Sagem, UPEK partnership yields new mobile technology
Sagem Wireless, a developer of mobile devices and related services, announced that through a partnership with biometrics developer UPEK they will be releasing fingerprint identity capabilities to a number of mobile devices including Android-based devices. Sagem and UPEK are hoping the new offering to be integral as use of banking and other sensitive transactions over mobile devices increases.
Among some of the uses the two companies see for the technology is replacing passwords and user names with fingerprints both for online activities and offline phone-based activities and quicker purchases from application stores similar to one-touch purchasing. ![[end]](/resources/bullet/digitalidnews-4.gif)
