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Friday, 02 March 2007 |
Thousands of workers across the country might not know where to find Gearworks, an Eagan, Minn., company that makes software for cellular phones. But Gearworks knows where to find them.
It also might know where they're going next, and what they'll be doing when they get there.
Welcome to the age of cell phone tracking, corporate style. Just as cell phone companies allow parents to track their children via the child's phone, Gearworks offers companies the ability to locate and track employees who make deliveries or travel.
The Gearworks "eTrace" employee-tracking service is marketed to corporate customers through Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel on phones costing as little as $30 each. Cell phone companies are pushing data services such as eTrace because revenue growth from standard calls has slowed.
The Gearworks eTrace service can keep tabs on workers because nearly all new cell phones contain Global Positioning System chips or other locator mechanisms that measure a phone's distance from cell phone relay towers, said Todd Krautkremer, Gearworks CEO. The system also stores workers' schedules.
Select Comfort Corp. of Plymouth, Minn., uses the Sprint version of the Gearworks eTrace service to keep track of workers who deliver and set up its "Sleep Number" beds for customers in 48 states. |
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007 |
Three major domestic telecom companies were found to have illegally operated cell phone tracking services.
The Ministry of Information and Communication submitted a report on the current state of mobile operators’ tracking services to Grand National Party lawmaker Kim Tae-hwan on the Science, Technology, Information and Communication Committee in the National Assembly. The findings showed that mobile carriers violated a law to notify the person being located by the system. |
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Tuesday, 06 February 2007 |
Satelinx enters final testing stage of GPS/Satellite phone tracking system.
"GPS/GSM tracking systems, while being extremely effective, are limited to GSM coverage. Our new system which is slated to go into production by late spring would enable locating personal assets worldwide, using satellite phone technology, therefore removing any boundaries previously held by GSM coverage. While the retail price has yet to be determined, Satelinx feels that the cost involved will be outweighed by the ability to track any asset woldwide," stated Sam Grinfeld, Chairman of the Board of Satelinx. |
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