CellPoint Secures More Telematics Business Subsidiary Unwire Signs Public Transportation Order for 1,300 GSM Servers
CellPoint Secures More Telematics Business Subsidiary Unwire Signs Public Transportation Order for 1,300 GSM Servers Stockholm February 7, 2001 CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT; www.cellpoint.com) subsidiary Unwire has received an order for delivery of a communication solution for passenger ticket handling in Western Sweden. The purchaser is AP Trans SA, a Belgian ticketing provider which runs the ticket handling machines for the Western Sweden public transportation company Västtrafik AB. The first order is for 1,300 GSM Servers, and these servers enable the ticket handling system to store traffic information automatically and to transfer it to the company's administration department at any time. "With Unwire's servers, we can store and transfer all traffic information from the ticket handling system in a much more efficient way and also make payment possible through mobile phones," said Göran Persson of AP Trans. "Another advantage is that the Unwire servers can be upgraded for location function and alarm systems." "This agreement follows the result of trials with 100 servers we have done since last spring," said Gunnar Fredlund, Operating Manager for the Västtrafik Gothenburg area. "Our experiences from the trial are good, and the servers have worked very well." "The order from AP Trans/Västtrafik is a major breakthrough for Unwire's GSM servers within the public transportation area," said Patrik Arreman, Sales Manager for Unwire's Retail and Services department. "The ticket handling system that AP Trans uses, (AES Prodata System from ERG Transit Systems), is one of the world's fifth or sixth largest systems in the ticketing business. In the future, we hope to establish a cooperation with all of them." The 1,300 terminals will be implemented in Västtrafik's passenger vehicles in the Gothenburg area such as commuter trains, , buses, trams and ferries. The installations are expected to be complete by the end of June 2001. The parties have agreed not to disclose the order value at this time. AP Trans SA (www.aptrans.com) develops and maintains software on vehicle embedded systems for public transport and has been the supplier for Västtrafik and ERG Transit System in Belgium (formerly AES Prodata) for several years. AP Trans is primarily an Integration Provider supporting Automatic Systems and ERG Transit Systems - two associate partners which are involved in very large supply and outsourcing of smart card and transport contracts, respectively, all over the world. Västtrafik (www.vasttrafik.se) is the second largest public transportation company in Sweden. 1999 revenue amounted to SEK 2.7 billion (about USD 281 million). The company is wholly-owned by the Västra Götaland area and the 49 municipalities of the Västra Götaland county. The number of trips in 1999 amounted to more than 127.7 million. Unwire AB (www.unwire.com) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CellPoint Inc. Unwire develops and manufactures wireless telemetry terminals, designs wireless applications and is considered to be a leading company in the world for innovative wireless telematics services. Unwire has four universal GSM server telemetry terminals, the UP 100, UP 200, GT-1 and GT- 3. Each can be used for measuring, control, communication and positioning. Unique software is written for each new application allowing for fast integration and deployment for vehicle related and non-vehicle related telemetry and tracking solutions. Unwire's programmable telemetry terminal servers are integrated with the CellPoint System Platform enabling a broad range of applications for wireless remote management and control. CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT, www.cellpoint.com) is a US company with subsidiary operations in Sweden, Great Britain and South Africa delivering location and wireless telemetry services in cooperation with cellular operators worldwide. CellPoint's end-to-end cellular location technology works in unmodified GSM networks and uses standard GSM or WAP phones and standard Internet services. Several commercial applications are available for business and personal location services including Resource Manager for mobile resource management, iMate for location-sensitive information and Finder , an application for locating friends and family. For further information, please contact: AP Trans Sweden: Göran Persson, Managing Director, phone + 46 (0)702-68 68 64 Västtrafik in Gothenburg: Gunnar Fredlund, Operating Manager, phone +46 (0)31-62 92 56, +46 (0)705-62 92 56 Unwire AB: David Ericksson, President, phone +46 (0)708-50 00 10 Patrik Arreman, Sales Manager, phone, +46 (0)708-50 00 20 www.unwire.com, info@unwire.com Unwire AB Solna Torg 13, 3rd floor, Box 1449 SE-171 28 SOLNA Phone: +46 (0)8-446 64 00, fax: +46 (0)8-446 64 10 CellPoint Inc. www.cellpoint.com, info@cellpoint.com Copyright © CellPoint Inc. 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/07/20010207BIT00410/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/02/07/20010207BIT00410/bit0002.pdf