Radicchio Membership Grows as New Industry Leaders Join the Global Initiative To Promote Security in Wireless E-Commerce
LONDON, Dec. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight leading companies providing solutions for secure wireless e-commerce announced today that they are joining Radicchio, the global initiative to unleash the potential of wireless e-commerce.
Radicchio was launched in September 1999 with Sonera SmartTrust, Gemplus and EDS (Electronic Data Systems) as initial members, supported by Ericsson, which has subsequently joined the initiative. The new members are 724 Solutions #Subject-31431, Certicom #Subject-1132, Geoworks Corporation, Infineon Technologies, InterClear Service Ltd, Minick AG / Distefora, mobile solutions AG and Setec.
Promoting PKI based security
Radicchio was created to enable a dynamic global market for secure wireless e-commerce. The initiative promotes the use of an environment based on a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), allowing secure electronic transactions to take place over wireless networks.
Radicchio raises awareness of the opportunities presented by secure wireless e-commerce through the expansion of its membership. As a consortium of the industry's leading wireless e-commerce companies, Radicchio will persuade international regulators & government bodies to accelerate the adoption of legislation which supports secure wireless e-commerce globally.
Worldwide co-operation and leadership
Radicchio is well on its way to becoming the industry voice and authority for PKI enabled secure wireless e-commerce. The members now include certification authorities, mobile operators, systems integrators, device manufacturers and software companies.
Radicchio is now looking to recruit further members. A conference entitled ''Wireless e-Commerce - Clearing the Road for Global Expansion,'' exclusively sponsored by Radicchio, will take place on 13-14 January 2000 in Olympia Conference Centre in London, England. Companies and organisations interested in membership and the conference should visit Radicchio's Website at radicchio.org
For more information about Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and how it works please visit the Radicchio Website at radicchio.org
Members' Information
New members
724 Solutions
''The Radicchio initiative is tremendously important in creating a standard security platform to drive mobile commerce on a global level,'' says Greg Wolfond, founder and CEO, 724 Solutions. ''By providing leadership across a wide range of groups including application providers, mobile operators and financial institutions we are tackling the security issue head on. The Radicchio framework accelerates our drive to encourage all key participants to promote the use of PKI-based mobile commerce for financial institutions.''
Ray McManus, PR Manager
Tel. + 1 416 228 8191 (Canada)
mailto:rmcmanus@724.com
724solutions.com
Certicom
''Mobile commerce applications are the driving force behind the continued growth in the wireless segment,'' said Richard Depew, vice president of worldwide sales and business development. ''We are excited to bring our expertise in the area of efficient security solutions based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to Radicchio, and look forward to jointly promoting secure e-commerce solutions with our Radicchio partners.''
David Krane, Director of Corporate Marketing Tel. +1 510 780 5420 (USA)
mailto:dkrane@certicom.com
certicom.com
Geoworks Corporation
''We believe Radicchio will be the worldwide leadership beacon for secure mobile e-commerce. Geoworks is honoured to join as a founding member and we look forward to a successful collaboration of ideas and opportunities with the other distinguished members,'' said Don Ezzell, Chief Operating Officer of Geoworks Corporation.
Donald G. Ezzell, Chief Operating Officer Tel. +1 510 814 5870 (USA)
mailto:dezzell@geoworks.com
geoworks.com
Infineon Technologies
''In bringing all players of wireless communications together, the Radicchio standardization initiative will allow development and broad implementation of secure wireless e-commerce applications,'' says Bernhard Schulte-Doeinghaus, International Projects & Relations for the Security and Chip Card ICs within Infineon Technologies. ''Complete security solutions covering SIM card ICs, cellular phones as well as network infrastructure for mobile applications are one basis on which to develop reliable future wireless applications. Infineon, formerly Siemens Semiconductors, and Siemens are looking forward to working within the Radicchio initiative.''
Monika Sonntag, Media Relations, Infineon Technologies Tel. +49 89 234 24497 (Germany)
mailto:monika.sonntag@infineon.com
infineon.com
siemens.com
InterClear Service Ltd
''Mobile devices promise a massive increase in low-cost Internet connectivity. But to fully exploit the commercial opportunities presented by a bridge between the Internet and mobile environments trust and security must be addressed urgently. Business and consumer confidence in these systems depends on practical digital signature implementations, the importance of which is further increased by the imminent UK and EU digital signature legislation and by best practice standards. InterClear is delighted to be part of the Radicchio initiative aimed at driving the practical implementation aspects in a collaborative manner,'' says Bob Carter, Managing Director of InterClear.
Simon Bailey, Business Development Director Tel. +44 1784 470860 (UK)
mailto:sbailey@InterClear.co.uk
interclear.com
Minick AG - part of the Distefora information movement
''As part of the Distefora information movement, Minick sees tremendous potential for Radicchio to make the Public Key Infrastructure for mobile e-commerce more widely known,'' says Marco Baschlin, Chairman of the Board of Minick AG, Switzerland. ''We are highly motivated to work with other companies on this very interesting technology.''
Marco Baschlin, Chairman of the Board Tel: +41 1 915 87 87 (Switzerland)
mailto:radicchio@minick.ch
minick.ch
distefora.com
Mobile Solutions AG
''As a leading Swiss company in the specialized field of wireless data over GSM and as a value-added reseller of the Nokia Corporate WAP Server, mobile solutions AG believes that security will be the central issue for all corporate WAP services. In light of this, we support all efforts to promote 'secure' wireless communication.''
Siegfried Fein, Managing Director Tel. +41 1 802 44 88 (Switzerland)
mailto:sfe@mobilesolutions.ch
mobilesolutions.ch
Setec
Setec, the security technology leader in the smart card industry, is confident that PKI will play a central role in open networks enabling secure financial transactions and data exchange. ''Radicchio initiative is an important step to promote the deployment of PKI infrastructure with key players in the industry,'' says Veli Tarvainen, President and CEO, Setec Oy.
Kimmo Karppinen, Sales Manager Tel. +358 9 8941 4586 (Finland)
mailto:kimmo.karppinen@setec.fi
setec.fi
Initial members
EDS
Karen Feenstra, Director Strategy, Business Development & Marketing Tel. +39 335 596 8948 (Italy)
mailto:karen.feenstra@eds.com
eds.com
Ericsson
Antoinette Torell, Press Officer, Corporate Communications Tel. +46 7051 93699 (Sweden)
mailto:Antoinette.Torell@lme.ericsson.se
ericsson.com
Gemplus
Tim Baker, Wireless Marketing Communication Manager Tel. +33 6 8593 4134 (France)
mailto:tim.baker@gemplus.com
gemplus.com
Sonera SmartTrust
Harri Vatanen, head of Sonera SmartTrust noted: ''We're extremely pleased to have all these companies as Radicchio members. Their varied experience in wireless communications and economy will bring extraordinary expertise into Radicchio.''
Stefan Engel-Flechsig, Managing Director, Tel. +49 172 944 7093 (Germany)
mailto:Stefan.engel-flechsig@sonera.com
sonera.com
smarttrust.com
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