A new service, Mobile-ID has been launched in Estonia. Mobile-ID is a development of the traditional e-ID card based authentication and digital signing via one's mobile phone; the phone's SIM card becomes a proper ID document just like the e-ID card. Electronic ID allows the identification and digital signature using a mobile phone of the user. Cell-ID certificates are valid for three years and application for identity cards is required. Using the Mobile ID, a person can make everyday banking transactions, submit an income tax declaration, buy a bus ticket, give a digital signature, buy medicines with a prescription, and others. For the first time in the world, Mobile-ID can also be used for electronic voting in elections. Exclusively on mobile phones to e-elections, however, one can not vote besause it requires a computer connected to the Internet. Card reader and special software is needed to install a computer, cell phone with the SIM card performs at the same time, as soon as the identity card reader starts functioning. For information: http://id.ee/
International e-Gov Update
Electronic ID through Mobile Phone: Estonia
From April 2011 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre