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MAPINFO IN THE NEWS SPRING 2001
Alcatel and MapInfo
Join Forces to Deliver
Complete E911 Solution
Motorola Teams with
MapInfo to Provide
Location-based Services
on Wireless Handsets
Vodafone Multimedia
Selects MapInfo
for Location-based
Wireless Services
MapInfo, Nortel Networks
to Market Wireless
Internet ‘Concierge’
Services Platform
MapInfo Delivers Today’s
‘Killer’ Applications for
Wireless: E911 Location
Management and Mobile
Services Platform
MapInfo Extends Enterprise
to Mobile Workforce with
MapXtend v2.0
SPRING 2001 MAPINFO MAGAZINE
www.mapinfo.com/magazine
MapInfo announced that Alcatel has
selected MapInfo’s location-based
technology to build a complete
E911 solution. MapInfo’s Location
Management Platform has been
integrated with Alcatel’s Intelligent
Mobile Location Server (iMLS) to
provide the first fully integrated,
fully scalable E911 solution that can
quickly be implemented in virtually
any service provider’s network. This
Motorola announced an alliance with
MapInfo Corporation to provide
MapInfo ® miGuide TM, a location-based
MapInfo announced that Vodafone
Multimedia, a subsidiary of Vodafone
UK, has selected MapInfo’s “best of
breed” location-based software and
data for a new service they have
developed for Vizzavi, Vodafone’s
MapInfo and Nortel Networks
announced an agreement to jointly
market to service providers an
integrated platform for delivery
of voice-activated wireless Internet
“concierge” services. These services
are intended to provide location-based
information— such as traffic and
MapInfo unveiled its Location
Management Platform (LMP) and
mobile Internet platform, MapInfo ®
miAware TM
, to deliver today’s “killer”
applications for wireless. The LMP
can be embedded into the Intelligent
Network or Mobile Positioning Center
of an equipment provider’s system to
MapInfo announced MapInfo ®
MapXtend TM
v2.0, the premier
developer tool kit for creating
location-based applications for all
types of mobile devices. MapXtend
enables organizations to bring their
Web-based applications to the mobile
Internet. It allows for real-time access
to centralized data and provides
solution meets the Federal Communications
Commission’s E911 Phase II
mandate that requires all wireless
carriers to be able to pinpoint a caller’s
location for emergency purposes.
(For more information on what Alcatel
and MapInfo are doing together in the
mobile location services market, see
“Alcatel’s iMLS Location-based Server
is the Market’s First Fully Integrated,
Scalable Solution” on page 7.)
application that delivers maps and
driving directions, to Motorola’s
multiple communications handsets.
consumer portal of choice. Vizzavi
Find & Seek, enables WAP customers
in England, Scotland and Wales to
locate and identify a broad range of
information about restaurants, shops,
banks and other retail services.
weather conditions or directions to
the nearest copy center, restaurant,
shopping mall or automated teller
machine—to business professionals,
tourists and other travelers using
mobile phones, personal digital
assistants, pagers, laptop computers
and other wireless devices.
provide location solutions for
E911, location sensitive billing and
commercial location-based services.
miAware offers a flexible and scalable
XML environment for the creation
of customized, unique location
services for the mobile Internet.
users with the ability to view, query,
edit and collect data while in the
field improving overall efficiency
and productivity. Mobile workers in
sales, retail, real estate and utilities can
now be connected to their departments
inside the corporate walls, linking
in real-time to the latest information in
the field.
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