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SpatialNews Press Release
@Road Joins Location Interoperability Forum;
Membership to Complement @Road Roll-Out of LocationSmart Mobile
Resource Management Solutions to Wireless Web-Enabled Devices
FREMONT, Calif., Feb. 27, 2001--@Road(SM) (Nasdaq:ARDI), a
leading provider of location-enhanced wireless Internet solutions for mobile resource management
(MRM), today announced that it has joined the Location Interoperability Forum (LIF).
The LIF was founded by Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia to advance the worldwide deployment of
location-based services.
The @Road representative to the Location Interoperability Forum will be Rodric C. Fan, @Road
founder and chief technology officer, who plans to work closely with LIF members to help develop
and promote integration solutions designed to simplify the ability to locate mobile devices across
different wireless network platforms.
Fan is a noted expert on global positioning systems, with more than 17 years of engineering
experience in GPS software and hardware design.
"We're excited about the development and partnering opportunities associated with our membership
in the Location Interoperability Forum," said Krish Panu, @Road president and CEO.
"We plan to work closely with members of the LIF to extend our expertise in the delivery of
location-specific mobile resource management solutions in order to help create the standards that will
drive the development of quality Internet applications for users of wireless Web-enabled devices."
About Location Interoperability Forum
Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia founded the Location Interoperability Forum (LIF) to achieve the
goals of offering location-based services worldwide on wireless networks and terminals.
Founded in September 2000, the purpose of the LIF is to define, develop and promote -- through
global standard bodies and specification organizations -- a common and ubiquitous location services
solution allowing applications to retrieve location information from wireless networks and terminals
irrespective of their underlying air interface technologies and positioning methods.
For more information about the Location Interoperability Forum, visit the LIF Web site at
www.locationforum.org.
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