We enable fast location-based services. Anytime. Anywhere. Even Indoors!

Our GPStream™ framework of GPS acceleration solutions uniquely reduce GPS wake-up times to mere seconds while improving GPS signal lock in challenging indoor and urban environments. Our new XYBRID™ multi-mode positioning engine uniquely combines Cell-ID, WiFi signals with GPS ephemeris and coarse position aiding to yield fast and ubiquitous positioning for virtually any device.
We license our GPStream and XYBRID solutions to location service providers, semiconductor vendors and mobile device manufacturers to help them deliver a Click’n Go!™ mobile location user experience on any mobile device.

PervCom Consulting Private Limited is focused on developing devices and system solutions for remote tracking, monitoring and management of objects, human beings and environment using Active RFID tags / sensors and actuators with wireless mesh networking technologies. These industry standard products are backed by PervCom’s pioneering research in the area of pervasive computing and communication systems involving wireless and mobile technologies to overcome the short comings of Passive RFID and WiFi based tracking and sensing solutions.

PervTrack – Real Time Locating System (RTLS) & PervTrack – Real Time Sensing System (RTSS) comprise of a unique set of tracking and sensing devices integrated with a core software engine for tracking, monitoring and management application suites. These solutions offer “Anytime Anywhere” visibility and control over enterprise objects and environment on a unified platform – using Active RFID devices, sensors and actuators integrated with IEEE 802.15.4 based Wireless Mesh Networks.

PervTrack – Real Time Locating System (RTLS) and PervTrack – Real Time Sensing System (RTSS) solutions are rapidly-deployable, accurate, reliable, easy-to-use and zero-configurable. These solutions offer measurable ROI in terms of enhanced productivity, better customer care and increased workforce safety.

PRWEB: Vancouver, B.C. (PRWEB) September 21, 2009 -- Rx Networks, Inc., a leading mobile location technology company, today announced its new XYBRID™ multi-mode positioning engine. XYBRID™ uniquely combines Cell-ID, WiFi signals with Assisted GPS ephemeris and coarse position aiding to yield fast and ubiquitous positioning for virtually any device.

"As a low-overhead, operator independent Assisted-GPS solution, XYBRID RT™, the first and real-time version of the solution, is optimized for service providers and device manufacturers - such as asset tracking companies - in need of fast global positioning, and for whom the lack of Assisted-GPS roaming or cost variances make it impractical to consider implementations across multiple operators", said Guylain Roy-MacHabee CEO of Rx Networks. "Also, in contrast with other GPS aiding solutions that can potentially expose user identity XYBRID RT™ contains no user identification mechanism and ensures security and privacy for applications that need it, such as tracking high value cargo."

"XYBRID RT™ is a perfect fit for Fastrax offerings and more importantly, for our customers. There is a continuous need to improve fix availability and TTFF in "impossible" environments in almost every asset tracking application. With our XYBRID RT™ based offering we serve our tracking customers as well as our GPS module customers even better than before and we expect this extended service to be greatly appreciated", said Fredrik Borgstrom, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Fastrax.

Rx Networks supports flexible business models and XYBRID RT™ can be licensed on a usage or a lifetime subscription basis. Rx Networks provides a XYBRID RT™ mobile client compatible with most mobile operating systems and most GPS chipsets. XYBRID RT™ will be available for commercial use in December 2009.

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Westico Technologies focuses on development of solutions providing total visibility of assets, people, sensors and other devices within one system. We specialize in systems RTLS (Real-Time Locating System) for asset and people tracking, systems for efficient Wi-Fi sensor based data collection and tracking of assets using RFID tags. The company was founded in 2007.

US PR Wire: [USPRwire, Thu Sep 10 2009] PINC Solutions, the leader in cost-effective real-time asset visibility technology, announced today that Transfreight has implemented PINC Solutions’ Yard Hound at its Toyota-dedicated crossdocking facility and the adjacent manufacturing plant located in Woodstock, Ontario. Yard Hound added automated real-time visibility for asset tracking to an existing yard management and shunt control solution.

PINC’s innovative real-time location system utilizes passive RFID and other wireless and sensor technologies to locate and track the positions of assets in the yard in real time, ensuring the visibility information for the yard is always up-to-date.

“We are pleased to enable Transfreight to monitor and track their yard assets in real-time utilizing our patented RTLS technology,” said Aleks Gollu, CEO of PINC Solutions. “As a well-recognized expert in the Toyota Production System (TPS), Erlanger, Kentucky-based Transfreight engineers lean supply chains for top manufacturers across North America. Our system helps further streamline the yard operation by providing real-time, accurate information about all activities associated with the assets while in the yard.”

With PINC’s Yard Hound, users have access to the yard information remotely anytime through secure web portals. Electronic records, automated alerts and notifications, and customized reports about our customer’s assets are also available. PINC’s customers realize many benefits from the system such as:

• Increased yard operation efficiency

• Improved yard truck and driver productivity and retention

• Reduced manual yard checks

• Increased yard velocity and throughput

• Improved equipment utilization

• Reduced late, demurrage and detention fees

• Enhanced customer and vendor services

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FOX Business: LAKE FOREST, Calif., Sep 08, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----GETAC Inc., a leading innovator and manufacturer of rugged computers that meet the demands of field-based applications, is adding to its extensive line of rugged mobile computing solutions with its introduction of the PS236 -- most portable handheld device with GPS, WWAN communication, and WiFi with Bluetooth capabilities, on the market. Offering a variety of features including a built-in 3 megapixel auto-focus camera, altimeter, E-compass, extended battery life, real-time voice and data communications*, and up to 12 Gigabytes of storage**, the Getac PS236 portable GPS PDA could very well be the only companion field professionals will need, even in the most extreme environments.

For field-based personnel, real-time communications in all forms is the most critical aspect of their job and the Getac PS236 provides it all in one handheld device. The built-in GPS gives exact location coordinates to within 5 meters and its built-in camera allows users to capture critical data and transmit with description tags specifying details of the photos. Using Getac's proprietary Geo-Tagging application, users can quickly tag a variety of geographic information including GPS, E-Compass, and Altimeter, into the JPEG file.

"The Getac PS236 offers users fast, reliable, and consistently accurate real-time communications solutions which are critical to anyone working in the field," said Jim Rimay, president, Getac. "Our customers work in some of the most extreme environments and need a communications tool that can handle severe climate changes and perform flawlessly. By extending the battery life and increasing the storage capacity in the PS236, our customers can spend more time in the field and increase overall productivity anywhere in the world," Mr. Rimay added.

In addition to its GPS system, the product's built-in altimeter and E-compass provide advanced accurate positioning features such as latitude and longitude, and altitude, as well as the ability to provide directional relations between the targeted subject and the user's position. The PS236 also features comprehensive wireless connectivity options, including HSDPA wireless WAN communication, integrated Bluetooth V2.0 and WLAN b/g WiFi. Users can connect the PS236 to a GIS server and instantly transmit or process data in the field using its built-in real-time voice function or a Getac Bluetooth modem.

The PS236 handheld PDA is perfectly suited for GIS surveying applications across different sectors including utilities, oil and gas, forest patrol, and surveying and mapping of geology and mineral resources. The built-in camera enables instant visual data capture on-site. The high resolution, 3.5" VGA touch screen display with sunlight readability and Transflective Panel technology dramatically enhances the viewing quality of graphic-intensive files and detailed maps in bright sunlight or snowy conditions.

*Combined 4GB built-in memory and up to 8GB SDHC memory card

The Getac PS236 features Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. Measuring a mere 7.0 x 3.5 x 1.5-inches, the PS236 can operate at full capacity for up to 10-hours on a fully-charged battery. The unit is MIL-STD 810G compliant and IP67 rated for dust and water resistance. The Getac PS236 makes it easy to transfer data and does not require the need to learn the system.

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Amazon (Murtuza Attarwala): Would recommend this book to anyone who is actively working with Location Based Services, or is planning on working with Location Based Services. The initial sections of the book gives comprehensive use cases, where location based services are/can be used. The author then goes into the details of different technologies that are out there in the market that can be used to implement these services. For each technology, the author first describes the technology and then discusses the pros/cons of using that technology to implement the solution. These gives a very good idea, of what technology should be used from the cost/technical perspective for a particular solution. For e.g. what is the expected responsiveness of RTLS for your particular solution, what is the accuracy that you desire, is it room-level or is zone-level good enough, how big a tag is acceptable for your solution, what is the expected battery life of the tag. This book is a must read for anyone interested in Location based services.

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The use of GPS for indoor positioning poses difficult challenges due to very weak signal levels, and accuracies are typically of the order of tens to hundreds of metres at best. To overcome this severe limitation Locata Corporation has invented a new positioning technology called Locata, for precision positioning both indoors and outside.

Part of the “Locata technology” consists of a time-synchronised pseudolite transceiver called a LocataLite. A network of LocataLites forms a LocataNet, which transmits GPS-like signals that allow single-point positioning using carrier-phase measurements for a mobile device (a Locata). The SNAP group at UNSW has assisted in the development of a Locata and testing of the new technology. In this paper the prototype “Locata technology” is described, and the results of indoor positioning performance test experiments are presented. The experiments demonstrate proof-of-concept for the “Locata technology” and show that carrier-phase point positioning (without radio modem data-links) is possible with sub-centimetre precision.

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REUTERS: ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Intelligent Global Pooling Systems(iGPS Company LLC), operator of the world's first all-plastic pallet rental service with embedded RFID (radio frequency identification) tags, is pleased to announce that their long-standing logistics provider, Ryder System, Inc., has been named the top logistics provider in the U.S.

Inbound Logistics readers from across the U.S. nominated and rated over 400 of their favorite third-party logistics providers based on superior service, low cost, and innovation in supplying business solutions. Ryder's unmatched capabilities in these areas put the company in the spotlight for this prestigious recognition.

"It is critically important to have a third-party logistics provider that you can count on," said Bob Moore, Chief Executive Officer of iGPS. "Ryder's consistent and reliable logistics and transportation solutions continually exceed our service expectations. Our long-term relationship has helped iGPS achieve the most advanced and efficient logistics operations in pallet rental services."

"Ryder is pleased to develop and manage a complete solution for iGPS that includes reverse logistics and transportation and inventory management to support the movement of up to 175 million, RFID-enabled plastic pallets annually," said John Williford, President of Supply Chain Solutions for Ryder. "We applaud iGPS for their innovation in revolutionizing the way unitized loads are being shipped throughout the U.S. and look forward to supporting their future growth and success."

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The Journal of Commerce: DENVER — Aug 31, 2009 — Fluensee , a leading provider of RFID-enabled asset management and supply chain solutions, announced today that Penske Logistics has selected Fluensee's Yard solution to provide real-time visibility and management of its trailers and yard assets.

Initially, Penske will implement the Fluensee Yard™ solution with a combination of passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) technologies at its Garland, Texas facility. The combination of RFID and GPS will provide Penske with real-time updates about the location, status and condition of company trucks and trailers.

Yard management solutions help reduce inbound and outbound trailer bottlenecks and allow companies to build effective yard plans, enhance their operating procedures and streamline their operations. Not all of them, however, can process the wide array of advanced automatic identification technologies available today. Fluensee Yard combines RFID and GPS technologies with advanced business rules and processes to automate workflow and events across yard operations. Fluensee Yard uses these automatic identification technologies to capture trailer information and automate the process of identifying and locating equipment within the yard and providing an on-demand, real-time inventory of all yard assets.

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