REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—Chilean wireless operator Entel PCS said it launched a location-based safety service in Chile using products provided by Wherify Wireless Inc.
The service, called Ubicom, uses Wherify’s Wherifone G560 GPRS/GPS Locator phones and its Global Location Services Center, which Wherify said would provide location management and mapping support for Entel PCS’s location-based services offerings. The Wherifone product is a two-way phone with built in GPS location capability that is targeted at children and the elderly.
