What is mobile access?
Mobile access control allows users to open doors using their smartphone instead of physical access cards, using technologies such as Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
Mobile access:
- Uses a smartphone as a secure access credential
- Based on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology
- Eliminates the need for physical access cards
- Convenient for users who already carry their phones at all times
- Fast and easy distribution of access rights to users’ devices
- Reduces administrative work and operational costs
- Improves security through digital credential management
- Multiple service options available for different business needs
- Suitable for organizations of various sizes and industries
Why switch to mobile access?
User-friendly
Convenience
Phone is a convenient access method, always with you. Users can obtain mobile credentials remotely when they need them, regardless of the time and place. They don’t need to pick up physical cards or tags from service desks.
As secure as contactless payment
Security
Phones securely store mobile credentials, and the data transfer encryption between phones and readers is similar to contactless payments. System can also be set to require the users to unlock the phone to access the door, which adds another layer of authentication.
Cost-savings
Easy management
Issuing mobile credentials is easy. You can choose from many flexible ways to administer and send your credentials, and free yourself from handling physical tags and issuing them to users. With Idesco ID service, you pay only for mobile ID’s you use, there are no license fees.
How to start using mobile access?
Compatible readers
Mobile access control readers use Bluetooth (BLE) to read mobile credentials and often support traditional cards like MIFARE DESFire. This allows flexible use of both methods and enables gradual migration to mobile access. Idesco’s mobile compatible readers provide different security levels to access: 1. Hands-free, 2. Choose door in app, 3: Unlock phone’s locking screen.
Mobile access app
The free Idesco ID app is available in Google Play or the App Store. After users register their mobile IDs, the app is ready to use. Registration is simple, and the app is easy to set up. The app also creates a device ID on the phone that can be added to your system. It works as a mobile credential, if you decide to add mobile ID’s to your system one by one.
Mobile ID management
There are different ways to manage and send mobile credentials to your users’ phones. Idesco ID service offers several options: you can send many credentials at one time, issue mobile credentials 24/7 on demand, or add new credentials only occasionally. Whatever option you choose, with Idesco ID you pay only for credentials you use, no license fees.
Idesco ID Entry Level
Idesco ID Entry Level offers a simple, quick way to implement mobile access, ideal for organisations that don’t need to send credentials remotely. Users install the Idesco ID app to create a device ID, which serves as their mobile credential after enrollment via an Enrollment Station connected to a PC. Once enrolled, the mobile credential is managed in the access control system like any other access credential.
Idesco ID Enterprise Level
Idesco ID service makes deploying mobile access simple and efficient. The Enterprise Level lets you create and manage users’ mobile credentials around the clock, either through the Idesco Portal—where you can distribute credentials in bulk or individually—or by integrating with your own system via REST API. Users receive notifications and self-register on their phones. Neither Idesco Portal nor the API stores user data or becomes part of your access control system.
How does Idesco ID mobile access work
Use cases for mobile access
Customer comments
Enontekiö municipality
Sipoo Municipality
Asio
Mobile access products
Mobile credentials vs. physical access cards
Interested in mobile access?
Are you planning to start using mobile access in your organisation? You may have a lot of questions, such as: Do I have to pay yearly license fees if I only need 20 credentials per year? What is the best option to my organisation to manage mobile credentials and send them to users’ phones? How about information security? Book a meeting with one of Idesco’s experts to talk about your specific requirements.
