AU-System launches Positioning Engine

2/19/2002 6:00 AM EST

- a new solution for development of location-based services

3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France - 19 February 2002 - AU-System,
which is part of the Teleca group, is today launching a new solution for
location-based services, the AU-System Positioning Engine. The aim is to
be able to offer a solution that makes developing and supplying
positioning services for operators, service developers and content
providers considerably easier. The Positioning Engine solves many of the
integration problems that currently exist between positioning technology
and content, for example, between operators' billing and security
systems and content providers' services.

"Positioning services have been pointed out as the next big area of
expansion in the mobile data market," comments Göran Lawesson, segment
manager at AU-System. "The Positioning Engine bridges the gap between
technology and content and makes it easier to develop new services,
thereby speeding up the creation of a much wider range of services than
exists today."

In practice the AU-System Positioning Engine is located on the
operator's premises. An open interface means that service developers can
use positioning data or ready-made location-based content to create new
services. By means of the so-called Content Broker, participating
content providers can sell their content to participating service
developers. A specially adapted technical interface enables the
Positioning Engine to work with position-determining equipment from
several different suppliers at the same time.

AU-System is presenting several of its own location-based services based
on the Positioning Engine in its stand (E70) during the 3GSM World
Congress on 19-22 February in Cannes, France. The services include
Nearby Me, which enables users to receive offers from nearby
restaurants, shops and similar services, and Find My Friend, which
enables users to locate friends and other users who are also connected
to the service.

Media contact:
Göran Lawesson
Segment Manager
AU-System AB
Tel. +46-705165693 (070-516 56 93)

About AU-System
AU-System - part of the Teleca group - is a leading supplier of
consulting solutions based on emerging IT and telecommunications
technology. The company also provides integrated marketing
communications services through its subsidiary SandbergTrygg. AU-System
was founded in 1974 and employs about 1,000 people located in Sweden,
United Kingdom, Italy, United States, Thailand and Singapore. For more
information please visit www.ausystem.com.

About Teleca
Teleca is one of Europe's leading high-end consulting groups focused on
new technology and R&D. The group's business concept is to strengthen
its customers' market positions and times to market. This is achieved by
providing professional teams with specialist technical expertise,
working in partnership with development-intensive companies worldwide.
The group has more than 2,200 employees in 13 countries, with a strong
presence in the Nordic region, UK and France. Teleca is quoted on the
Attract40 list of Stockholmsbörsen (Stockholm stock exchange). For more
information please visit www.teleca.com.

Technical facts about the AU-System Positioning Engine

Functionality
· Positioning Engine works with all existing positioning
technologies
· Positioning Engine's open XML-based interface means it can be
integrated with any content or service provider
· Positioning Engine can be integrated with an operator's
existing systems for billing, security, subscriber information, and so
on
· Positioning Engine is independent of network equipment or
technology
· Positioning Engine supports all types of transmission
technology, such as SMS, WAP and web

Components
· Administration centre - contains all administrative functions,
for example, concerning content or service providers
· Alarm manager - manages alarm information and relays it to the
customer's central alarm system
· Authenticator - ensures that only authorised content or service
providers can use the operator's positioning services
· Billing engine - creates billing information based on different
billing methods
· Content broker - makes it easy to provide and use content from
various suppliers
· Geocoder - enables service providers to receive positioning
data that includes more than just geographical coordinates, for example,
regional information and interesting sights
· Log manager - creates logs to enable tracking
· Privacy manager - enables users to decide when and to whom
their positions are allowed to be known
· Rendering engine - adapts content to different terminals and
display sizes
· Statistics manager - generates statistics for all components of
the system
· Technology broker - makes it possible to use several different
positioning technologies simultaneously and choose the right technology
to suit each individual user's equipment