Sagem Wireless announced today that it has formed a partnership with UPEK to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that Sagem Wireless is expected to launch later this year, including new Android-based mobile devices. Sagem Wireless selected UPEK for its superior fingerprint technology, which offers industry-leading recognition accuracy, ruggedness, power efficiency, and enhanced touch-input capabilities as well as its support of a standards-based, open-platform software solution.
With fingerprint identity solutions offered by Sagem Wireless and UPEK, mobile applications and services derive benefits such as:
- Simplified user experience without any need to remember and re-type personal information such as usernames, passwords and account numbers. Users just employ a fast and simple touch gesture to identify themselves.
- Quicker and easier purchases from mobile application marketplaces and on-line stores along with better protection against identity theft and piracy
- Faster and more secure mobile payments, mobile banking and other new mobile applications
“The emergence of new connected lifestyle devices is changing the way users interact with and consume mobile services,” said Jerome Nadel, Executive vice president of marketing and user experience at Sagem Wireless. “Both security and usability are critical to reducing perceptions of risk, improving convenience, and encouraging usage. Biometric solutions such as fingerprint sensors simplify the process of user identification, providing faster and more secure access to personalised services and transactions. Sagem Wireless will continue to integrate fingerprint biometrics in a range of our connected devices. We’re delighted to be working with UPEK to incorporate their technology into some of our most exciting and game changing devices to come.”
Sagem Wireless and UPEK will demonstrate fingerprint identity capabilities for Android mobile applications in Sagem Wireless’ booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona February 15 through 18. Visit the booth in Hall 8, stand B94.
