Unwire Signs $12 Million Contract in Thailand

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Unwire Signs $12 Million Contract in Thailand Stockholm September 27, 2000 - CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT; www.cellpt.com) subsidiary Unwire has signed a $12 million contract with Car Tracking Company Ltd. in Thailand to deliver its GSM terminals for GSM and GPS positioning. The programmable GSM terminals, no bigger than an ordinary mobile phone, will be used for vehicle fleet management in Thailand. The terminals are programmed especially for the client's needs and utilize CellPoint's location technology coupled with Unwire's terminal servers. "Unwire's specific solution and the flexibility to design other custom solutions within the telematics area gives us the opportunity to offer our Thai customers safe and efficient management of single vehicles and vehicle fleets," said Attavit Ektanitphong, President of Car Tracking Company Ltd. Car Tracking Company Ltd., formed to be a location service provider in Thailand, has already tested the integrated CellPoint and Unwire technology and services and will begin implementation immediately. "This order shows the variety of applications and services that can be developed with the Unwire GSM server telemetry terminals," said Michael Wallón, Vice President of Unwire. "At the same time, the order means a big step towards a brand new market. The terminal servers can be utilized to manage almost anything, so this is yet another good example of the wide field of applications the Unwire products can be used for." 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. CellPoint Inc. (Nasdaq: CLPT, www.cellpt.com) is a US company with subsidiary operations in Sweden, Great Britain and South Africa delivering location and wireless telematics 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. Unwire's GSM terminals are also integrated with CellPoint's Mobile Location Services platform. Several commercial applications are available for business and personal location services including Resource Manager@ for mobile resource management and Finder@, an application for locating friends and family. For further information, please contact: Unwire AB: Michael Wallón +46 8 446 64 05 alt. +46 708 50 00 05 CellPoint Inc.: Peter Henricsson +46 70 755-9820 alt. +44 1344 624 565 Media Contact: Lynn Duplessis +44 1344 624 565 Car Tracking Co Ltd: Attavit Ektanitphong +66 22 713 1333 Press releases from CellPoint and Unwire can be viewed at http://www.cellpt.com/v2/newsreleases2.htm CellPoint, Finder@ and Resource Manager@ are trademarks of CellPoint Inc. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ from those described. 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/2000/09/27/20000927BIT00350/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/09/27/20000927BIT00350/bit0002.pdf