BARCELONA, Spain-Brazilian GSM operator Oi announced plans to roll out a new generation of location-based services in partnership with Cambridge Positioning Systems.
Oi selected CPS’s software-only Matrix technology to power the new service following successful trials-including testing in dense urban, suburban and rural areas. Oi said because Matrix consistently performs with high accuracy and quick response times, it will allow the continuous deployment of several high quality LBS services for both consumer and corporate markets.
Since its launch in 2002, Oi has built a customer base of 7 million.
Earlier this week at the Mobile Location Services 2005 show in Barcelona, Spain, Connexion2, creators of the Identicom lone worker device, signed a strategic partnership agreement with CPS to explore opportunities to integrate CPS technology in its future products. Gradiente, a Latin American manufacturer of electronic consumer goods and cell phones, also plans to integrate CPS technology into a range of its wireless devices.
CPS also signed an agreement with Trackwell to jointly market solutions to operators and enterprises. Trackwell, based in Iceland, said it has already secured contracts with major European operators, government bodies and enterprises for its range of customized software solutions.
