Skyhook en Unwired kondigen samenwerking aan om geïntegreerde locatiediensten te bieden
BOSTON– (BUSINESS WIRE) – Skyhook Wireless, Inc. (“Skyhook”), de pionier in de ontwikkeling van Wi-Fi-positioneringstechnologie, en Unwired Labs Pvt Ltd (“Unwired”), een toonaangevende leverancier van locatie-, mapping- en geocodering services, kondigen vandaag aan dat ze een strategische samenwerkingsovereenkomst zijn aangegaan. Krachtens de overeenkomst zal Unwired, met beperkte uitzonderingen, niet langer zijn eigen Wi-Fi-positioneringsdiensten verkopen of aanbieden. In plaats daarvan wordt Unwired een wederverkoper en samenwerkingspartner om toekomstige klanten toegang te bieden tot Skyhook’s beste Wi-Fi-positioneringsdiensten via het Unwired LocationAPI-platform. Bovendien zullen Skyhook en Unwired samenwerken om gezamenlijke aanbiedingen en mogelijkheden te ontwikkelen om te voldoen aan de behoeften van de klant aan nauwkeurige positionering naast hoogwaardige kaarten en geocodering.
Skyhook and Unwired Announce Cooperation to Provide Integrated Location Services
BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Skyhook Wireless, Inc. (“Skyhook”), the pioneer in the development of Wi-Fi positioning technology, and Unwired Labs Pvt Ltd (“Unwired”), a leading provider of location, mapping and geocoding services, today are announcing that they have entered into a Strategic Collaboration Agreement. Pursuant to the Agreement, Unwired, with limited exceptions, will no longer sell or offer its own Wi-Fi positioning services. Instead, Unwired will become a reseller and collaborative partner to provide future customers with access to Skyhook’s best-in-class Wi-Fi positioning services through the Unwired LocationAPI platform. In addition, Skyhook and Unwired will work together to develop joint offerings and opportunities to address customer needs for precise positioning alongside high quality mapping and geocoding.
“We are excited to work with Unwired to serve as their Wi-Fi positioning partner,” said Craig Waggy, CEO of Skyhook. “Our collaboration will allow future Unwired customers access to Skyhook’s positioning service, powered by a reference database of the geolocations of over 5 billion access points while also growing Skyhook’s partner portfolio in the quest to provide a highly integrated suite of precision location services that include mapping and geocoding.”
Gopi Aravind, CEO of Unwired stated: “With this collaboration, Unwired can now offer our customers a best-of-breed location services platform, incorporating our proprietary mapping, cell tower location and geocoding services with Skyhook’s high-accuracy Wi-Fi positioning solution. We look forward to working with Skyhook to offer this integrated solution to our customers and ultimately to making this a successful collaboration in the years to come.”
About Skyhook:
Skyhook is the worldwide independent leader in location technology, operating the world’s largest independent location network, consisting of 5.1 billion geolocated Wi-Fi hotspots, 200 million cell towers, and 20 million actionable venues. Skyhook processes tens of billions of location transactions, serving devices, apps, wearables, brands and advertising platforms with precise and accurate location data and intelligence. Skyhook, through its parent company Skyhook Holding, Inc., operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Broadband Corporation. To learn more visit www.skyhook.com.
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