Cooperation between Norwegian Signicat, a supplier of electronic authentication solutions, and Elisa enables a strong electronic authentication of citizens in connection of network affairs for Nordic companies and organizations. Instead of using several authentication providers, the citizens of different Nordic countries can be authenticated with one solution. The new service significantly facilitates the operation of Nordic companies, increases business opportunities and offers consumer customers a safer and more convenient way to work in the network outside the borders of one’s own country.
The cooperation of Elisa and Signicat will offer the Nordic companies and organisations an opportunity to authenticate all Nordic customers and make electronic transactions easier for their own clients. Service providers do not need to maintain several authentication systems or separate contracts in each country anymore.
- The new authentication solution is a remarkable benefit for companies, the public sector and other organisations, since it is possible to authenticate all Nordic customers with one solution. No Finnish service provider has ever been able to authenticate as many users with one solution. In practice, the solution will be beneficial for all people in the Nordic region in the future, when they wish, for example, to order a new credit card, get competing insurance bids, get a loan, shop in a network store or play in different gaming services, says Vice President Anna-Mari Ylihurula from the Customer Interaction Services at Elisa.
Now Signicat will make Elisa’s mobile authentication service international by providing it to all its Nordic customer organisations. Reception has been very good, Elisa's Mobile certificate solution will first be utilised in well-known Nordic financial services. The best known customers of Signicat include, for example, Santander Consumer Bank and SEB.
- Our Mobile certificate offering is a new and exciting addition to our current range of services. We believe the partnership with Elisa will bring value to our existing customers as well as to the market in general. Signicat is a leader in developing and bringing new secure services to the market, and our mobile certificate offering will help helping partners and customers build and market new electronic services in this area. The partnership with Elisa offers significant new development and business opportunities to our customers, says managing director Gunnar Nordseth from Signicat.
In the strong electronic authentication service offered by Elisa, Nordic customers can be authenticated with a single authentication method. Finnish service provider can authenticate all its Nordic customers through one solution, and Finns can use a Finnish mobile certificate for authentication in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish services. The solution enables remarkably wider customer authentication than before, because it is not restricted to the customers of certain authentication system administrator, such as a bank.
Additional information:
Elisa Corporation, Perttu Hörkkö, Business Development Manager, Business Customers, +358 50 324 9373, perttu.horkko@elisa.fi
Signicat AS, Gunnar Nordseth, CEO, +47 930 60 408, gunnar.nordseth@signicat.com
Elisa is a telecommunications and ICT service company. Our online and ICT services provide Finns with experiences, and businesses with productivity. We serve approximately 2.2 million consumers, companies and public administration organisations. As the market leader in mobile subscriptions, we offer the most comprehensive and the fastest 3G network and 4G speeds in Finland. In 2010, our revenue was €1.46 billion and we employed 3,600 people. We offer international services in partnership with Vodafone and Telenor. For more details, go to www.elisa.com
Signicat is a Nordic IT company specialising in digital identity. Its main product is the leading European cloud based identity service Signicat ID, which makes it simple for customers to offer secure identification and electronic signature. Several of the leading Nordic companies have chosen Signicat as provider of strong authentication and binding agreement confirmation on the Internet. The customer list includes Bank Santander, SEB Group, If Insurance, Tryg, Gassco and the Norwegian Postal Service. More details are available at www.signicat.com