The GSMA developed the Mobile Identity Global Review 2013 for its member community in March this year. The report, so far exclusively open to GSMA members, is now open to all and available as Download from the Resources section of this page.
The mobile medium represents one of the most powerful and flexible platforms for the transformation of digital identity. Ubiquitous, intelligent, and protected by the SIM card which is constantly authenticating, mobile already comprises all of the ingredients required to take the notion of identity into its next generation, from strong registration processes through to a secure element in the SIM in which keys, certificates and cyphers can be stored.
This report provides a detailed overview of the emerging opportunity for mobile operators in the realm of identity, with examples of services that are already live, and suggestions for how mobile operators can position themselves at the front line of the digital identity arena. You can download the report here.
See below the table of contents:
Live Mobile Identity Services
Mobile Amongst Many Digital Identities
Key Challenges Surrounding Mobile Identity
• Systems & standards
• Portability
• Legislation and regulations
• Device dynamics/operating systems
• Mobilising service providers
• Optimising costs
• Determining policies
Vision Of The Future
• Why digital idenity needs mobile
• It’s not what you know, its who you know
• Mobile operating positioning
• Why service providers need mobile identity
• Why mobile operators must act quickly, and collectively
• Replication is not the solution
• Identity as presence
• The importance of control
Functionality, Innovation And Growth
The size of opportunity
The opportunity cost
Next steps for mobile operators