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Cambridge Positioning Systems and Siemens to co-operate on location solutions
The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (IC
Mobile) and Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) today
announced that the companies will co-operate to support
Siemens IC Mobile's development of mobile location solutions
for North America. The five-year deal will involve CPS
licensing its innovative Cursor software to accurately
locate mobile phone handsets within mobile networks.
Siemens IC Mobile will integrate the Cursor software into
its mobile network product portfolio which is used by mobile
operators to rollout mobile location services.
As part of the cooperation, CPS will also provide E-OTD
software integration for Siemens handsets via its recently
opened integration facility in Cambridge. This will enable
Siemens to rollout E-OTD enabled location-based network
equipment and handsets to the growing US and other worldwide
markets. The Cursor software utilizes the E-OTD (Enhanced
Observed Time Difference) technology that offers GSM
operators accuracy to within 100 meters - in line with the
E-911 mandate by the U.S. FCC requiring location-enabled
networks to be deployed.
"This is a major development for CPS. The licensing
agreement is hugely significant for the profile of E-OTD
technology as the high accuracy, cost effective solution for
mobile location, " said Chris Wade, Chief Executive of CPS.
"Importantly, it also marks the first stage in what we hope
will be a long-term relationship with Siemens IC Mobile -
and we look forward to partnering a major global player in
this exciting new market."
"This cooperation sends a very positive signal to the US
market and beyond - that mobile location is happening right
now using the powerful experience and knowledge from both
Siemens IC Mobile and CPS, " said Lothar Pauly, board member
of the Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group.
"In terms of personal safety, mobile phone users will
shortly have the reassurance of high accuracy mobile
location services."
The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (IC
Mobile) offers the complete range of mobile solutions
including mobile devices, infrastructure and applications.
Devices include mobile phones, wireless modules, mobile
organizers and cordless phones as well as products for
wireless home networks. The infrastructure portfolio
includes GSM, GPRS and 3G mobile network technologies from
base stations and switching systems to intelligent networks,
e.g. for prepaid services. Mobile Applications cover
end-to-end solutions for Messaging, Location Based Services
or Mobile Payment. For the fiscal year 2001 (September 30),
IC Mobile recorded sales of EUR 11.3 billion and employed
30,730 people worldwide.
You can access further information about Siemens IC Mobile
on the Internet at
http://www.siemens-mobile.com
Cambridge Positioning Systems
Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited (CPS) develops and
licenses its Cursorä E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time
Difference) system to handset manufacturers and network
equipment vendors. The company is working with, or has
licensed its technology to Ericsson, Nortel Networks,
Siemens and Lucent Technologies. Cursorä delivers high
accuracy mobile location technology - up to 50 metres on GSM
networks, with even greater accuracy predicted on 3G
networks. CPS has conducted successful trials of the
Cursorä system in the UK, North America, Asia Pacific and
Europe.
From October 2001 in the US, the Federal Communications
Commission has mandated that all calls from mobile phones to
emergency services be accompanied by highly accurate
information about the location of a caller. This ruling
known as E-911 will provide significant opportunities for
CPS' highly accurate location technology as E-OTD emerges as
the preferred choice to fulfil the FCC's regulation.
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