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22.02.2008
Valimo Wireless and Sigmaview Capital Sdn. Bhd. sign Mobile Signature pilot agreement for East Asia in Barcelona Mobile World Congress 2008

Helsinki, 22.2.2008 - Sigmaview Capital Sdn. Bhd owner of MSC Trustgate Malaysia's premier provider of Internet trust solutions and Valimo Wireless, the market leader in Mobile Signature solutions, have signed an agreement concerning a mobile signature pilot in Malaysia.

MSC Trustgate is the licensed CA (Certification Authority) for Malaysia and has started to expand its service offering to other Asian countries, such as Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

“The cooperation with Sigmaview Capital Sdn. Bhd. and their plans to operate a large scale pilot establish a firm beachhead for Valimo in this geographic region.”, says Tapio Vailahti, CEO of Valimo “We are honored to work with one of the local key players offering CA and other PKI-related services. I see good signs ahead in East Asia for Sigmaview and Valimo”

"Our recently launched MyTRUST service which provides for secure transactions on the mobile platform will encourage even more mobile application services in the financial and government sector", said Bistamam Siru Abdul Rahman, the Managing Director of Sigmaview Capital and Chairman of MSC Trustgate. "The provision of mobile application and signature service of MyTRUST will allow the market for mobile banking and mobile commerce in the region to take off effectively."

Valimo was a finalist in the category of Most Innovative Consumer Application for the GSMA Mobile Innovation Global Awards, sponsored by Ericsson during the GSMA Mobile World Congress 2008 in Barcelona.

Meet Valimo at the EFMA Convention in Paris on 13.03.2008 - 14.03.2008. The European Financial Management & Marketing Association holds its 30th convention under the theme “Leadership in retail finance, driving value creation”. Valimo will showcase mobile signatures and how they support the delivery of new innovative financial services.

Contact Valimo Wireless

Juha Mitrunen Tel: +358 9 4365 0080

Contact Sigmaview Capital Sdn. Bhd

Julius See Tel: +603 8318 1800

MSC Trustgate Sdn. Bhd (478231-X)
Ground Floor, Belatuk Block
Cyberview Garden
63000 Cyberjaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

About Sigmaview Capital Sigmaview Capital is a company incorporated in Malaysia to invest and develop innovative Internet and mobile technologies in the Asian region.

Its subsidiary, MSC Trustgate, was established in 1999 as a Certification Authority (CA) in Malaysia licensed by Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commissions (MCMC) under the Digital Signature Act 1997. MSC Trustgate is also a MSC-status company in Malaysia, supported by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC).

MSC Trustgate provides security solutions and online trust services to over 800 companies and organizations in the region to help build a secure network and application infrastructure for their electronic transactions and communications. The company’s clientele include major banks, telecommunication companies and governments. For more information, please visit www.msctrustgate.com.

About Valimo Wireless
Helsinki-based Valimo Wireless is the leading provider of mobile signature solutions for mobile operator, bank and corporate customers.

Valimo's solutions are used by more than 40 European and Middle Eastern customers to date, assuring protection against various security attacks like phishing, cost savings thanks to digitalization of various currently paper-based processes and introduction of new business cases enabled by the convenient mobile signing capability.

Valimo is growing strongly with offices in Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and Turkey.

For more information about Valimo, please visit www.valimo.com