- Founded: 1999
- Series A funding: 2001
- First Commercial Deployment: 2003
- Series B funding: 2004
Polaris Locations
- Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
- Regional Headquarters: Dubai, U.A.E., Bangalore, India, Tokyo, Japan, and Santiago, Chile
Products
- Emergency Call Services (E911 Phase II)
- Location-Based Services
- Network Optimization
- Autonomous Monitoring
- Lawful Location Surveillance
The Polaris Wireless Location Signatures products are based on the following components:
- The WLS Location Engine
- Autonomous Monitoring System — includes the Predicted Signature Database (PSD)
Patents
- 45 patents filed
- 18 approved, 7 granted for location algorithms
Target Market and Customers
- Wireless Operators, Law Enforcement Agencies & Application Providers worldwide
Current Customers
- 3 Tier 1 operators and 17 regional operators in the US
- UMTS operators in Asia
Investors
- Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Palisades Ventures
- ePlanet Ventures
Board of Directors
- Manlio Allegra, President and CEO, Co-Founder
- Josh Stein, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson
- Anders Richardson, Co-Founder, Managing Director, Palisades Ventures
- Jan Neels, former President, AirTouch International, Ltd.