WiMAX™ Authentication Services

The WiMAX Forum™ working groups call for mutual authentication of devices and authentication servers using X.509-standard digital certificates. Ensuring secure communication over WiMAX™ - based networks is a critical success factor for the growth of the WiMAX ecosystem. The WiMAX Forum determined that they needed a PKI-based solution with specific capabilities:

• Tested against the rigors of an evolving and expanding WiMAX ecosystem
• Scalable to meet the increasing needs of new services/subscribers and device proliferation
• Highly available and reliable
• Flexible to evolve as WiMAX technology and the market matures
• Global reach to help enable expansion to the larger market

Because VeriSign demonstrated mastery of these requirements, VeriSign has been chosen as the sole provider of WiMAX server certificates, and will also be providing certificates for device manufacturers.

For WiMAX Device Manufacturers

VeriSign® WiMAX PKI Service delivers a fast and efficient means to embed PKI-based digital certificates into any type of WiMAX-compliant subscriber station or device. It inherits industry-leading functionality from VeriSign Device Certificate Service, which currently has over 80 million devices worldwide that depend on it to deliver secure access to services, and offers a robust security solution for the WiMAX Device PKI. This combination of experience, reliability and scale makes VeriSign the leader in powering trust in communities such as the WiMAX ecosystem.

For WiMAX Service Providers

VeriSign was chosen as the sole provider of server-based certificates because of its robust PKI platform that has been in service since 1995, and is currently used by thousands of enterprise and government customers to secure their environments. By leveraging VeriSign's expertise and extensive PKI infrastructure, service providers benefit from VeriSign's significant investments and PKI knowledge while retaining control over digital certificate lifecycle management, including issuance, renewal, and revocation.