Istanbul-based services provider Turkcell has introduced a -based service for ID management, outlet Daily Sabah on Feb. 26.
Turkcell reportedly announced its new product at the technology fair Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2019 on Feb. 25. The ID Management solution is designed to provide users with control over their personal information and ensure privacy in accordance with the General Data Protection () requirements.
While existing ID management systems consider sharing of users’ data with third parties, Turkcell’s product purportedly stores required user data on a and eliminates additional identity verification. Turkcell also presented a -based donation use case that includes the ID management solution to verify the donation eligibility for those in need.
Turkcell Customer Experience and Information Technologies Executive Vice President Serkan Öztürk reportedly said that “using technology is essential to improve the customer experience of our digital services and solutions, which remains a top priority in the design of our services.” Öztürk also stressed that the efforts “will help us [Turkcell] improve our digital services and raise the bar in customer experience.”
Founded in 1994, Turkcell is a digital operator headquartered in and operating in nine countries. In 2018, the group’s net income amounted to 2 billion lira ($377 million), while the group’s revenues were up 21 percent year-on-year.
has been widely adopted in the telecoms sector globally. Earlier today, Cointelegraph reported that biggest multinational telecommunications company, Telefonica, with to expand its digital innovation using and . The collaboration will reportedly include customer-focused technological improvements, building upon previous work carried out by the two companies.
Also this month, ‘s largest wireless carrier, SK Telecom (SKT), with the world’s fifth largest telecoms firm, Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, to develop a commercialized, -powered mobile identity solution that can be used for applications such as access control, dealings and contracts.
Published at Wed, 27 Feb 2019 03:10:16 +0000
