OISTE and Malaga Valley Group today signed an agreement to use WISeKey’s Common Global Root and scalable PKI hierarchy to establish a Euro-African Hub

Malaga, Spain and Geneva, Switzerland October 22, 2007

OISTE will help the government of Malaga become the new Euro-African Hub, with the aim of optimizing economic-social-cultural relations between Europe and Africa. This will be accomplished using the infrastructure of the Technology Park of Malaga and Malaga Valley and its unique geopolitical location. The project will be financed by the private sector, the European Union (EU) and the Spanish government.

Spain is eager to increase support to its continental neighbour, and the establishment of a Euro-African Hub is a logical and essential step. The Hub will become both a super-platform for optimizing commercial, technological and cultural links between the European Union and Africa, and also meeting-point and a place for research and study. Its location in Malaga is the work of the International Organization for the Security of Electronic Transactions (OISTE), the provincial government and the local business sector. The Hub is a natural step following the significant investments already deployed to convert Malaga into a leader of Euro-African initiatives. The provincial government of Malaga, with the help of Madrid and Brussels, has the firm objective to instantiate this new Hub as one of the major superhighways of Information Technology and Worldwide Communications (ICT).

To make the most of the potential of this project, the signatories intend to transform Malaga with this important technological Hub, which includes Internet technologies, and the new generation of mobile technologies, to provide sustainable electronic solutions, where security barriers and trust related to the use of public networks can be discussed. The identification of requirements for security services and the cost effective and the profitable aspect of this platform will ensure the provision of highly innovative services.

The Euro-African Hub will operate in a first phase from Geneva, in the highly protected buildings of WISeKey. The subsequent transfer to Malaga will take place once the on-site infrastructure is fully operational. This innovative system will combine multiple physical and electronic security systems utilizing PKI solutions within a “zero risk” secure environment, thanks to the extensive use of VPN (private data network) systems.

The global growth of the Internet is leading the world of business in unimaginable directions. Maintaining data privacy and confidentiality is a huge cost for companies, and the greater the geographic scope, the more complex and expensive are its communications.

"This initiative is an evolution of the agreement signed during the TELECOM'99 ITU in Geneva in November 1999, based on a partnership between WISeKey and the ITU to establish certification authorities in developing countries. Thanks to OISTE and WISeKey, 198 member countries of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) understand the need for a global PKI structure under a shared common ROOT as it has been developed for OISTE and operated by WISeKey," said Philippe Doubre, president of OISTE, (http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/e-strategy/ecdc/ra/introduction.html)"

"WISeKey is currently mobilizing the public and private sectors in the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) to support the deployment of NETeID, a comprehensive system of electronic payment through Internet-based digital identification. It is hoped that the Hub of Malaga Valley can also join this ambitious project," said Carlos Moreira.

"The creation of a Euro-African Hub will give a clear and effective answer to all cooperation activities between African and European countries. Technology will allow us to build that sort of bridges that will contribute to the development of Africa by bringing knowledge to people, and thus by an initiative leaded also by Civil Society, where the Asociacion de Usuarios de Internet (AUI) is proud of being a protagonist in this project," affirmed Miguel Perez Subias, President of AUI and promoter of the HUB during the Malaga Valley meeting.

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Members
Francisco de la Torre ALCALDE DE MÁLAGA	Abad, Fernando Secretario General GECOPI – Asociación de Empresas Gestoras de Cooperativas y Proyectos Inmobiliarios
Alarcón, Ginés Consejero Delegado TSYSTEM	Alierta, Cesar Presidente TELEFONICA
Alvarez, Luis Presidente BT GLOBAL SERVICES	Arranz Soler, Cesar Presidente Ejecutivo NEOSKY
Badía, Enrique Miembro del Consejo Asesor CREMADES & CALVO – SOTELO	Bautista García, Eduardo Presidente del Consejo de Dirección SGAE
Bergareche, José Mª Consejero Delegado GRUPO VOCENTO	Bernad Bonilla, Carlos Director General Sur de Europa ENVAC IBERIA
Casajoana, Xavier Presidente VOZ TELECOM SISTEMAS, S.L	Cebrián Echarre, Juan Luís Consejero Delegado GRUPO PRISA
Cortés, Santiago Presidente HP	Cortés, Miguel Ángel Diputado del PP Consejero CREMADES & CALVO-SOTELO
Cremades, Javier Presidente CREMADES & CALVO – SOTELO	de Benito, Ignacio Director General AEDE – Asociación de Editores de Diarios Españoles
de Jong, Rene Presidente INTERNET ADVENTAGE, S.L.	de la Calle Martín, Adelaida Rectora UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA
del Rivero, Marieta Consejera Delegada NOKIA	Del Sol Moreno, Francisco Director General MOBILE 365
Estrada Fernández, José Director Gerente Empresa Municipal de Iniciativas y Actividades Empresariales de Málaga, S.A. PROMALAGA	Fernández Pujals, Leopoldo Presidente JAZZTEL
Fischer, Alexander Director General ZIELTRAFFIC	Fuentes López, Mª José Country Manager GRUPO BUSCPERSON TELECOMUNICACIONES, S.L. A BRIGHTPOINT COMPANY
Galdón Brugaroles, Eugenio Presidente ONO	Gamero del Castillo, Pedro Presidente TESTA
Gandarias Carmona, Manuel Presidente LIVE IN SPAIN	García, Belarmino Consejero Delegado FRANCE TELECOM ESPAÑA
Genaro González, Martín Presidente GOWEX	Hatchwell, Mauricio Presidente GRUPO EXCEM
Hylander, Gustavo Director de Relaciones Institucionales FUJITSU MANUFACTURING ESPAÑA	Lázaro, J. Pablo Presidente FEDERACIÓN DE COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO Y MARKETING DIRECTO
Llorente, Alejandro Presidente COLLOSA – Construcciones y Obras Llorente, S.A	Linares Palacios, Abel Consejero Delegado IT – DEUSTO
Lozano Egea, Fermín Consejero Delegado 11811 NUEVA INFORMACIÓN TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U	Marqueño, José Presidente CONSEJO GENERAL DEL NOTARIADO
Mateos, Petra Presidenta HISPASAT	Mazagatos, Alberto Director General CISCO
Medel Cámara, Braulio Presidente UNICAJA	Medina Muñoz, José Javier Decano COITT
Moraleda, Amparo Presidenta IBM ESPAÑA S.A.	Moreira, Carlos Presidente WISEKEY
Moreno, José Mª Consejero Delegado NEXTEL ENGINEERING	Muñoz Ballesta, Juan Luis Director Gerente CEMI – Centro Municipal de Informática/ Ayuntamiento de Málaga
Moulet, Antonio Presidente NEC IBÉRICA, S.A.U.	Ontiveros Baeza, Emilio Consejero Delegado ANALISTAS FINANCIEROS INTERNACIONALES
Paraja Tuero, Roberto / Presidente SOCIEDAD PROMOTORA DE LAS TELECOMUNICACIONES EN ASTURIAS, S.A. CAJASTUR	Pérez, Martín Presidente ASIMELEC
Pérez Subías, Miguel Presidente ASOCIACION DE USUARIOS DE INTERNET	Puerta Notario, Antonio Decano ESCUELA TÉCNICA SUPERIOR DE INGENIEROS DE TELECOMUNICACIONES
Ramiro, Javier Presidente PHILIPS IBERICA, S.A.	Ramos Chaves, Isla Directora General LENOVO
Redondo Iglesias, Alfredo Consejero Delegado ALCATEL-LUCENT	Rivas-Micoud, Alejandro Presidente ALÓ COMUNICACIONES
Rodríguez Carro, Vicente CEO INTEGROMICS	Rodríguez Cepeda, Eugenio Decano COLEGIO DE REGISTRADORES DE LA PROPIEDAD
Rodríguez Zapatero, Javier Presidente YAHOO! IBERIA	Rodríguez, Fernando Consejero Delegado OPTIMEDIA
Román, Francisco Consejero Delegado VODAFONE ESPAÑA	Romera Lubias, Felipe Director General PARQUE TECNOLÓGICO DE ANDALUCÍA
Ruiz Padilla, José Miguel Decano COLEGIO OFICIAL DE INGENIEROS DE TELECOMUNICACIONES. DEMARCACION ANDALUCIA ORIENTAL Y MELILLA	Salas Márquez, Francisco José Concejal Delegado de Nuevas Tecnologías AYUNTAMIENTO DE MÁLAGA
Sánchez, Gilberto Presidente CLEARWIRE	Sánchez Ortega, Manuel Presidente TELVENT
Soto Serrano, Juan Presidente de honor de Hewlett Packard España Presidente Comisión de Estudio para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información HP COMISIÓN DE ESTUDIO PARA EL DESARROLLO DE LA SOCIEDAD DE LA INFORMACIÓN	Steinberg, Victor Consejero Delegado VICTOR STEINBERG Y ASOCIADOS
Tripero, Rafael Director General GRUPO BEM ESPAÑA	Ulibarri, José Luis Presidente ASODAL
Varsavsky, Martín Presidente FON	Vázquez Quintana, José María
Velázquez-Gaztelu, Cándido	Vidal-Quadras, Alejo Vicepresidente PARLAMENTO EUROPEO
Ybarra Zubiria, Álvaro Presidente ISOFOTON