Ubiqu and Thales have announced a collaboration aimed squarely at one of the hardest problems in Europe’s digital identity rollout: how to deploy certified, scalable, and sovereign infrastructure for European Digital Identity (EUDI) wallets under eIDAS 2.0—without spending years in certification purgatory.

The joint solution combines Ubiqu’s Remote Secure Element (RSE) technology with Thales Luna Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to deliver a production-ready, eIDAS High-compliant environment for wallet providers and Qualified Trust Service Providers (QTSPs). The goal is simple: remove the complexity of building compliant wallet infrastructure from scratch and accelerate real-world deployment across EU member states.

“Remote HSMs and certified Remote Secure Elements are no longer niche technologies; they are becoming the backbone of Europe’s digital trust infrastructure. Our collaboration with Thales shows how collaboration between trusted global players and agile innovators can accelerate the safe rollout of EUDI wallets across Europe.

Boris Goranov, CEO Ubiqu

At the infrastructure level, Ubiqu’s RSE is integrated directly into Thales’ Luna HSM platform, keeping cryptographic keys and operations inside a certified, tamper-resistant boundary. The solution is built on FIPS 140-3 Level 3 and Common Criteria EAL4+ validated hardware, addressing both regulatory and operational requirements for high-assurance identity systems.

This is important because eIDAS 2.0 significantly raises the bar. Governments, public authorities, and QTSPs must now support eIDAS High, WSCA/WSCD, and Article 30 trust list requirements—while also planning for long-term crypto agility. The Ubiqu–Thales stack positions itself as post-quantum-ready, a notable signal as EU institutions increasingly expect quantum resilience to be designed in, not bolted on later.

The platform supports deployment across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments, with an emphasis on sovereign control and avoiding vendor lock-in. It is also designed to integrate with open-source wallet frameworks, including the EU Reference Wallet, and supports large-scale credential issuance without redesigning the underlying security architecture.

From a policy perspective, this announcement lands at a critical moment. With the European Commission targeting 80% wallet adoption by 2030, the bottleneck is no longer pilots—it’s certified infrastructure that can scale nationally and operate cross-border without legal or cryptographic rework.

Rather than introducing new wallet features, the Ubiqu–Thales collaboration focuses on something more fundamental: making compliant EUDI wallet deployment achievable within months, not years. That shift—from experimentation to operational reality—is where Europe’s digital identity programme now stands. 

Why this matters

For much of the last two years, Europe’s digital identity conversation has been dominated by pilots, wallet features, and user experience. But eIDAS 2.0 shifts the centre of gravity decisively toward assurance, certification, and long-term operational trust. Wallets that cannot be backed by eIDAS High-compliant, auditable infrastructure simply will not make it into production at national or cross-border scale.

What collaborations like this signal is a broader market transition: from can we build a wallet? to can we operate one securely, compliantly, and sustainably for the next decade? As post-quantum resilience, crypto agility, and sovereignty move from policy language into technical requirements, certified infrastructure becomes the gating factor. In that sense, the success of EUDI will be determined less by interface design — and more by what sits quietly underneath it.