CellPoint and Webraska Join Forces for New, Live Navigation Services Based on GSM Positioning of Cellular Phones.Business/Technology Editors LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 29, 2000 + New real-time, personal navigation/mapping services using GSM positioning and the Mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. + Automatic positioning adds key element to ensure maximum effectiveness and user-friendliness Webraska Mobile Technologies, the world's first provider of maps, traffic information and navigation services on Internet mobile phones, and CellPoint (NASD NASD See: National Association of Securities Dealers NASD See National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). :CLPT)(www.cellpt.com), world first with commercial GSM positioning technology and services, are joining forces to demonstrate live personal navigation and information services See Information Systems. providing maps and directions to the cellular phone display. The demonstration will show Webraska's mobility services using CellPoint's positioning platform during the Mobile Location Services and Applications Conference in London on July 6-7. Conference attendees will be able to witness the time and hassle savings associated with being automatically located on a map and then guided to a destination address or facility such as a restaurant, ATM, petrol station, drugstore, etc. "CellPoint's positioning of cellular phones enhances location-based services such as Webraska's as it replaces the former requirement for location to be manually entered using the phone keypad," said Peter Henricsson, Chairman and 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. "Additionally, automatic location-based services will enable alerts based on a phone user's position, such as warnings on traffic conditions in the surrounding area or information on special offers in shops that the user has requested to receive." Webraska's enhanced spatial searching functionality will be displayed at the London conference to demonstrate how facilities in the area surrounding users can be searched and classified based on actual time-to-destination, rather than simply using "as the crow flies" proximity. Webraska's real-time Internet-based mapping and navigation services will also be shown in the demonstrations. "Automatic positioning from CellPoint is a key element of advanced location-based services and the Mobile Internet," stated Jean-Michel Durocher, CEO and Founder of Webraska. "Along with higher bandwidth, improved terminals and voice recognition and output, positioning is another technological advance that will ensure maximum effectiveness and user-friendliness of location-based services." Webraska and CellPoint have signed a non-exclusive agreement to cooperate on the integration of their respective services and technologies. The two companies intend to develop and deploy integrated location-based services for mobile telephony operators; both offer open programming interfaces (API's) that will allow mobile operators and application developers around the world to create more new innovative services combining location with mapping and routing. Some potential applications include games, fleet management, yellow pages and city guides. About Webraska Webraska (www.webraska.com) provides real-time maps, traffic, and location-based personal navigation services for Internet mobile phones. Both a value-added service provider and a mapping and navigation application service provider, Webraska's goal is to offer a worldwide, up-to-date, person-based and flexible alternative to CD/DVD-ROM car-centric navigation systems. In addition to its patented Internet-based Distributed Navigation, Webraska provides wireless carriers with a complete suite of turnkey personal navigation applications, originally designed with leading French operator SFR SFR Swiss Franc (national currency) SFR Société Française du Radiotéléphone (French cellular provider) SFR Single Family Residence SFR Single Family Residence (real estate) , and carefully crafted to make the best out of each access mode (WAP (1) (Wireless Access Point) See access point. (2) (Wireless Application Protocol) A standard for providing cellular phones, pagers and other handheld devices with secure access to e-mail and text-based Web pages. , Internet, SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. , PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). , Call Centre, car equipment). Webraska also offers an Application Programming Interface (API) that allow carriers and their partners to add door-to-door directions, mapping, geocoding and enhanced spatial searching based on shortest journey-time to all their applications (location-based services, mobile e-commerce, games, city guides, fleet management, mobile Extranet, etc.). Partners and customers include SFR / Cegetel, KPN KPN Koninklijke PTT Nederland (Royal Dutch Telecom) KPN Konfederacja Polski Niepodleglej (Polish conservative party) , Proximus / Belgacom, ADAC ADAC Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil Club (German automobile club) ADAC Aboriginal Drug and Alcohol Council ADAC Art Directors and Artists Club (Sacramento, California) ADAC Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council , Scoot, Alcatel, CPS, Schlumberger, TrafficMaster, Vivendi, PSA (Professional Services Automation) An information system designed to organize, track and manage all opportunities, work, resources, costs, revenues and invoices to improve the productivity and efficiency of the workforce. Peugeot-Citroen, In Fusio, TeleAtlas and Navtech. The company is headquartered in Poissy, France and has offices in London, Brussels, Madrid, Amsterdam and Melbourne. For more information visit www.webraska.com. About CellPoint CellPoint Inc. (NASD:CLPT)(www.cellpt.com) is a US company with subsidiary operations in Sweden, Great Britain and South Africa delivering location and wireless telematics services in cooperation with cellular operators worldwide. CellPoint's end-to-end solution 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; CellPoint also has open programming interfaces allowing third parties to integrate their applications with CellPoint's proven technology. CellPoint currently has the world's only end-to-end commercial service offerings for digital cellular location technology. Common estimates for GSM subscribers to 2005 are one billion users, whereas worldwide shipments of Cellular Handsets with embedded GPS (Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. ) are estimated at 4 million in 2000 and 38.5 million in 2003. The wireless location services industry in Europe alone is estimated by The Strategis Group to be worth more than $80 billion by 2010. 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. 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