LONDON-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. announced that its Matrix high-accuracy positioning location technology is set to be integrated into European GSM/GPRS/EDGE terminal designer and protocol stack software developer NeonSeven’s new range of mobile devices, including handsets.
The two companies said they plan to collaborate to offer Matrix-enabled software to Italian-based NeonSeven’s GSM customers in the fourth quarter, enabling rapid location of the device with accuracy rates of within 325 feet in GSM networks and within 164 feet in W-CDMA networks.
“We are seeing increasing demand for location-enabled devices from our customers and selected Matrix because of its cost-effective ease of integration into our established product portfolio,” said Demir Rakanovic, chief executive of NeonSeven. “In a highly competitive market, it is important to offer clear differentiation in your offering, and we are pleased that Matrix will help us achieve this.”
CPS said its Matrix application modules use existing GSM/W-CDMA network infrastructure to transfer location information to the network using standard GPRS or short message service, and thus greatly reduce the rollout costs usually associated with high-accuracy mobile location technology.
