Mobile Connect seminar – Mobile World Congress 2015
At Mobile World Congress 2015, we ran a Mobile Connect seminar entitled “Restoring trust in online services by implementing identity solutions that offer convenience and privacy for end users and enterprises”.
Speakers from GSMA, Telenor, Ericsson, Swisscom, Axiata, apigee and WSO2 came together to discuss:
- How operators are working together to offer an interoperable and secure mobile authentication solution
- Working with service providers to provide a simple on-boarding solution to Mobile Connect
- The benefits to service providers and end users
- How the GSMA is working with technology platform partners to enable global collaboration
Presentations featured as part of the event:
Enabling trust and creating value from Digital Identity – Marie Austenaa, VP and Head of Personal Data & Mobile Identity, GSMA
An Operator Perspective:
Mobile Bank ID – Sven Størmer Thaulow, COO & SVP, Telenor Group
Mobile ID – Adrian Humbel, Head of Security Solutions, Swisscom
Swisscom Mobile ID YouTube channel
Dialog Axiata: Mobile Connect launch in Sri Lanka – Anthony Rodrigo, Group Chief Information Officer & Chief Digital Services Officer, Dialog Axiata
A Technology Platform Partner Perspective
Support for Mobile Connect deployments – Dr. Marcus Dormanns, Senior Director Product Management, GSMA
API Exchange – David Andrzejek, Global Head of Telco, Apigee
Mobile Connect Accelerator – Antony Beswick, Head of Portfolio Development, Ericsson
Connect the World – Sanjiva Weerawarana, CEO, WS02
These presentations were followed by a service provider led panel focusing on the main issues service providers face around authentication and identification and how operators can address these. Daniel Gurrola, Vice President, Business Vision, Orange moderated the session and panellists were Gunnar Nordseth, CEO, Signicat, Nuno Umbelino, Chief Operating Officer, Mondia Media, Dr. Michael Garcia, Program’s Deputy, NSTIC and Amol Patel, Senior Director of Global Business Development, PayPal.