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Orange Slovensko Uses ESRI’s GIS Software and Solutions for Location-Based Services
Redlands, California—ESRI, the leading developer of geographic information system (GIS) software, announces that Orange Slovensko, the largest Slovakian telecommunication operator, recently launched a suite of mass-market short message service (SMS) and wireless applications protocol (WAP) location-based service (LBS) applications based on ESRI’s GIS technology, and Cell ID mobile positioning.
Orange subscribers can find the locations of the nearest selected facilities, such as hotels, ATMs, fuel stations, restaurants, service workshops, hospitals, and so forth, as well as the residences of their friends and acquaintances on maps directly displayed on their mobile phones. In addition, they can determine the immediate geographic location of other users who are simultaneously using the system. Location-based games and access to an Internet interface of a localization application are also available.
ESRI software played a key role in the solutions developed by Orange Slovensko for its LBS applications. ArcSDE ensures the processing and immediate display of information from the enormous spatial databases stored in the Oracle database management system (DBMS), and ArcIMS provides for the creation and display of maps for LBS applications in the WAP and Internet environments.
Comments Radoslav Jakubek, LBS project coordinator at Orange Slovensko, “Before we could incorporate ESRI products into our LBS solution, we had to put them through a series of acceptance tests that have validated their reliability and performance.”
The optimal configuration of spatial data servers adjusted for the extensive operational load is the result of the professional cooperation between the GIS department of Orange Slovensko and ArcGEO Information Systems, s.r.o., a sub-distributor to SynerGIS.
During the preparation phase of its location services development, Orange Slovensko had to process large volumes of spatial data of different types and qualities. This task has been accomplished by using a number of ESRI’s GIS software products including ArcInfo, ArcPad, ArcView, and ArcGIS extensions.
Martin Hollý, senior GIS analyst at Orange Slovensko adds, “ESRI products have been chosen for their ability to perform a wide range of GIS tasks including LBS support.”
According to Martin Kamenský, GIS manager at Orange Slovensko, the company has used ESRI products, such as ArcInfo and ArcView and subsequently MapObjects and ArcIMS, since its founding more than six years ago, and they have proven their capabilities in terms of completeness and scalability.
“ESRI’s software has become the supporting platform of our technological solutions for various tasks developed at our GIS department for the needs of our internal and external customers,” Kamenský explains.
“The Orange SK deployment represents one of the most comprehensive and diverse uses of our entire GIS software family for wireless LBS in a mobile operator environment,” says Jonathan Spinney, industry manager, Location-Based Services Department of ESRI. “Orange was able to creatively apply our software capabilities to offline, back-office processes as well as use our online Internet mapping platform to serve LBS to their customer base. We are very pleased to see Orange use our GIS in a holistic approach.”
Currently, Orange Slovensko is one of the largest ESRI product users in the Slovak Republic and uses the majority of the products in multiple licensing environments.
About Orange Slovensko
The company has been operating in the Slovak Republic since January 15, 1997, when it started to provide GSM based digital mobile network as the first mobile operator in Slovakia.
Since March 27, 2002, it has offered its services under the Orange brand as Orange Slovensko.
Currently, Orange Slovensko is the largest provider of mobile telecommunication services in Slovakia and has more than 1,700,000 active customers. Wirefree Services Belgium S.A., owned by France Telecom, holds a 64 percent majority in the company. Private financial investors led by EBRD and AIG New Europe Fund hold the rest of the company.
About ArcGEO Information Systems, s.r.o.
ArcGEO Information Systems, s.r.o., was founded in 1993 as a sub-distributor for the Slovak Republic by SynerGIS Informationssysteme GmbH, the ESRI distributor in Austria.
ArcGEO specializes in the distribution of ESRI’s GIS software products, their integration into complex software solutions on various platforms and environments, and the development of customized applications. Its other activities include user support and training as well as the processing and distribution of spatial data.
About ESRI
For more than 30 years, ESRI has been the leading developer of GIS software with more than 300,000 clients worldwide. ESRI software is used in all 200 of the largest cities in the United States and in more than 60 percent of counties and municipalities nationwide. Headquartered in California, ESRI has regional offices throughout the United States, international distributors in more than 90 countries, and more than 1,500 business partners. ESRI’s goal is to develop comprehensive tools that enable users to efficiently manage, use, and serve geographic information to make a difference in the world around them. ESRI also provides consulting, implementation, and technical support services. ESRI can be found on the Web at www.esri.com.
ESRI, the ESRI globe logo, GIS by ESRI, ArcSDE, ArcInfo, ArcPad, ArcGIS, ArcView, MapObjects, ArcIMS, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.
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