Ulticom, Gemalto and Telenor to demonstrate secure access to Web services through a new 3GPP Generic Bootstrapping Architecture

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ulticom (PinkSheets: ULCM) , Gemalto and Telenor will give continuous, live, public demonstrations of the 3GPP Generic Bootstrapping Architecture (GBA) at the 2008 Mobile World Congress exhibition in Barcelona, Spain this week, the companies announced today.

The Generic Bootstrapping Architecture opens the full range of Web-based services and content to mobile users by replacing multiple sign-ons with automatic, secure authentication through a mobile device's SIM (Subscriber Identity Module) card. Ulticom, Gemalto and Telenor will demonstrate an online video-on-demand purchase using Bootstrap functionality. A user will be able to initiate and complete the transaction without having to enter a user name, password or payment information.

"Bootstrap represents a wholesale change in access to Web services for both mobile and fixed users," said Current Analysis Analyst Joe McGarvey. "It introduces an ease and fluidity into accessing Web-based services that current authentication mechanisms can't match. Overhauling existing authentication models is a crucial component in empowering service providers to deliver personalized services."

In Bootstrap-enabled networks, such as 3GPP, users are able to access services without registering and signing in at each new session. Instead, Bootstrap servers automatically authenticate the device to the network, which recognizes it each time the user accesses the service.

"GBA eliminates the barriers between subscribers and content," said Professor Dr. Do van Thanh, Senior Scientist at Telenor. "It opens a wide range of new possibilities for the network operators, who can become authentication service providers; subscribers who want freer access to Web content; and the content providers themselves."

During the demonstrations, a SIM enabled personal computer will be authenticated for access to the video-on-demand service hosted by Gemalto, using Ulticom's Bootstrap Server implementation and a Home Subscriber Server (HSS) situated in Telenor's GSM network.

"It is obvious that barrier-free access and payment will promote growth of the Web services market, especially for mobile users," said Michel Canitrot, Gemalto's senior vice president, advanced new telecom offers. "The convenience of being able to, for example, watch a sporting event or buy multimedia content on a SIM-secured device will attract subscribers who might otherwise have been put off by the need to continually enter separate logins, or by security concerns."

"The Bootstrap architecture is a tremendous vehicle to unite the superior connectivity of service provider networks with the rich content of the Web," said Ulticom Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Osman Duman. "This new environment gives mobile and fixed subscribers seamless access to Web services of their choice, offers carriers a pivotal role in the next- generation Internet, and eliminates the cost to application providers of maintaining their own authentication infrastructures."

Demonstrations of the GBA will occur continuously throughout the event in each company's Mobile World Congress booth: Ulticom 1G48, Gemalto 8A102, and Telenor 1C43. For more information on Mobile World Congress 2008, which runs Feb. 11-14, please visit http://www.mobileworldcongress.com.

About Ulticom, Inc.

Ulticom provides service essential signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications. Ulticom's products are used by leading telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy mobility, location, payment, switching, and messaging services. Ulticom is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.

About Gemalto

Gemalto (Euronext NL 0000400653 GTO) is the leader in digital security with pro forma 2007 annual revenues of over €1.6 billion, more than 85 offices in 40 countries and about 10,000 employees including 1,300 R&D engineers. Gemalto provides end-to-end digital security solutions, from the development of software applications through design and production of secure personal devices such as smart cards, SIMs, e-passports, and tokens to the deployment of managed services for its customers. More than a billion people worldwide use the company's products and services for telecommunications, financial services, e-government, identity management, multimedia content, digital rights management, IT security, mass transit and many other applications. For more information please visit http://www.gemalto.com.

About Telenor

Telenor is emerging as one of the fastest growing providers of mobile communications services worldwide with ownership interests in 12 mobile operators across Europe and Asia. Telenor is also the largest provider of TV services in the Nordic region. Visit http://www.telenor.com for more information.

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