Newton
Center, Mass. -- March 15, 2004 -- Quarterscope
Solutions, a new provider of Wi-Fi based location networks, today announced
that uLocate Communications Inc, a leading provider of wireless location
services, will leverage Quarterscope’s Wi-Fi Positioning Service (WPS) to
provide precise location information for its solutions.
The Wi-Fi Positioning Service from
Quarterscope Solutions is the first outdoor positioning system to leverage the
growth of Wi-Fi (802.11). Designed for the millions of laptop, Tablet PC and
PDA devices that have Wi-Fi capabilities, WPS enables users to take full advantage
of mapping applications and other location-based services using their existing
hardware. In addition, software applications designed to use other location
technology, such as GPS, can integrate with WPS to generate driving directions,
communicate location information, utilize proximity systems and implement
vehicle/asset tracking.
uLocate is focused on the development of wireless services that deliver dynamic, personalized location driven information to subscribers via a secure connection to their wireless devices. The company's current offering enables subscribers to locate family members and employees, review routes, receive speed and mileage metrics, and be notified when individuals arrive and depart from specified locations.
“The integration with WPS makes uLocate
available to tens of millions of mobile computing users without having to rely
on the wireless carriers. We are pleased to partner with uLocate and provide
them with access to our location network.” said Michael Shean, VP of Business
Development at Quarterscope.
“At
uLocate we are focused on providing a comprehensive set of location based
services and applications. Adding support for WPS will enable uLocate to expand
the class of devices which we can support and enhance the types of service that
we provide.” said Alan Phillips.
About
Quarterscope Solutions Inc.
Quarterscope Solutions
(www.quarterscope.com)
is a location based technology company. Headquartered in
About uLocate Communications Inc.
uLocate Communications, Inc. (www.ulocate.com) is an application and technology service provider of
wireless location-based services. Headquartered in
Contact:
Michael Shean Suzanne
Kennedy
Quarterscope Solutions Swift
Communicaitons
508-545-1166 617-681-1217