Joint News Release of Comneon and Global Locate
Comneon and Global Locate Announce Availability of a complete Assisted-GPS Hardware/Software system solution for 3G mobile phones
Munich / San Jose, California – December 5, 2006 – Privately held Global Locate Inc., a leader in Assisted-GPS products and services and Comneon, a leading supplier of protocol stack software for mobile communications, today announced the availability of protocol software stacks incorporating software support for Infineon Technologies’ Hammerhead chip, the world’s first single die CMOS GPS receiver. The Comneon software solution enables handset manufacturers to introduce handsets compatible with RRLP (Radio Resource Location Protocol), RRC (Radio Resource Control), and SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) standards for Assisted GPS (A-GPS) without any additional software development. The solution set provides comprehensive coverage of all modes of GPS operation for both E911 and LBS (location based services) applications.

A-GPS overcomes the limitations of traditional GPS services. Standard GPS receivers must download data from GPS satellites. This often takes several minutes for a conventional GPS receiver to download the required data from the satellites before computing its own location. With A-GPS, the same data can be relayed via an A-GPS server within a matter of seconds. This dramatically improves the performance of the GPS receiver in the mobile phone.

“GPS applications and services are becoming more attractive to handset manufacturers and mobile operators. One important enabler of this trend is the availability of devices that not only meet the handset designers’ size and power requirements - but are also able to pass strict regulatory stipulations such as the US E911 mandate and the Japanese mandate which specify the range of the positioning of mobile phones sending emergency calls. In this respect the combined Hardware/Software offering from Comneon and Global Locate is a step in the right direction,” said Patrick Connolly, GPS Analyst at IMS Research.

Dr. Christian Mucke, Managing Director of Comneon noted, “Incorporating our leading edge A-GPS software into our 2G/3G protocol stack and pre-integrating it with the Infineon Hammerhead GPS IC significantly lowers design efforts and therefore offers a cost advantage for our customers. The solution is applicable to both control plane and user plane protocols in our GPRS/EDGE and UMTS protocol offerings.”  

“The Comneon stack has completed intensive Inter Operability Testing against A-GPS core network elements such as SMLC (Serving Mobile Location Centre) and SLP (SUPL Location Platform) with major manufacturers” noted Javier De Salas, Global Locate VP of Marketing and Business Development. “This is a significant time-to-market advantage. Handset manufacturers now save the effort and expense of designing and qualifying protocol software from the ground up.”

About the Hammerhead Chip

Hammerhead is the world’s first single die CMOS GPS receiver. A product of the continuing partnership between Global Locate and Infineon Technologies, Hammerhead supports mobile station-assisted (MS-A), mobile station-based (MS-B), autonomous and enhanced tracking modes. Hammerhead provides the industry’s highest sensitivity for deep indoor signal tracking, full support for assisted and autonomous modes, and highly accurate navigation in the toughest signal environments.  Hammerhead’s unique host-based software architecture minimizes device size and cost and allows protocol messaging to be incorporated directly into the GPS navigation software. Additional information is available on the following URL http://www.infineon.com/gps

About Global Locate, Inc.

Global Locate, Inc. is a privately held company that provides Assisted-GPS (A-GPS) products and services for wireless devices and networks. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, the company has sales offices in the New York metropolitan area, Tokyo, Taipei and Madrid. Global Locate’s A-GPS product suite includes the World Wide Reference Network (WWRNTM), A-GPS Server and integrated Global Locate® IndoorGPS® chipset. For more information see http://www.globallocate.com

About Comneon

Comneon is a leading supplier of protocol stack software for mobile communications. Comneon licenses its software to a wide range of customers, including large and small semiconductor companies, established network operators, and some of the leading mobile terminal manufacturers. As a fully owned subsidiary of Infineon Technologies AG, Comneon also provides software for Infineon's mobile phone platforms.

Further information is available at http://www.infineon.com

This news release is available online at http://www.infineon.com/news/

Contact at Global Locate, Inc.:
John Romano, Director of Marketing Communications
Tel.: +1 (408) 371-0580 x235
jromano@globallocate.com
About Infineon

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions addressing three central challenges to modern society including energy efficiency, mobility and connectivity, and safety and security.  In fiscal year 2006 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 4.1 billion with approximately 30,000 employees worldwide.  With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore, and in Japan from Tokyo.  Infineon is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at http://www.infineon.com
 
 
 
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