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SignalSoft and SiRF Partner to Provide Advanced Location Services Platform to Wireless Network Operators
URL(s): www.signalsoftcorp.com
BOULDER, Colo. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 9, 2001--
SiRFstar GPS-enabled products interoperate with SignalSoft's
Wireless Location Services(R)- providing consumers enhanced
location-aware services
SignalSoft Corporation (NASDAQ: SGSF), the developer of the Wireless Location Services(R) software suite, and SiRF Technology, Inc., a
leading developer of location technology based on global positioning system (GPS), today announced a strategic partnership to provide an
end-to-end location services platform to wireless subscribers worldwide. With this agreement, mobile devices enabled by SiRF's SiRFstar(TM)
GPS technology, will interoperate with SignalSoft's Location Manager, a key product in its Wireless Location Services software suite, providing
wireless network operators necessary location and gateway tools for delivering sophisticated location-based services to their subscribers.
"A partnership with SignalSoft is the perfect vehicle to deliver on our goal of bringing GPS into mainstream consumer platforms," said Kanwar
Chadha, founder and vice president, marketing, SiRF. "The combination of our two companies' technologies will bring the benefits of location
services to many more consumers worldwide."
SiRF's GPS-based solutions enable a range of devices to detect location, including cell phones, automobile navigation systems, telematics
systems, handheld GPS navigation devices, child locator systems, as well as commercial applications, such as asset tracking devices and fleet
management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in four target markets: wireless handheld, automotive, mobile computing and embedded
consumer applications.
SignalSoft's Location Manager is a versatile software hub that allows wireless network operators to manage multiple location technologies. As an
open software solution, Location Manager interfaces location technologies with both SignalSoft's Wireless Location Services applications, and
third-party applications. Location Manager will interface with network elements that incorporate the SiRF Server technology and with mobile
devices that use SiRF's GPS technology to provide operators with an end-to-end location solution across all CDMA, TDMA, GSM or AMPS
wireless networks.
"SiRF's technical capabilities and its knowledge and experience in the GPS realm is an excellent complement to SignalSoft's expertise in Wireless
Location Services," said David Hose, president and CEO of SignalSoft. "Our partnership with SiRF will provide network operators the ability to
deploy reliable, GPS-based location services."
SignalSoft Corp.'s (NASDAQ: SGSF) Wireless Location Services(R) software suite allows wireless network operators to provide
location-based services to their subscribers. Its software products transform raw location data into new revenue sources that help to differentiate
wireless operators and build subscriber loyalty. Some of the largest U.S. wireless operators, including AT&T Wireless, Cingular, and Sprint PCS,
and wireless operators in Europe, such as Libertel-Vodafone, Orange Switzerland and Sunrise, use SignalSoft's products. SignalSoft has established
industry partnerships with many position determination equipment providers and wireless network platform and infrastructure providers, and with a
broad range of application, content and service providers through its local.info(TM) Alliance program. Founded in 1995, SignalSoft is headquartered
in Boulder, Colo., USA, with offices in Canada, Singapore and the United Kingdom. For more information about SignalSoft and its products, please
call 303-381-3000, email info@signalsoftcorp.com, or visit the company's Web site at www.signalsoftcorp.com.
SiRF Technology, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location awareness in
high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. Location awareness refers to the ability of a device to determine and make use
of the information regarding its location. SiRF's products enable a range of devices to utilize GPS to detect location and have been integrated into
mobile consumer devices, such as automobile navigation systems, GPS-based portable computing peripherals and handheld GPS navigation devices,
and into commercial applications, such as property tracking devices and fleet management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in four target
markets: wireless handheld, automotive, portable computing and embedded consumer applications. For more information, please visit the company's
Web site at www.sirf.com.
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