Polaris Wireless, the global leader in high-accuracy, software-based
wireless location solutions, today announced that the company has
received the prestigious Frost & Sullivan “2011 Enabling Technology of
the Year” award. The award recognizes Polaris Wireless’ accomplishments
and leadership in developing location solutions for public safety,
lawful location surveillance, and other location-based services.
Frost & Sullivan presents this award based on Polaris Wireless’
development and deployment of its OmniLocate universal location
platform, which provides location capabilities in 2G (GSM/CDMA), 3G
(UMTS/ WCDMA), and emerging 4G (LTE) air interfaces, as well as indoor
technologies such as Wi-Fi, DAS, and Femtocells.
“The Polaris Wireless OmniLocate platform offers a compelling set of
capabilities and benefits that address the major drawbacks of existing
location determination solutions,” says Brent Iadarola global research
director for Frost & Sullivan’s Mobile Communications Group. “It is
capable of providing the necessary location accuracy for use in both
mission-critical public safety and lawful location surveillance
applications, as well as commercial location services such as
friend-finder and mobile advertising.”
OmniLocate is the choice of more than two dozen wireless operators in
the U.S. for FCC-mandated E911 emergency call location, proving its
effectiveness for safety of life applications. Polaris Wireless is the
only company capable of implementing an accurate mass location
capability and is a leader in enabling real-time, high-accuracy location
to assist authorized law enforcement agencies in criminal investigations
and antiterrorist activities. The award also recognizes the growing
market for location-based services, which is expected to reach $1.58
billion in North America alone by 2015.
OmniLocate incorporates the patented Polaris Wireless Location
Signatures (Polaris WLSTM) technology, which determines
device location by comparing radio measurements reported by the wireless
device to those in a comprehensive network database. The result is the
most accurate, most reliable location performance of its type. Polaris
WLS can be deployed together with other location methods, such as A-GPS,
Enhanced Cell-ID, and basic Cell-ID, in both hybrid and fallback
scenarios, and thus is able to locate any device in any environment,
even in urban areas and indoors.
“We are honored to be recognized for our accomplishments in developing
the most accurate software-based wireless location solution available in
the market today,” said Bhavin Shah, vice president of marketing and
business development for Polaris Wireless. “This prestigious award is
particularly significant to Polaris Wireless because of Frost &
Sullivan’s rigorous and unbiased selection process.”
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About Polaris Wireless
Headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., Polaris Wireless is the global
leader in providing high-accuracy, software-based wireless location
solutions to wireless operators, law enforcement/ government agencies
and location-based application companies. Since 2003, Polaris has
successfully deployed its patented, software-based, high-accuracy
location solutions to over 20 wireless operators to meet FCC E911 Phase
II requirements in the US. The company has also deployed high-accuracy
location surveillance applications for customers in Asia and EMEA.
Polaris Wireless has offices in Dubai, U.A.E., Bangalore, India, Tokyo,
Japan, and Santiago, Chile.
The company participates in location committees and other groups within
the 3GPP and OMA standards setting bodies, and also participates in
regulatory and industry bodies related to E911, lawful location
surveillance, and location-based services. Polaris Wireless is located
at 301 North Whisman Road, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA. For more
information about Polaris Wireless, please visit http://www.polariswireless.com.
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