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To: David E. Taylor who wrote (3881)	2/22/2001 12:30:09 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6784

"WebTech Wireless Launches End-To-End Wireless Vehicle Location System For GSM Operators" (Mang's comment: I like the term "Palm Powered(TM) devices" that refer to all palm os devices, it's the first time I see it use) Thursday February 22, 9:17 am Eastern Time CANNES, FRANCE--(GSM World Congress)WebTech Wireless Inc., a global vehicle tracking and location services provider, today announced the launch of the Quadrant Vehicle Location System(TM). The Quadrant System is the industry's first end-to-end, wireless vehicle location system that delivers a suite of location services on Palm Powered(TM) devices, such as Palm(TM) and Handspring handheld computers (PDAs), through an online services portal. The Quadrant Vehicle Location System enables GSM network operators to realize new data service revenue streams with commercial fleet and vehicle location services. Commenting on wireless location services, Jamie Moss, Senior Telecommunications Analyst with Strategis Group UK said, ``Traditional factory installed telematics, navigation and information devices have, historically speaking, been expensive items only available for high-end luxury vehicles. The development of plug-and-play type devices that make use of cellular technology and popular modern-day wireless devices such as cellphones and PDAs, removes many of the traditional barriers for access to in-vehicle information. The Strategis Group's year 2000 study into the European Wireless Location Services market indicated that the service revenue from location-based services could reach a cumulative total of US$ 81.9 billion, within Europe's top 12 markets, by 2005.'' WebTech Wireless anticipates that the Quadrant Vehicle Location System will greatly reduce the complexity of offering vehicle location services for network operators. The Quadrant System is built on an open services architecture that enables the delivery of other services beyond vehicle tracking. Beyond vehicle tracking and two-way messaging, the Quadrant System will deliver services such as gas prices, city search and navigation. ``WebTech has provided us with a vehicle location service solution that is robust and user-friendly. We had the system up and running quickly and are now testing services with taxi fleets and private vehicle owners, transportation. The response to the services has been very positive,'' commented Mr. Hisham Akbar, Deputy General Manager, ArabTel. ``The Quadrant System and our joint venture partnership with WebTech has enabled us to capitalize on the location services opportunity quickly and with little investment.'' Anwar Sukkarie, president and CEO of WebTech Wireless said, ``The Quadrant System gives our network operator customers a flexible system that has eliminated the complexity of the in-vehicle hardware and the services architecture. Our goal with Quadrant was to provide a turn-key service system that would equip any wireless network operator or corporation to sell vehicle location services to commercial fleets or private vehicle owners. Our solution is end-to-end and focused on delivering location services where people need them the most, on the road.'' The Quadrant Vehicle Location System provides services through a user-friendly in-vehicle PDA (Palm OS Powered devices) and an online portal. The Location Services Portal acts as the fleet dispatchers command center for vehicle tracking, communications and service additions or changes. Quadrant utilizes an in-vehicle PDA as a compact and robust alternative to the bulky terminals of traditional fleet management systems. The in-vehicle PDA delivers two-way text messaging to the driver and in the future will act as a portal for a wide range of services. biz.yahoo.com Mang