Mobility as an ICT enabler

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the link between mobility, authentication, identity, entitlement and trust. Research into these generic enablers is consistent with the existing trend for convergence in its widest context, building from the converged connectivity aspects found in the next generation network common capability strategy. Awareness of when (and how) to successfully manipulate these links is not simply the cornerstone for becoming a successful ICT service provider but, more significantly, the ultimate differentiation for any service provision.

Mobile data services — voices in the wilderness

“…On the Internet it is, by and large, the credit card operators (as well as Paypal and similar seamless service common service common identity common billing common supplier current converged dual-/triple-/quad-plays UMA 1 Tesco price for Nokia 1110, March 2007. This is a pay-as-you-go phone and in the UK can be unlocked and then used on any network or with any SIM.…”

“…SIM cards, by contrast, are much more secure and have been successfully used in a number of ePayment systems. So our clear conclusion is that the SIM card is a valuable platform having low costs, strong standardisation, an excellent fraud record, a flexible architecture for adding new applications, and compatibility with a vast range of handsets, PDAs, and PCs [1]. The SIM card is a valuable asset for convergence operators and, with developments such as soft SIM (a software SIM), could easily form the payment and authentication platform for convergence operators without the need to cede payments, and value chain control, to third parties such as credit card companies.…”

“…The link between convergence, identity and entitlement is covered elsewhere [1]. Convergence (connectivity convergence) offers the opportunity to link the desire for ubiquitous, seamless, connectivity with the concept of identity on the back of the need to authenticate across a range of multi-operators, multinetwork and multi-access technologies.…”

“…We believe a revolution in service and the way services are built and offered can be underpinned by increased access to contextual information driven partly by the needs of convergence -Who, What, Where, Why, When, etc, all evaluated against entitlement and the risk associated with compliance [1,2].…”