GlobalPlatform appoints handset adviser
05 January, 2011
category: NFC
The GlobalPlatform board of directors has appointed a strategic director from the GlobalPlatform membership to represent handset manufacturers in board decisions and provide industry advice on the organization’s mobile strategy through 2011 and beyond.
Janne Uusilehto, director/head of Product Security for Nokia, takes up the voluntary consultative position with immediate effect.
Drawing from his knowledge of the mobile industry, he will make recommendations to the GlobalPlatform board on how the organization’s specifications could evolve to ensure alignment with the specific and emerging requirements of the mobile sector.
Janne will assist GlobalPlatform in its liaison activities with other mobile industry consortia, ensuring mutual awareness and cooperation towards open standards and an interoperable technical infrastructure for mobile services.