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Digital signature for mobile to become reality in India
Sunday November 11, 2012 12:12:36 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Digital
signature, possible now only through computers in India, will soon
be provided through mobile phones.
Indian firm MobME Wireless Solutions has signed agreements with
Netherlands-based Gemalto and Finland-based Valimo Wireless Oy, to
provide digital signature services on mobile phones.
"With over 900 million mobile phone subscribers and 15 million
broadband users, the mobile phone is the preferred platform for
maximising the potential of digital signatures for a digital
revolution in India," MobMe chief executive officer Sanjay
Vijayakumar said in a statement.
MobME Wireless Solutions has bagged the technology rights to roll
out mobile digital signatures that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
has, in its guidelines, recommended as the preferred mode for
secure log-ins and transactions.
The company signed the agreements in Paris Wednesday.
Digital signatures are highly recommended and backed by the IT Act
in India and thus guarantee highest levels of security and legal
validity.
However, the penetration has been limited to around three million
users in the country having a population of over 1.2 billion, as
till now it is used only through computer.
The biggest beneficiary of mobile digital signatures would be
mGovernance services, as all government services need signatures
by citizens while sending their applications to any government
department.
"Convenient and highly secure, we foresee mobile digital
signatures revolutionising the mGovernance landscape in India,"
Vijayakumar said.
Until now mobile governance (mGovernance) services are generally
used for receiving information like exam results, agricultural
alerts etc. which are basic services on SMS.
"With mobile digital signatures, farmers will be able to apply for
agricultural schemes or birth certificate information can be
entered from Primary Health Centres through mobile phones and
certificates issued instantly on the ground," Vijayakumar said.
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