CellPoint's MLB Selected and Installed for New Ground-Breaking European Mobile Portal.Business & Technology Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 5, 2002 CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT), a global provider of mobile location software technology and platforms, announced today that its Mobile Location Broker (MLB MLB Major League Baseball MLB Minor League Baseball MLB Middle Linebacker (football) MLB Motor Life Boat MLB Matt Leblanc (actor) MLB Mother Love Bone (band) ) has been selected and already installed as the location middleware platform for access to a major new European Mobile Portal, enabling a new business model and revenue streams for mobile operators and their partners throughout Europe. Based on CellPoint's proven mobile location software technology, MLB is a telecom-grade location middleware platform that allows Mobile Portals and Service Providers to bridge the gap between the application and content providers' services and the mobile users' location data made available to Mobile Operators via location servers such as CellPoint's Mobile Location System (MLS See multilevel security. ). MLB is an Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (IP)-based platform which is compatible with all wireless standards including GSM, TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , and enables international roaming, a key requirement for mobile carriers. "Successful mobile portal services such as Japan's i-mode from NTT DoCoMo (NTT Mobile Communications Network, Inc., Japan) Founded in 1991, NTT DoCoMo is a spinoff of Japan's NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) which provides wireless services, including cellular, paging, satellite and maritime and in-flight telephone services. (www.nttdocomo.com) have indicated this is the right business model for such a mobile services eco-system," said Stephen Childs, President of CellPoint. "The most important ingredient is the new revenue stream-sharing model between the Application and Content Providers, the Mobile Portal Service Provider and the Mobile Operators." In addition to making it wide open for new wireless location applications to be deployed, this will also make it possible to add location to all types of existing services, thus adding incremental value. "It is another step to making a reality of the widespread prediction that location is an integral part of the mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. and will be part of most services available to users," added Childs. More information regarding CellPoint's MLB will be announced before the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. Demonstrations and detailed presentations with examples of how the new business models are supported will be available at the CellPoint stand, F29, at the 3GSM World Congress which runs from 19-22 February 2002. CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq and Stockholmsborsen: CLPT) is a leading global provider of location determination technology, carrier-class middleware and applications enabling mobile network operators rapid deployment of revenue generating location-based services for consumer and business users and to address mobile E911/E112 security requirements. CellPoint's two core products, Mobile Location System (MLS) and Mobile Location Broker (MLB), provide an open standard platform adapted for multi-vendor networks with secure integration of third-party applications and content. CellPoint's entry-level location platform handles over 500,000 location requests per hour and has a seamless migration path to 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. and 3G. CellPoint's early entry and experience with European mobile operators has allowed the development of products and features that address key requirements such as active and idle mode positioning, international roaming, multiple location determination technologies and consumer privacy. CellPoint is a global company headquartered in Kista, Sweden. For more information, please visit www.cellpoint.com. CellPoint(TM) and CellPoint Systems(TM) 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. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from those described. Copyright (c) CellPoint Inc. 2002 |
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