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InfoMove and Integratd Data Communications Sign Strategic Partnership; InfoMove's Mobile Content Applications to be Delivered Via IDC's Location Technology
SEATTLE, Feb. 28, 2000--InfoMove, the first company to fully integrate
the advantages of the Internet with the car, and Integrated Data Communications (IDC), a leading
provider of location technology solutions, today announced a partnership to integrate InfoMove's suite
of applications and services for the car with IDC's voice-channel communications protocol.
InfoMove's proprietary applications use a direct interface with the car to deliver drivers and
passengers Internet content and other vehicle-related services in a format that is tailored to the driving
environment. These services include real-time and predictive traffic, audible turn-by-turn directions,
wireless vehicle diagnostics, maintenance alerts, emergency services, location-based advertising and
text-to-speech enabled e-mail capabilities.
IDC's In-Place(TM) voice-channel protocol, which operates on all wireless air interfaces including
CDMA, TDMA, GSM, iDEN and AMPS will provide InfoMove with a cost-effective means of
delivering its mobile applications and services to vehicles and other mobile computing devices.
InfoMove will utilize IDC's voice-channel technology to deliver its advanced location-based wireless
content and services to automobile manufacturers, Internet portals, auto after-market PC
manufacturers, handset manufacturers, wireless carriers, and wireless applications service providers.
"Our alliance with IDC formalizes a relationship that has been in development for some time now,"
notes Peter Holland, CEO and president of InfoMove and a former McCaw Cellular executive. "We
view IDC's technology as another innovative wireless channel to deliver our real-time, driver specific
applications to drivers."
"IDC sees this alliance as an opportunity to drive our vision of implementing location-aware
applications services immediately," emphasizes Dan Allen, president and CEO of IDC and a former
executive with Nextel, BellSouth, and Sprint. "With our complementary technical skills, our companies
are poised to deliver cost-effective location-aware services right here, right now."
InfoMove's in-vehicle technologies include a vehicle monitoring system that can send information to
its servers using the IDC In-Place(TM) protocol, and enable the communication of InfoMove enabled
mobile devices with applications running on the server. IDC's LSC 2000(TM) platform
interoperating with InfoMove's server contributes additional value by connecting to all wireless voice
networks and by aiding the mobile GPS device in low-signal environments.
This complementary combination of technologies deliver InfoMove's location-based applications to
mobile devices via existing wireless voice networks. InfoMove's services include:
Real-time personalized, and geo-located traffic updates
Turn-by-turn, location based driving instructions
Real-time vehicle monitoring, diagnostic, maintenance alerts and historical information
Profiled location-based advertising
Instant Messaging,
Stocks, weather, news, city guides and shopping information
Emergency roadside assistance, concierge services, and enhanced directory assistance
IDC's LSC 2000 platform:
Obtains location information and interfaces with switching equipment for the proper routing of 911
calls from wireless phones to Public Safety Answering Points
Includes a GPS Reference Receiver to assist the mobile device with real-time data for instantly
computing a more accurate solution
Compresses and encrypts location information passed through the voice channel to ensure fast
transmission times, and to maintain the privacy of the information
Both InfoMove and IDC have developed strategic relationships with other industry leaders, including
InfoSpace.com, BSQUARE, Clifford Electronics, ETAK, SiRF Technology, and RESPONSE Service
Center to create a platform that integrates GPS, wireless and Internet technologies. InfoMove and IDC
expect to offer a combined solution to Internet portals, hardware manufacturers, automotive companies
and other organizations.
About Integrated Data Communications (IDC)
IDC is driving the integration of high-value data and location-based products and services using
mass-market wireless communications devices, including wireless phones. The company entered the
location technology market in 1997 with the development of a voice channel (i.e., call path) protocol
that helps its customers save lives, enhance productivity and manage assets by enabling the delivery of
highly accurate location information to commercial enterprises, consumers and public safety
organizations. IDC's technology, which integrates location information in the voice channel of all wireless
networks, can therefore report the location of wireless callers without any changes to existing landline,
wireless and Internet infrastructures. For more information about IDC, please visit the company's web
site at www.PlaceTheCall.com.
About InfoMove
InfoMove is the first company to integrate Internet, wireless and global positioning system (GPS)
technologies to deliver a unique suite of personalized Internet content into the car on palm-sized and
handheld PC devices and WAP cell phones. InfoMove services include real-time and predictive traffic,
audible turn-by-turn directions, wireless vehicle diagnostics, maintenance alerts, emergency services,
location-based advertising and text-to-speech enabled e-mail capabilities. InfoMove private labels its
content and services to Internet portals, automotive suppliers and manufacturers, mobile computing
device manufacturers, and vertical Internet destination sites.
InfoMove was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Seattle. It has strategic relationships with
content providers and technology developers such as BSQUARE, Engage Technologies (a CMGI
company), Clifford Electronics and Etak. The company is working with leading automotive and device
manufacturers to deliver this unique solution to customers in Q3 2000.
For more information, visit the company's web site at www.infomove.com.
CONTACT: For InfoMove
Text 100 Public Relations
David Dennis, 206/381-3791
davidd@text100.com
or
Integrated Data Communications
Andy Rimkus, 206/842-9262
arimkus@PlaceTheCall.com
or
Gilden Advertising
Cameron Barry, 410/889-0990
cameron.barry@gilden.com
www.infomove.com
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