Wavecom and Celevoke Team for Stolen-Vehicle Recovery, Reduced Insurance Rates
17 Februar 2009 - 6:49PM
PR Newswire (US)
Anti-theft Tracking System to use Wavecom Q2687 Wireless CPU(R) and
Open AT(R) Software Suite to help locate missing equipment
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Wavecom and
Celevoke today announce the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding outlining plans to work together in the development
and marketing of Celevoke automotive and motorbike tracking
products using the Wavecom Q2687 Wireless CPU(R) and related
services. The Celevoke Anti-theft Tracking System is initially
targeted to the Brazil and USA markets, with the ultimate objective
of expansion into other South and North American markets. Celevoke
is developing its proprietary next-generation anti-theft tracking
system using Wavecom Open AT(R) Software Suite to embed their
application directly on the device - cutting both development time
and bill of materials. Custom offerings of the advanced system are
focused on the dynamic power sports (motorcycles, quads, wave
runners, snow mobiles etc) and recreational vehicles markets.
Already top insurance companies have agreed to offer their
customers significant discounts for employing the system. "In order
to succeed with this project, we knew we needed the most robust,
automotive-grade, cost-effective cellular radio solution
available," said Celevoke CEO Chuck Allen. "That's why we chose
Wavecom's Q2687. It allows us to save on component costs and get to
market that much faster - to our benefit and that of our
customers." "Wavecom is delighted with being chosen by Celevoke to
work on and enable this dynamic solution," said Anders Franzen,
President of Wavecom Inc. "Celevoke knows anti-theft tracking and
stolen vehicle recovery, and we're proud to help keep insurance
costs in check for business and consumers, especially in today's
difficult economic environment." The new Wavecom-based Celevoke
system is expected to reach the market in Brazil and the U.S. in
the second quarter of this year. About Celevoke Celevoke is poised
to become a market leader in the projected $38.3 billion (by 2011)
global market for Telematics (according to ABI Research), which is
the integrated use of telecommunications and informatics. More
specifically, it is the science of sending, receiving and storing
information wirelessly via telecommunication devices. Celevoke has
integrated Telematics and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) with
sensing technology. This proprietary suite of hardware and software
products enables users to remotely monitor, track, control and
protect a wide variety of asset classes. Examples include people,
automobiles and trucks, shipping containers and covert vehicles
used for law enforcement and intelligence gathering in a global
marketplace. Celevoke is 60% owned by Current Technology
(OTCBB:CRTCF). Wavecom - the wireless M2M experts Wavecom is a
leading provider of embedded wireless technology for M2M
(machine-to-machine) communication. We provide a range of GSM/GPRS,
CDMA, EDGE and 3G Wireless CPUs; programmable processors which also
act as wireless modules or wireless modems. These are backed by a C
and Lua-based cellular wireless software suite which includes a
real-time operating system (RTOS), a software development
environment based on Eclipse(TM), and several Plug-Ins (GPS,
TCP/IP, security, Bluetooth(TM), Lua script and more). We also
offer a wide range of professional and operated services. Our
solutions are used for automotive telematics, smart metering, fleet
management, GSM/GPS/satellite tracking, wireless alarms, wireless
POS (point of sales), WLL (fixed voice), remote monitoring and many
other M2M applications. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in
Issy-les-Moulineaux (France) near Paris, Wavecom has subsidiaries
in Hong Kong (PRC), Research Triangle Park, NC (USA), Farnborough
(UK), Munich (Germany) and Sao Paolo (Brazil). Wavecom is publicly
traded on Euronext Paris (Eurolist) in France and on the NASDAQ
exchange in the U.S. DATASOURCE: Current Technology Corporation
CONTACT: Corporate, Robert Kramer of Current Technology
Corporation, 1-800-661-4247; or Investor Relations, Richard Hannon
of Polestar Communications, 1-866-858-4100; or Keith Fetter, or
Darren Bankston, both of Piedmont IR, LLC, +1-678-455-3696, all for
Current Technology Corporation
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