Telecom service provider NTT DOCOMO will deploy the Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform across its entire mobile network.
The Japanese telecoms will utilize the biometrics platform, which is currently supported in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, alongside third-party biometric sensors for DOCOMO’s mobile biometric authentication service starting on May 27, 2015 in Japan.
DOCOMO aims to offer better security and ease of authentication when making mobile payments and accessing DOCOMO’s content and services.
Seiji Maruyama, senior vice president and managing director of product department, NTT DOCOMO, said: “By collaborating with Qualcomm Technologies on the deployment of the Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform, our customers can now unlock their phones without having to key in a pincode, and can make mobile payments with a quick glance.”
The Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform is designed to address the limitations of passwords and pin codes. docomo ID login authentication and carrier billing payment will have the Qualcomm Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform.
DOCOMO will launch DOCOMO online authentication service with Sharp and Fujitsu smartphones utilizing the Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform on May 28, 2015. There are plans to expand its biometric authentication offering to more devices in the winter. Android devices will also get the new platform soon.
The authentication framework provides secure processing and storage of biometric data, whereas QTI’s UAF implementation provides secure authentication and connection among FIDO-enabled devices and services.
Qualcomm said that the Snapdragon Sense ID biometrics platform offers enhanced security, biometric usability and flexible integration options – resulting into faster development time, decreased costs of development, higher quality devices, etc.
