AirFlash and CellPoint Join Forces to Offer Integrated End-to-End Location-Based Services.Business Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 CellPoint Inc (Nasdaq:CLPT) AirFlash, Inc, the premier development platform provider for building location-based wireless applications, and CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq:CLPT), the world-leader in technologies and applications for mobile phone location services See mobile positioning. and telematics, today announced a partnership to jointly deliver end-to-end location-based services See mobile positioning. to GSM mobile operator customers worldwide. The companies plan to integrate AirFlash's SmartZonetm applications development platform with CellPoint's MLS See multilevel security. (Mobile Location Services) Location Broker technology - a high-capacity network-based location services platform, as a turnkey solution for developing and deploying location-based services. Their first customer is German-based mobile operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH who is scheduled for commercial launch in the second quarter of 2001. "CellPoint and AirFlash have teamed up to offer a complete location-based services portfolio that enables operators to rapidly deploy a wide range of high value services to customers," said Korak Mitra, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of AirFlash. "Combining our SmartZone platform with Cellpoint's MLS technology gives operators throughout Europe a proven combination for location-based services that will drive usage of mobile Internet services by delivering services of real value." Lars Persson, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CellPoint Systems, adds, "According to recent research, location-based services are the "killer applications" that will take the mobile phone and mobile Internet industries to new heights of sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. and usage. Our alliance with AirFlash provides the marketplace with a full-service offering to make this vision a reality, quickly and robustly." CellPoint has announced several commercial agreements for its location technology and services. Mobile Location System is the next generation of CellPoint's existing commercial solutions. It supports the location of all GSM circuit-switched and GSM GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. Class 1 & 2 phones without the need for terminal or SIM card upgrades. Supporting the location of mobile phones in both idle and active mode provides the capabilities needed by all types of location applications including fleet management, friend finder and local information services See Information Systems. , as well as handling authentication, authorization and subscriber privacy management. AirFlash designs, builds and deploys a comprehensive family of software solutions, collectively called SmartZone. AirFlash SmartZone products enable wireless carriers and portals to offer location-based services (LBS (Location-Based Services) See mobile positioning. ) to their mobile customers. Products range from the LBS-fortified SmartZone development platform for building custom applications, to an immediately deployable solution that includes the SmartZone platform and pre-packaged applications for fastest time to market. About AirFlash AirFlash empowers mobile carriers and portals with products for building location-based wireless services, including SmartZone platform and applications. Founded in July 1998 by industry pioneer Rama Aysola, AirFlash is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Saratoga, Calif., with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany and France and funding from investors Inktomi Corp., Bay Partners, Band of Angels, PTI PTI - Portable Tool Interface , Trio Investments and Pitch Johnson/Asset Management Company. AirFlash also has a strategic alliance with Inktomi to enable advanced m-commerce and search capabilities tailored for mobile users. For more information, visit www.airflash.com. About CellPoint CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq & Stockholm OM Exchange: CLPT, www.cellpoint.com) is a US company with subsidiary operations in Sweden, Great Britain and South Africa delivering location and wireless telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. services in co-operation with cellular operators worldwide. CellPoint's end-to-end cellular location technology works in unmodified GSM networks and uses standard GSM or WAP phones and standard Internet services. Several commercial applications are available for business and personal location services including Resource Manager(tm) for mobile resource management, iMate(tm) for location-sensitive information and Findertm, an application for locating friends and family. Subsidiary Unwire's programmable telemetry terminal servers are also integrated with the CellPoint System Platform enabling a broad range of applications for wireless remote management and control. AirFlash and SmartZone are trademarks of AirFlash, Inc. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. CellPoint(tm), Finder(tm), Resource Manager(tm), iMate(tm) and CellPoint Systemstm are trademarks of CellPoint Inc. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. 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