Parthus’s NavStream Platform to Enable GPS Integration into Next Generation Mobile Phones and Automotive

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NEWS FLASH 2000 - 31 (Sept. 2000)
(Updated on Sept. 6th, 2000)

TECHNOLOGY

Parthus’s NavStream Platform to Enable GPS Integration into Next Generation Mobile Phones and Automotive

With the FCC recently mandating that by October 2001 all cellular carriers in the U.S. must be able to instantly locate cellular callers to emergency 9-1-1 services, wireless vendors are teaming their resources and expertise to meet the guidelines. To meet this end, Parthus Technologies plc, a developer of semiconductor IP, recently announced its alliance with ARM, a provider of embedded RISC microprocessor solutions.

Under the terms of the agreement, ARM will license Parthus’s NavStream™ Platform, which is capable of locating users within the five-meter and the five-second E911 guideline, to incorporate into its core technology. For instance, the ARM7TDMI® core-based NavStream technology is a complete <GPS> Platform incorporating radio, baseband, and software stacks for both mobile phones and automotive markets.

Features of NavStream

Delivers a high-level of location accuracy to any device, such as mobile phones, PDAs or GPS enabled vehicles, from anywhere in the world
Designed to be air interference independent
Functions to any wireless standard
Operates inside houses and moving vehicles, under heavy foliage, and in dense urban environments
Deigned for low cost, GPS implementation in handsets and automotive
Operates on both GSM and CDMA networks

In addition, ARM will sub-license the NavStream Platform to its global network of customers and partners, including mobile phones and semiconductor manufacturers.

For more information: www.parthus.com/news/press_releases/august_30_2000a.html

Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We welcome NavStream platform as an important enhancement to smart phones, and hopefully handhelds. Integration of GPS, radio and software is something we applaud.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology architectures.

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