TruePosition and Bell Atlantic Mobile Team Up For Demonstration of CDMA Automatic Location Technology
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Oct. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location technology and services, today announced that it has begun a field trial of the CDMA module for its series 2 TruePosition(R) Wireless Location System. The system was deployed during August and September in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania in cooperation with Bell Atlantic Mobile. The CDMA modules have successfully completed laboratory testing.
TruePosition has been designing its CDMA location technology over the last year, and is teaming with Bell Atlantic Mobile to complete the testing necessary for commercial release of the system.
Automatic location technology has valuable applications in areas such as directory assistance, asset management, and vehicular traffic management. In addition to the commercial benefits of automatic location, it has the capability to deliver location information within seconds to 9-1-1 operators handling emergency calls. Every day, more than 100,000 emergency calls are made from wireless telephones, and TruePosition's Wireless Location System can provide critical location information to emergency services personnel.
"We have been developing this CDMA location solution over the past year, and believe in the power of our technology," said Kent Sander, President and Chief Operating Officer of TruePosition. "This deployment will enable Bell Atlantic Mobile, which owns and operates the largest wireless network on the East Coast, to fully explore TruePosition's capabilities and the benefits of a network-based solution."
"We are confident that this demonstration will prove the value and effectiveness of a network-based CDMA solution, which represents the lowest- cost approach to deploying location technology quickly and effectively," added Sander. "We are planning for commercial availability in the fourth quarter of this year."
TruePosition's technology does not require modifications to handsets or antennas, enabling wireless customers to benefit from location services without changing their existing telephones.
This demonstration with Bell Atlantic Mobile marks TruePosition's first field deployment of CDMA technology. TruePosition has already implemented automatic location services for wireless carriers operating with other airlink technologies.
About TruePosition, Inc.
TruePosition, Inc., headquartered in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, is a leading provider of wireless location technology and services. TruePosition is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Associated Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: AGRPA, AGRPB), a diversified communications company with ownership and operation of a variety of communications businesses and interests, including TruePosition; and a controlling interest in Teligent, Inc., a full-service, integrated communications company offering local, long distance, high-speed data and dedicated Internet services over its fixed wireless local networks. For more information, visit TruePosition at: www.trueposition.com.
About Bell Atlantic Mobile
Bell Atlantic Mobile owns and operates the largest wireless network in the East and systems in the Southwest, covering 180,000 square miles, and the largest chain of retail outlets devoted exclusively to wireless voice, data and paging. Based in Bedminster, NJ, Bell Atlantic Mobile has 6.6 million customers and 8,000 employees from Maine to Georgia and in parts of Arizona, New Mexico and west Texas. Through its "Wireless at Work ... " community service program, the company uses its technology to help individuals and communities improve security and emergency communications. Bell Atlantic Mobile's parent, Bell Atlantic Corporation (NYSE: BEL) is one of the world's largest wireless communications companies, with domestic operations in 25 states and international investments in Mexico, Europe and the Pacific Rim. For more information on Bell Atlantic Mobile visit: www.bam.com; on global operations visit: www.bellatlantic.com/worldwide.
SOURCE TruePosition, Inc.
/CONTACT: Michael Amarosa of TruePosition, Inc., 212-301-2814,
mamarosa@trueposition.com, or Andrea Linskey of Bell Atlantic Mobile,
908-306-7845, linskan@bam.com/
/Web site: bam.com
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