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Idevio selected for Telenor Playground

Idevio AB

2009-02-13 11:39

Gothenburg, Sweden, February 13, 2009. The Swedish software company Idevio announces today that the company has been selected as partner at Telenor Playground. Idevio's mobile map service Locago will be showcased at the Playground portal.

Locago, the mobile map application owned and developed by Idevio, is now presented at Telenor Playground.

Telenor Playground is a Telenor Group initiative, created to present innovative and relevant solutions internally to the world wide operators in the Telenor Group. The mission of Telenor Playground is to be a live community where the Telenor operators can stay up to date with the latest telco-relevant solutions.

"Idevio was selected as a Playground partner as they, through their mobile LBS application Locago, demonstrate several usage areas for maps in mobile services", says Simen Wolneberg at Telenor Playground.

Locago is a new mobile map browser with directions and gps support. With Locago you use the mobile map to browse business listings and traffic info, geotagged articles and images, weather forecasts, touristic webcams and other content layers. Locago has an open api for third party content and enables all users to create new layers of content.

"We are very proud to present Locago to the Telenor operators through the Playground portal. The usage of Locago has exceeded our expectations. By participating in Playground's professional forum we want to encourage further development of the service, " says Jonas Lindén, CSO Idevio AB.

Telenor Playground is created by Telenor as a meeting place for developers, established mobile service suppliers and the Telenor operational companies. Playground offers established mobile service suppliers and developers a simple way to showcase mobile services, which can be shared and promoted within the Telenor Group. For more information about Playground visit http://playground.telenor.com

The Telenor Group is an international provider of high quality tele-, data- and media communication services with mobile operations in 12 markets across the Nordic region, Central and Eastern Europe and in Asia. Headquartered in Norway, the Telenor Group is among the largest mobile operators in the world with over 160 million mobile subscriptions, revenues in 2008 of NOK 111 billion (including Kyivstar), and a workforce of almost 40.000. Read more about Telenor at www.telenorgroup.com

Idevio delivers mapping, geocoding and routing software based on RaveGeo - the award-winning compression and streaming technology. Tools from Idevio empower defense, mobile and internet applications on everything from workstations to handheld devices. Locago is a new mobile service that places content on the map, owned and developed by Idevio.

For more information visit www.idevio.com, www.locago.com

Contact person: Jonas Lindén, CSO, Idevio AB

Phone: +46 31 779 09 60, Email: jonas.linden@idevio.com

 



 

 

 

Kategorisering

Ämnen:
Datorer, datateknik, programvaror,
Telekommunikation, mobiltelefoni, WAP,
Webbmedia,
Webbtjänster
Regioner:
Göteborg,
Stockholm,
Uppsala,
Utanför Sverige,
Västra Götaland
Tags:
mobile,
mobila tjänster,
maps,
gps,
kartor,
mobile map,
platform,
telenor,
lbs,
content,
api