TC TrustCenter makes WAP applications secure

Hamburg 19. ledna (PROTEXT) - TC TrustCenter - one of Germany's leading companies for Internet security - is now providing certificates for secure WAP applications. This will enable users of digital cellular phones to make encrypted online purchases, buy and sell shares and conduct secure mobile bank transactions. WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) is a global open standard for digital cellular phones and other mobile devices. WAP enables fast and easy access to specially prepared website content. With WAP certificates, TC TrustCenter is providing the basic framework for the breakthrough of cellular phones as a universal e-commerce medium. Certificates enable the encryption of sensitive data, not only for computer-based Internet applications but also for online applications used with digital cellular phones. This new service enables TC TrustCenter clients to get a step ahead by preparing for the forecast explosive growth of the WAP market. The first application, which is currently being implemented together with the Deutsche Bank and Nokia will be running in a pilot project starting in february. "Very soon all technical prerequisites will be established to offer customers of Deutsche Bank 24 the possibility to trade shares securely with the aid of a WAP-enabled device, e.g. a Nokia 7110" says Dr. Robert Buchholz, Vice President, Global Technology & Services (GTS) of the Deutsche Bank. E-commerce providers with WAP servers can enrol for a free demo certificate at www.trustcenter.de. About TC TrustCenter: TC TrustCenter GmbH is a security provider; our mission is to provide security for all Internet users. TC TrustCenter issues electronic certificates which enable secure, authentic communication through the Internet. There are a wide number of areas in which electronic certificates play an important role, ranging from secure e-mails and e-commerce applications right through to applications for closed user groups. TC TrustCenter's aim is to attain full compliance with the rigorous requirements of the German laws governing digital signatures, and to become one of the leading certification providers in Europe. Our application for registration is currently being processed. TC TrustCenter is working proactively in national and international committees to establish standardization guidelines and marketing networks for security infrastructures. TC TrustCenter is a daughter company of Germany's four leading private financial institutes, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, Commerzbank and HypoVereinsbank. ots Original Text Service: TC TrustCenter GmbH Internet: http://www.newsaktuell.de Your contact person is: Ms Christina Zucker TC TrustCenter GmbH Sonninstraße 24 - 28, 20097 Hamburg Telephone: (+49) (0)40 / 808026-410 Fax: (+49) (0)40 / 808026-126 E-mail: zucker@trustcenter.de Internet: http://www.trustcenter.de You can also access this press release (as a RTF file) as well as a wealth of background information and pictures on our website at http://www.trustcenter.de/presse. Subscribers please note that material bearing the slug "PROTEXT" is not part of CTK's news service and is not to be published under the "CTK" slug. Protext is a commercial service providing distribution of press releases from clients, who are identified in the text of Protext reports and who bear full responsibility for their contents. PROTEXT