GTES Inc. Announces the Availability of its SHERLOC Location Service Application.
GTES Inc. announces the availability of SHERLOC Location Services. SHERLOC is a web-based service allowing customers to locate and track their goods in transit, field service or delivery fleets, and other mobile assets.
(PRWEB) June 2, 2005 -- GTES announces today that its new location service
offering SHERLOC is ready to begin pilot testing with select
customers.
SHERLOC is a web-based service that tracks the location of
specialized wireless devices produced by a number of manufacturers. The system
makes use of the latest advances in mapping services and wireless location, and
combines these technologies with an intelligent business-oriented application
that is simple to manage and yet scales to meet the needs of customers from SMB
to enterprise. The approach of being both device and wireless carrier agnostic
is unique in the industry. “In the research that we did prior to launching this
project we saw that most location services providers were dedicated to one type
of device and wireless network “ stated GTES President, Russ Allen. “GTES is
committed to supporting the most up to date wireless data services and location
enabled products, so as to enable agents and resellers to tailor a solution
specific to their client’s needs”. According to Frost and Sullivan Location
Services will be a 4-5 billion dollar industry by the year 2010, as outlined in
more detail on our website http://www.SHERLOCgps.com.
GTES believes that
technology has advanced to the point where location services have become a
cost-effective and powerful tool suitable for large and small businesses, even
when operating in dense urban environments where traditional location
technologies have been unreliable. “We see the ability to use a small
battery-powered pager-sized device will be an enormous boon to businesses who
need to efficiently manage their mobile assets or track their high-value
shipments”, said Gunnar Jonsson VP and General Manger.
With over 30
years of experience at providing carrier-grade solutions to the wireless
industry, GTES is able to offer our customers the support they will need to
integrate location-based intelligence into their business. GTES is working with
a several leading device and wireless partners to enable this new and exciting
business opportunity.
The latest generation of wireless location devices
employ a technology that allow them to operate with internal antennas, and they
don’t require a clear view of the sky to provide an accurate fix. “Thanks to the
E911 mandate by the federal government in the US, improvements in GPS based
location performance have been dramatic,” said Peter Carr, Vice President of
engineering for the company.
For more information on SHERLOC please
contact Brooks Marsden, VP of Sales, at 770 754 1666 or refer to our website at
http://www.SHERLOCgps.com.
About GTES
GTES Inc. is a
privately held company offering paging and wireless messaging infrastructure
sales, services and support to telecommunication carriers and other service
providers worldwide. GTES Inc. is an authorized licensee of the paging
infrastructure technology owned by Glenayre Electronics, Inc.
Leveraging
over thirty years of experience in the development and support of carrier grade
wireless solutions, GTES has just launched SHERLOC™, a hosted wireless location
service supporting multiple location and wireless linking technologies.
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