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COLLABORATING FOR MOBILE COMMERCE

(PRESSI.COM 03/10/2003) M-Commerce Discovery Event Addresses the Market Need for Trusted Relationships

PLEASE NOTE REVISED DATE

Sophia-Antipolis, France - 10 March 2003

The third in the series of ‘m-Commerce Discovery Events’, organized by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to help companies apply mobile technology to their businesses, will be held at ETSI headquarters in Sophia Antipolis in the South of France on 9 and 10 April as a joint event with The UMTS Forum. (PLEASE NOTE THIS DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM 27 MARCH TO SUIT THE AVAILABILITY OF SPEAKERS.) This series of seminars is being organized by ETSI Project M-Commerce (EP M-Comm) in various venues around Europe and will cover both financial and telecommunications aspects.

This event, entitled ‘Global Collaboration for Mobile Commerce Transactions Workshop – Addressing the Market Needs for Trusted Relationships’, will bring together the telecommunications and banking communities to address market needs. It will examine the role of collaboration in enabling mobile commerce, concentrating particularly on the importance of trusted relationships in e-Transactions. The event will provide a market analysis and strategic outlook for 2003-2005 and will help to identify the prospects for interoperable platforms. It will review partnering scenarios and technical aspects of m-commerce arrangements, leverage the current mobile payment infrastructures and assess collaborative solutions and the value chain business model.

This seminar brings together standardization bodies, fora and consortia for the first time in a global collaboration effort, presenting lessons learned, offering opportunities and identifying potential threats. By bringing together telecommunications and banking communities in one location, it will help to build consensus and enable trusted transaction relationships, paving the way to partnerships which will make m-Commerce a reality.

Topics to be covered include: m-Signatures, operator requirements for mobile commerce standards, mobile Digital Rights Management (DRM), the work of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), the Mobile Payment Forum, Radicchio and liability in mobile transactions. There will be presentations from an industry perspective and by ETSI, The UMTS Forum and CEN/ISSS - Information Society Standardization System, as well as panel discussions on Market Players and the Need for Global Collaboration; Developing User-Centred and User-Trusted Services; and Partnering for Success.

Previous events in this series have already been held in London on 28 February, entitled ‘Mobilizing Business’, and in Rotterdam on 12 February, entitled ‘Mobile Services and e-Banking’. These seminars attracted delegates from the world of finance, banking and telecommunications, as well as consumers such as local authorities and commercial users. The fourth event in the series, which was to have been held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 12 March, has been cancelled.

Recognizing that mobile communications have a significant part to play in the changing face of business, the European Commission is funding these seminars under its eEurope initiative, which includes among its goals the development of e-Commerce. All the seminars are open to everyone.

Like the other seminars in this series of Discovery Events, the ‘Global Collaboration for Mobile Commerce Transactions Workshop - Addressing the Market Needs for Trusted Relationships’ is open to everyone. The closing date for registration is 2 April 2003. A full Agenda and Registration forms are available at: http://www.etsi.org/agreement/Workshops/Workshops_Home.htm and at www.noblestar.com/extranet/etsi/index.htm

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NOTES TO EDITORS

About ETSI
ETSI - the European Telecommunications Standards Institute - is officially responsible for standardization in telecommunications, broadcasting and certain aspects of information technology within Europe. It produces a wide range of standards and other technical documentation as Europe's contribution to world-wide standardization. A non-profit making organization based in Sophia Antipolis, France, ETSI unites nearly 800 members from more than 55 countries inside and outside Europe, and brings together manufacturers, network operators, administrations, service providers, research bodies and users - in fact, all the key players in the telecommunications arena. For more information: http://www.etsi.org/

Further information about EP M-Comm: http://portal.etsi.org/m-comm

About The UMTS Forum
The UMTS Forum is the only global body committed exclusively to the market success of 3G systems world-wide. It welcomes mobile, fixed and satellite network operators alongside manufacturers, regulators, IT companies, conference organizers and research organizations, and is an authoritative source for widely-respected, independently produced reports on market, regulatory, spectrum, services and technology topics. The Forum’s objectives are to promote the global success of UMTS/3G, including all third generation system technologies recognized by the ITU; to forge high-level dialogue between operators and other market players to ensure commercial success for all; and to present market knowledge that aids the rapid development and uptake of new services and applications. For more information: [e-mail]

About the European Commission's eEurope Initiative
eEurope 2002 – An Information Society For All – was launched in 2000 to ensure that the whole of Europe reaps the benefits of the Information Society; it is a key element in the strategy for modernizing the European economy and aims to bring everyone in Europe – every citizen, every school and every company – on-line as quickly as possible. This Initiative has already been remarkably successful; for example, since its launch, Internet penetration in homes has doubled, access prices have fallen and almost all schools and companies are now connected. Building on the success of eEurope 2002, in June 2002, an Action Plan for eEurope 2005 was launched. Its objective is to provide a favourable environment for private investment and for the creation of new services and new jobs, to boost productivity, to modernize public services and to give everyone the opportunity to participate in the global information society. For more information: www.eeurope-standards.org/

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