CellPoint Helps Mobile Operators and Service Providers to Reduce Capital Investment; Benchmark Challenge Remains Open.Business Editors and High Tech Writers LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2002 CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT), a global provider of mobile location software technology and platforms, announces that the Company has achieved a +60% reduction in server hardware costs by using the latest equipment available and through continued enhancement of the software at the heart of its Mobile Location Service (MLS See multilevel security. ) and 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) ) platforms. Both entry-level platforms fully retain all the carrier-grade features such as the ability to handle over 500,000 location requests per hour and a redundant system that delivers telecom-grade availability. Naturally, these savings will be passed on to CellPoint's customers. "Operators can now launch a fully-featured location platform with high throughput, high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. and best-of-breed price performance," said Stephen Childs, President of CellPoint. "Server hardware costs are no longer a barrier when considering what is now the most cost-effective solution on the market. We have seen hardware pricing as a barrier in the past in take up of location services See mobile positioning. in general, so the work we've done to take advantage of the latest available hardware, coupled with our software enhancements, makes the hardware investment an issue no longer for operators and service providers." In November 2001, CellPoint published throughput data to set the standard for the rest of the industry and invited challenges from any location platform vendor in any GSM environment. "We've set a new bar again in price-performance for location platforms with our published data and now are presenting reductions in hardware costs for the new server and disk systems," said Childs. "CellPoint's entry-level location platforms can process 140 locations per second, and we truly want to go head-to-head with any vendor offering location platform solutions today. It's about commercial availability, performance, a solid technology roadmap The context of product management The existence of product managers in the product software industry indicates that software is becoming more and more commercialized as a standard product. to 3G and affordability - we've nailed down these key elements and our engineers have done a tremendous job in scaling down the hardware requirements to run our powerful location platforms." About CellPoint Inc. 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 See mobile positioning. 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 forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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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