ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. signed an agreement to provide its location technology to Nokia Corp.’s GSM network base station subsystem customers and to license certain Nokia technologies that will be used in the supplied location systems.
The agreement allows operators of GSM wireless networks in which Nokia BSS infrastructure equipment is deployed to purchase the Andrew location systems to support location-based commercial value-added services, public-safety emergency caller location services and security applications.
Andrew said its mobile location center, which is a wireless location management system that processes location-related data and calculates the position of mobile devices, is being furnished to Nokia-equipped operators under the agreement and is capable of supporting multiple mobile location technologies, including those that can locate any GSM wireless device.
“Our collaboration with Nokia will enable our companies to offer world-class solutions to Nokia customers around the world to support new and enhanced location-based services,” said Terry Garner, president of Network Solutions at Andrew. “The combination of both companies’ expertise in this area will help wireless operators bring to market innovative location-enhanced applications of all types and create new revenue-generating opportunities.”
