Mobile technology manufacturer Sagem Wireless has formed a partnership with consumer biometric fingerprint solutions company UPEK to bring fingerprint identity capabilities to a range of new devices that Sagem Wireless is expected to launch later in 2010, including new Android-based mobile devices.

By offering an open, standards-based platform for mobile identity services, the strategic partnership between Sagem Wireless and UPEK enables an ecosystem of operators, manufacturers and application developers to utilize fingerprint identity capabilities to personalize mobile services and make mobile applications more secure.

The fingerprint identity solutions offered by Sagem Wireless and UPEK provide a number of benefits for mobile applications and services, among which are faster purchases from mobile application marketplaces and on-line stores, enhanced protection against identity theft and piracy, faster and more secure mobile payments, mobile banking and other new mobile applications, as well as simplified user experience without any need to remember and re-type personal information such as usernames, passwords and account numbers.