Verity Technologies, a mobile services company in the domain of authentication and identity services, today announced the launch of its innovative device “SLIM – A Biometric Authenticator” that promises to unveil a new era in the telecom world. The innovative authentication device is expected to dramatically alter the business & social landscape as its unique cyber identity would make it possible to authenticate all transactions with just one SLIM.

SLIM’s cutting edge technology makes it interoperability with legacy platforms and existing technologies. By offering personal mobile security and authentication solutions, it also addresses the security concerns of eCommerce, Web 2.0, Telco 2.0 and NFC mass-market adoption. The one-touch secure authentication enabled through embedded finger print reader, light touch concept, user being central to the technology & accommodation of “blue-sky” solutions are the new parameters that sets SLIM apart and make identity sophisticates ponder even while paving way for a new authentication wave.

SLIM, the one device for Security, Lifestyle, Internet and Mobility, is designed for today’s fast & mobile lifestyle and works with the users mobile and or PC. The product acts as a lifeline by ensuring secure point of sale transactions and its unique authentication helps to ease the way passport, driving license and other identity cards are issued and managed. Likewise, the device could efficiently manage individuals’ online identity in Web 2.0, social networking environments and online shopping/trading. On the mobility front it helps in making secure payments over mobile phone and locks down handsets to deter theft & safeguards sensitive data.

Launching the device, Anuradha Bansal, CEO, Verity Technologies, said, “This initiative of Verity has come at a time when the Indian ICT sector is witnessing far-reaching changes. Keeping pace with these changes, we have developed products that are uniquely positioned to harness the power of mobile medium to deliver customer value around entertainment and financial services. SLIM is one such product that would ignite the imagination of the telecom world and in the process trigger a business and social revolution in the country.”

Commenting on the innovative device SLIM, Phil Steeples, Director of Technology, Verity Technologies, said “The technology was initially developed to deter casual theft of mobile handsets but subsequently upgraded to be the de-facto device for mobile personal authentication. The device has the capability to accurately identify a person enacting a transaction yet it is totally impersonal, non invasive and theft-proof itself. With SLIM technology it would be possible to authenticate all transactions with just one device.”

Further, he said, SLIM’s ultra pervasive technologies (mobile and Bluetooth) is highly versatile and could address the most discerning demand of various applications. While at the basic level it could ease the way e-commerce is executed and help in off-line transactions, at the next level it not only offers business intelligence solutions to advertisers & marketers but also streamline customer care function. Moving away from business solutions this device could serve as a cyber identity for the rural masses and at one stroke facilitate large scale implementation of social projects that have been languishing for want of genuine authentication.

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About Verity Technologies:

Verity Technologies is a Mobile Services Company in the domain of Authentication and Identity Services. It has historically been a provider in the Mobile Value Added Services and credited with participating in the setting up of the world’s largest and most sophisticated Data Service vending mechanism at Reliance Communications, India. Telecom, Financial Services (Electronic Commerce + Plastic Money) and Entertainment are among the 3 fastest growing market segments. Verity is positioned to harness the power of the mobile medium to deliver customer value around Entertainment and Financial Services. It has access to over 200 million mobile subscribers in India through its Mobile Operator Relationships. Also its content Brand ‘Mocazo’ is the first of its kind initiative that uses the power of Social Networking. Its ongoing relationship for service offerings with leading organizations across the globe reiterates Verity’s technical expertise and domain knowledge encompassing both mobile & internet technologies. For more details on Verity log on to www.veritytech.com