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Enfora and GTXC Advance Personal Tracking and Location with GPS-Enabled Shoe.


Enabler[R] IIG-A-GPS and Xplorer[TM] GPS Smart Shoe at CTIA (1) See CompTIA.

(2) (Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association, Washington, DC, www.ctia.org, www.wow-com.com) A membership organization founded in 1984 that is involved with regulatory and public affairs issues in the wireless industry.
 Wireless, March 27-29

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 Corporation's (GTXC GTXC Global Telephone Exchange Carrier ) adoption of the Enabler IIG-A-GPS embedded wireless and location module into its latest model of the GTXC Xplorer GPS Smart Shoe which is designed to monitor the whereabouts of loved ones.

"Enfora and the Enabler II provide us with an integrated approach to software, Internet connectivity and customization that lets us focus on our product and service offering," said Eric Stalnaker, VP of Business Development at GTXC. "By working with Enfora, we know the Xplorer A-GPS A-GPS Assisted Global Positioning System (used in mobile communications as a positioning system)  Smart Shoe is built on a robust and highly accurate platform."

The Enabler IIG-A-GPS is a quad band (850/900/1800/1900) module optimized for machine-to-machine (M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile)
M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album)
M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone)
M2M Member-to-Member
M2M Month to Month
) and tracking systems that require real-time access to GPS or Assisted GPS (A-GPS) location information. It includes a tightly integrated high performance GPS solution provided by Global Locate, Inc. The Enabler II incorporates Enfora's Event Engine and IP router into the GSM software layer, helping integrators reduce the time, cost and complexity of designing products to be IP and network ready.

GTXC's Xplorer GPS Smart Shoe continuously tracks location and movement history. The information is relayed to a monitoring center through cellular networks using a secure Internet interface. Subscribers are able to instantly log-on, or receive alerts, and pinpoint the current location of the targeted user on an interactive map.

"We are seeing more consumer demand for personal tracking and location applications driving the market," said Jeff Newman, chief strategy officer at Enfora. "Working with GTXC is a great collaboration effort that not only focuses on an innovative product - Xplorer GPS Smart Shoe - but also meets a very functional need within society."

Both the Enabler II and Xplorer GPS Smart Shoe will be on display at the Global Locate booth #4849, at CTIA Wireless in Orlando, FL from March 27 - 29.

About Enfora

Based in Plano, Texas, Enfora is an experienced developer of wireless M2M modules and platforms that accelerate the time-to-market of tracking, location and remote-monitoring solutions. By relying on Enfora's technology and expertise, customers have more time for their end product, and their core business. Key technology partnerships with Texas Instruments and Microsoft's Embedded Partner Program enable Enfora to bring the capabilities of the Phone and Internet to M2M. For more information, please visit www.enfora.com.

About GTXC

Founded in 2002, Global Trek Xploration Corporation (GTXC), www.gtxcorp.com, develops and commercializes miniaturized GPS tracking technology that uses cellular transmission. GTXC's Personal Location Services (PLS See playlist. ) solution delivers remote, continuous real-time oversight of loved ones and high-value assets. Its licensing model and a user friendly format allows the company to transparently embed its technology into a wide variety of consumer branded products. GTXC holds U.S. Patent No. 6,788,200 entitled "GPS Footwear" with seven additional patents pending. With more than five years in research and development, strategic partnerships, and an ongoing program of intellectual property protection, GTXC continues its ongoing efforts to advance the GPS technology industry and the PLS space. The privately held company privately held company

A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly.
 is based in Los Angeles, Calif. with satellite offices in La Mirada, Calif. and Pusan, Korea. For more information please contact Eric Stalnaker at (213) 489-3019 or info@gtxcorp.com. Media inquiries please contact Matthew Chisum at (310) 789-2428 or matthew@prolificpr.com.

About Global Locate, Inc.

Global Locate, Inc. is a privately held company that provides GPS semiconductor products and software for mobile-phones, Personal Navigation Devices and Networks. The company has more than 160 US & Foreign patents issued or pending, relating to GPS and Assisted GPS (AGPS AGPS Assisted Global Positioning System
AGPS Advanced Government Purchasing System
AGPS Advanced Geo Positioning Solutions, Inc
AGPS Advanced Global Positioning System
AGPS Ameron Global Product Support
AGPS Attitude Global Positioning System
AGPS Assisted Gps
) technology and its product suite includes Hammerhead hammerhead, common name for a heavy-looking, heronlike bird, Scopus umbretta. Its plumage is brown with light and dark glossy, purplish streaks on the wings and body. It has short legs, partially webbed feet, and a heavy, wide, moderately long, black bill. [TM], the world's first commercial single die GPS receiver. The company is headquartered in San Jose, with offices in the New York metropolitan area New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and the third most populous in the world, after Tokyo and Mexico City. , Tokyo, Taipei and Madrid. For more information see www.globallocate.com
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