Press Release
MobileGates Chosen By TeleAtlas For Live Demonstrations at CTIA a leading global geographic content provider, will showcase MobileGates leading navigation suite and location based applications
Las Vegas - CTIA WIRELESS 2006 - April 4 - At CTIA Wireless 2006.
Tele Atlas, a leading global geographic content provider, will showcase MobileGates leading navigation suite and location based applications.
Tele Atlas, digital map data and geographic content power nearly 150 navigation-based LBS applications for wireless personal navigation devices, PDAs, and smartphones. Today, Tele Atlas' data enables wireless carriers Sprint/NEXTEL, Cingular Wireless, and Verizon Wireless infrastructure and enterprise applications, and delivers advanced features and services such as real-time traffic and weather and social networking to more than 1.5 million subscribers. MobileGates is a leading developer of mobile and location-based applications designed specifically for mobile devices in the United States. NavSuite, MobileGates' suite of location-based applications, can turn almost any mobile phone into a navigation system. Based on our industry leading mapping platform technology, NavSuite applications work seamlessly together and deliver high-quality, interactive maps and services to over 90% of mobile phones currently being sold in the US.
NavSuite applications are currently sold by Verizon Wireless and Sprint. Current MobileGates NavSuite Applications MG Directions - provides turn-by-turn driving directions in both text and graphics given any start and end point. MG Traffic - the original and longest running wireless traffic application on any major wireless network (Nextel) provides live traffic reports and text alerts MG FuelFinder - enables users to locate and compare fuel prices at over 90% of the fuel stations in the US.
MG StoreFinder - locates and provides directions to any type of business, including stores and restaurants. Currently used by Verizon Wireless.
MG Collaborator - allows users to navigate, collaborate and share information easily MobileGates' applications are based on our industry leading mapping platform technology, which delivers high-quality, interactive mapping applications optimized for use on over 90% of phones currently being sold in the US.
About MobileGates Corporation
TelOstar and TrafficMobile provide color maps, real-time road speeds of major highways and local fuel pricing and other location based services such Find Wifi Spots, Find Food / Drink and Turn-by-turn Directions from any address or point of interest selected. MobileGates is a leading Application Service Provider and 2004 Finalist for "Best Consumer Vehicle Application Award" with Telematics Update Magazine. Telostar can be located at (
www.navifone.com
) available on Sprint, Cingular and Verizon Cell phones and TrafficMobile can be located at (
www.trafficmobile.com
), or a Nextel Phone Version at
www.mgpp.com
with flash demonstrations.
MobileGates has developed proprietary map-based JAVA and Internet-based applications for the phone, the web and Telematics systems. These location-based and GPS-capable applications provide detailed and quickly displayed turn-by-turn directions with full color maps and patent pending FAST zooming (zoom from city/state level down to street level with one click). A JAVA Version is now available on a start-up CD that features Regional and Route Specific Traffic, Real-time Alerts, Regional Highway Reports (select Alternative Highways and make decisions), Color Coded Direction Flow Icons (Know the direction of flow of traffic and speeds) and Color Coded Incident Direction Flow (Know the direction of flow of accidents). Also included with the CD is Turn-by-turn Directions, Local and National Fuel Pricing (Search Fuel by Brand and Location and view pricing of the ten cheapest fuel stations). MobileGates can be found on the Web at www.MobileGates.com
For Further Information Contact:
Tom Mitchell, VP of Marketing
MobileGates Corporation
E-mail:
tmitchell@mobilegates.com