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Microsoft Selects Navizon for Geolocation
Miami, Fla. (March 2, 2010) – Navizon Inc.,
(formerly Mexens Technology) today announced that the company has signed a
licensing agreement with Microsoft Corp., under which Microsoft will use
Navizon’s global location database to provide an enhanced experience to its
mobile users.
"This agreement with Microsoft validates the power
of Navizon's crowd-sourcing technology," said Cyril Houri, founder and CEO of
Navizon, Inc. “We are excited to see Microsoft join our fast-growing list of
customers who have chosen Navizon for geo-positioning”.
Navizon, a software-only hybrid wireless
positioning system, helps users navigate in most major cities across the globe.
Navizon works by triangulating signals broadcasted from Wi-Fi access points and
cellular towers, and the company's software is now embedded in numerous
smartphone applications which are fast becoming essential tools for the modern
urban lifestyle. Navizon's diverse user community is spread across various
platforms and carriers. Through rapid expansion in numbers, the community of
users is able to constantly improve the precision and success rates of its
wireless geolocation system.
About Navizon, Inc. Founded in January 2005,
Navizon, Inc., (formerly Mexens Technology) is the maker of Navizon, the first
positioning system to combine GPS, Wi-Fi and Cellular signals for an optimal
geo-positioning experience. Navizon has a global community of more than 1
million registered users from all over world. Navizon’s community of users helps
build a dynamic database of Wi-Fi access points and GSM, CDMA and 3G towers.
Navizon is available on most mobile platforms such as Blackberry, iPhone,
Android, Windows Mobile, Symbian/S60 and Java phones. The Navizon positioning
engine is available to third parties through Navizon’s catalog of Enterprise
solutions. In July 2008, the US Patent Office recognized the innovative nature
of Navizon’s positioning technology by issuing a patent for its hybrid
positioning technology. The company is headquartered in Miami, FL. For more
information please visit www.navizon.com/ and to see how Navizon Wireless GPS
system works pleas see http://www.navizon.com/FullFeatures.asp
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CONTACT:
Navizon, Inc. 235 Lincoln Road - Suite 306
Miami Beach, FL 33139 USA
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