Openwave Systems Inc. has introduced Openwave Location Express for GSM/UMTS (News - Alert), an location-based infrastructure appliance that enables rapid entry into the location-based services market.

 

Location Express supports both basic and advanced location-based services (LBS) and is compatible with GSM/UMTS mobile phone and network standards.

 

“We are pleased to provide a feature rich LBS solution that helps enable operators in emerging markets quickly deploy secure location-based services,” said Dan Nguyen, interim vice president, products and marketing, Openwave, in a statement.

 

Nguyen claimed that Openwave is a world leader in location infrastructure and is processing more than 100 million transactions per month. He believed that Location Express will be an excellent entry vehicle for smaller operators in growing markets.

According to the company officials, basic LBS enabled by Location Express utilizes Cell/Sector ID position information to offer low cost services to a variety of subscriber segments and prepaid users with entry level voice and SMS capable handsets.

 

Officials said that Location Express can also enable basic enterprise fleet tracking applications satisfied by Cell ID level accuracy, for example tracking the progress of long distance passenger buses and transport vehicles.

 

Officials claimed that advanced LBS enabled by Location Express is backed by high accuracy Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology, which allows an operator to offer more sophisticated high-accuracy consumer services such as turn by turn navigation and child locator-type applications.

 

Advanced fleet tracking services also allows businesses to monitor their assets within 100 feet by tracking A-GPS/data enabled PDAs that can also support mobile enterprise applications.

 

Officials while providing more details said that Location Express utilizes standard OpenLS and Mobile Location Protocol (MLP), ensuring support for a broad range of location applications.

 

Openwave Systems (News - Alert) Inc. claims to be one of innovators of software applications and infrastructure designed to enable revenue-generating, personalized services, including mobile analytics, content adaptation, mobile and broadband advertising, and a suite of unified messaging solutions.

 

.In March, Openwave Systems had announced introduction of Openwave Accelerator, the latest service enabler for Openwave Integra, a next generation mobile Internet service management platform.

 

Openwave Accelerator, which compliments existing optimization functions within core Integra, increases data transfer rates over wireless data networks while decreasing bandwidth consumption. The result is an optimized network: faster browsing speeds for the subscriber at a lower total cost for the operator.