Telecommunications organisation GSMA has revealed that its mobile ID initiative Mobile Connect is undergoing a cross-border eGovernment pilot in Spain and Finland.The pilot aims to demonstrate how Mobile Connect can be used to identify an EU-citizen of one Member State in order to gain access to a public service of another."Mobile Connect offers a simple way of achieving pan-European federation of cross-border services for the EU governments compatible with the eIDAS regulation, whilst enabling growth in digital public services nationally", wrote the org.The trial will enable customers of participating Spanish operators, to log-in to a Finnish eGovernment service, and on the Spanish side the log-in through a digital identity validator granting access to a complete public services portfolioGSMA noted that the pilot is the result of collaboration between organisations seeking to accelerate the uptake of trusted and secure digital authentication in response to the eIDAS Regulation. The Regulation aims to enhance trust in electronic transactions in the EU internal market by providing a common foundation for secure electronic interaction between citizens.
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