CPS AND SAMSUNG ANNOUNCED COMPLETION OF E-OTD ENHANCED SAFETY" HANDSET INTEGRATION FOR US MARKET

CPS (Cambridge Positioning Systems) today announced the successful completion of a major integration project with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd for E-OTD location enabled cellular phones for the US market.

CPS (PRWEB) July 11, 2002 -OTD location enabled cellular phones for the US market.

The announcement follows testing by both companies at CPSs world-leading integration facility in Cambridge, UK, and subsequent live network testing in the US. E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time Difference) technology requires only a software upgrade to the handset, providing manufacturers with a highly cost-effective location solution. US GSM operators and equipment vendors have already adopted E-OTD as the location standard.

The new handset will support the US Governments Federal Communications Commission requirement for E-911 location systems for emergency services and also future location-based applications as they become available on GSM networks. The launch aligns closely with FCC requirements for location-enabled handsets to be available to customers on GSM networks by Fall 2002.

"Integrating E-OTD software in our mobile phones, will enable us to offer our customers enhanced safety features. It will be the first location-enabled GSM phone in the US market," said Mr. Byung Duck Cho, Senior Vice President, Mobile Communications R&D Center, Samsung Electronics.

"Samsung is committed to bringing to market a series of industry firsts and more advanced features and we believe it does just that."

CPS Chief Executive Chris Wade said: This is a major step forward for the GSM industry. The availability of handsets from one of the worlds leading and most ambitious vendors marks a coming of age for E-OTD technology. The widespread availability of handsets will, in time, open up an exciting opportunity for location applications, whilst at the same time increasing the security and safety of wireless handset users."

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Cambridge Positioning Systems

Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited (CPS) develops and licenses its Cursorä E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time Difference) system to handset manufacturers and network equipment vendors. The company is working with, or has licensed its technology to Ericsson, Nortel Networks, Siemens and Lucent Technologies.

Cursorä delivers high accuracy mobile location technology for GSM networks, with even greater accuracy predicted on 3G networks. CPS has conducted successful trials of the Cursorä system in the UK, North America, Asia Pacific and Europe.

From October 2001 in the US, the Federal Communications Commission has mandated that all calls from mobile phones to emergency services be accompanied by highly accurate information about the location of a caller. This ruling known as E-911 will provide significant opportunities for CPS highly accurate location technology as E-OTD emerges as the preferred choice to fulfil the FCCs regulation.

For further information, contact

Colin Ashcroft               
Cambridge Positioning Systems      
Tel: +44 (0) 1223 326984
Mobile: +44 (0) 7769 740 296
E: colin.ashcroft@cursor-system.com

Michael T. Houghton
Communicreate
Tel: +1 (703) 799 7383
Mobile: + 1 (571) 331 7383
E: houghton@communicreate.com

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