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 clients 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 dont 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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