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MapInfo to Showcase Mobile Location Services at CTIA 2002
URL(s): www.mapinfo.com
TROY, NY--March 15, 2002--MapInfo Corporation (Nasdaq: MAPS)
today announced it will demonstrate its industry-leading, mobile location services platform,
miAware(TM), at CTIA Wireless 2002, the largest wireless show in the telecommunication
and computing industries. MapInfo is a leading provider of mobile location services,
enabling wireless service providers to offer unique applications to customers that let them
stay connected to family, friends and colleagues. MapInfo will demonstrate its wireless
lifestyle applications at booth #1149.
"MapInfo?s success to date based on our work with several major wireless companies
validates our leadership position in the mobile location services (MLS) marketplace,"
said Mark Cattini, president and CEO, MapInfo. "It confirms our strategy over the last
two years to focus upon the MLS marketplace and we see this becoming a core
component of our business going forward."
Service providers have the option of using pre-built application templates built on top of
miAware or developing their own distinctive offerings specifically customized to their
subscribers? needs. At CTIA, MapInfo will showcase the following wireless lifestyle
applications built on its mobile location services platform:
- miGuide(TM)-- Subscribers can easily find relevant, location-specific information based
on where they are and where they are going--plus directions on how to get there.
Yellow Pages or database content can be added to provide customers with additional
capabilities. For example, with miGuide, a subscriber can find out where a movie is
playing, order tickets and get directions. People on the go can now easily answer
questions such as "Where am I?" "What?s around me?" and "How do I get to where I
want to be?"
- miFriends(TM)-- People can locate friends, family or colleagues who are also
subscribers to miFriends. Subscribers can access maps showing real-time locations of
friends and get directions to them.
- miConnect(TM)-- Managers or dispatchers can locate customers, find a mobile worker
near that customer with the appropriate skills for the job, and send job information to
the worker such as customer name, contact information and directions to the location.
In addition, workers can search for priority or nearby jobs from their phone once
they?ve completed a job and are ready for the next one. This results in greater
productivity and cost savings.
MapInfo will also be highlighting its new miAware Developer Services Program, which
provides developers and content providers with all the software and resources needed to
quickly build and deploy commercially viable mobile location applications. The program
is designed to help them generate revenue opportunities in the growing market for
business and consumer mobile location services applications.
"MapInfo is building an essential part of the infrastructure for mobile location services,"
said Jason Devitt, president and CEO, Vindigo. "As the leading developer of applications
for end users, Vindigo is delighted to be a charter member of MapInfo?s miAware
Developer Services Program, and we look forward to working with MapInfo to build
compelling services for wireless subscribers in the U.S. and elsewhere."
Application possibilities span a wide range, but will share a common theme of enhancing
the lives of mobile phone users by making information more accessible and more
relevant to their current location. The miAware Developer Services Program was
introduced in February and has already generated interest from developers in all
industries.
For more information about MapInfo?s role in the MLS marketplace, please visit
www.mapinfo.com.
About MapInfo
MapInfo Corporation is a global software company that integrates software, data and
services to help customers realize greater value from location-based information and
drive more insightful decisions. MapInfo solutions are available in 20 languages through
a network of strategic partners and distribution channels in 60 countries. Headquartered
in Troy, NY, MapInfo Corporation is on the World Wide Web at www.mapinfo.com.
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