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Seeker Wireless wins NZ contract |
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
Seeker Wireless, a location based service technology company, has announced that its SeekerZone solution has been deployed to power the new Local Zone product launched by Vodafone New
Zealand. Created expressly to support fixed mobile substitution strategies, SeekerZone allows operators such as Vodafone to motivate subscribers to continue using their mobile phones instead of a fixed line by setting innovative tariffs for subscribers around their "local zone". Unlike HomeZone solutions currently deployed in
Europe, the Seeker solution provides much smaller home zones, meaning mobile operators can reduce the revenue leakage caused when subscribers attempt calls some distance from their actual home. Results from recent operator trials and live deployments have shown that by locating mobiles more accurately, Seeker is able to greatly reduce the size of home zones by up to 45 times compared to existing Cell-ID based home zone systems. Seeker's technology has an accuracy rating of several hundred metres for built up urban areas and the use of smaller zones by Vodafone New Zealand and other mobile operators means that affordable home calling is now available on a standard mobile phone. Seeker's unique technology does not require operators to invest in new handsets or add-ons such as GPS. It can be deployed quickly as the solution is pre-loaded onto the SIM card and does not rely on the design and manufacture of new chipsets or devices, and works on both 2G and 3G networks.
www.seekerwireless.com |
