Cellular One of San Francisco Selects XYPOINT to Deliver Wireless E9-1-1.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 1998--XYPOINT Corp. has signed a three-year contract with Cellular One of the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay to provide wireless enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) service that will enable public safety officials to receive the 10-digit callback number and general location of Cellular One customers in need. Currently, wireless 9-1-1 calls are anonymous. "We are pleased to partner with XYPOINT in providing this important service to our customers," said Sue Swenson, president 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 Cellular One. "Two-thirds of all new wireless subscribers purchased their phones for safety and security reasons. XYPOINT's E9-1-1 service will enable us to provide our customers' information to the appropriate public safety organizations. This service is in line with our commitment to provide the best solutions to meet our customers' needs." Cellular One is the seventh major carrier to select XYPOINT's E9-1-1 solution. "Carriers are recognizing the effectiveness of our SS7 solution," said Ken Arneson, president and CEO of XYPOINT. "SS7 signaling ensures fast delivery of emergency calls and associated location data, and carriers and the public safety community don't needs to make expensive hardware and software changes to accommodate our solution." Cellular One will implement wireless E9-1-1 service using XYPOINT's unique ISUP-LENS solution in all its mobile switching centers. ISUP-LENS is a standards-based signaling approach Signaling Approach The idea that insiders have information not available to the market. Moves made by insiders can signal information to outsiders and change the stock price. for getting the required data out of the mobile switching center (MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. ) for delivery to public safety officials. Wireless carriers are required by a 1997 FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. order to provide enhanced information to PSAPs that request the service. XYPOINT's wireless E9-1-1 service helps carriers meet the first phase of the order, which requires carriers to provide the 10-digit call back number and the location of the cell site originating a 9-1-1 call. Phase II of the order requires carriers by 2001 to determine the location of the caller to within 125 meters, or approximately half a city block. Cellular One is the leading digital wireless service provider in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, and ranks highest in overall customer satisfaction among cellular telephone users in the Bay Area. Cellular One is a partnership of two communications companies: Air Touch Communications Touch Communications, Inc. an OSI networking company of the 1980s, was founded in 1985 in Santa Cruz, California. For several years Touch Communications was located in Scotts Valley, eventually moving to Campbell and being acquired by SAIC. of San Francisco and AT&T Wireless Services of Kirkland, Wash. Cellular One's Internet address is http://www.cellone-sf.com. XYPOINT, 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 Seattle, is a leading designer, developer and marketer of wireless intelligent network services, providing location-related information services See Information Systems. to the wireless industry. The XYPOINT name, pronounced "zy-point," refers to locating a point using the X and Y coordinates on a map. XYPOINT's Web site is www.xypoint.com. |
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