you don't need
to reveal your full identity, but only make sure that nobody is pretending to
login under several nick names.

Tapio Vailahti, CEO of Valimo says: "Anonymous authentication or age only
verifications are one of the key future services we foresee for Mobile
Signature Service Providers. There is an increasing need to ensure a range of
authentication services that enable consumers to take control of their
digital identity. The mobile signature in combination with a Certification on
Demand service provides a sound basis to serve these partial authentication
needs."

Certification on Demand combines the issuing of short-lived and anonymous
digital certificates based on a person's full digital identity.

When using Valimo's mobile signature solution: Consumers receive
authentication requests to the mobile phone. Valimo uses public key
cryptography and an authorization process that allows only a bona-fide
service provider to reach the user's mobile phone. Consumers do not need to
manually copy text out of the received short message. They confirm the login
or transaction by returning a digitally signed message via SMS. For each
authentication event, there is an electronic record (i.e. digital signature)
that can be verified by a third-party process.

The basis for verifying and validating an authentication or signing event
is the temporary and anonymous digital certificate, the text that was sent to
the phone, the digital signature itself.

"Valimo's mobile signatures also enables an IDP (Identity Service
Provider) to issue anonymous session identities." continues Mikko Virtanen,
CTO of Valimo "In this case consumers log into an IDP's website, authenticate
themselves via mobile signature and then receive an anonymous session ID for
continuing their browsing." This type of scenario puts the IDP in a position
to leverage existing standards such as SAML and Liberty Alliance to ensure
that their anonymous identities are issued to a bona fide person.

Valimo was a finalist in the category of Most Innovative Consumer
Application for the GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Awards, sponsored by
Ericsson during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.

Meet Valimo at the EFMA Convention in Paris on 13.03.2008 - 14.03.2008.
The European Financial Management & Marketing Association holds its 30th
convention under the theme "Leadership in retail finance, driving value
creation". Valimo will showcase mobile signatures and how they support the
delivery of new innovative financial services.

Source:

http://www.heise.de 14.02.2008 "E-Personalausweis soll Pseudonym-Funktion
erhalten"

About Valimo Wireless

Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile
signature solutions for mobile operator, bank and corporate customers.

Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern
customers to date, assuring protection against various security attacks like
phishing, cost savings thanks to digitalization of various currently
paper-based processes and introduction of new business cases enabled by the
convenient mobile signing capability.

Valimo is growing strongly with offices in Finland, France, Germany,
Sweden and Turkey.

"Valimo" is a registered trademark of Valimo Wireless Ltd in Finland and
other countries. Copyright (c) 2008 Valimo Wireless Ltd. All rights reserved.

For more information about Valimo, please visit http://www.valimo.com.