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Key Dates

  • Founded: 1999
  • Series A funding: 2001
  • First Commercial Deployment: 2003
  • Series B funding: 2004

Polaris Locations

  • Headquarters: Santa Clara, CA
  • Offices: Seattle, WA; Philadelhia, PA
  • International Offices: Multiple locations around the world

Products

  • Emergency Call Services (E911 Phase II)
  • Location-Based Services
  • Network Optimization
  • Autonomous Monitoring
  • Lawful Interception

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.
 

LATEST NEWS

Polaris Wireless Wins Multi-Million Dollar International Contract For End-To-End High-Accuracy Location Solution

Polaris Expands International Footprint As Both the Location Solution Provider and the Lead Systems Integrator

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New Trial Data Demonstrates Polaris Wireless Leads Industry with Accurate Location For Challenging Indoor and Dense Urban Environments

Next Generation Solution Supports All Major Cellular Air Interfaces including 4G LTE

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Polaris Wireless Integrates Wi-Fi into Hybrid Solution Using Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) Standards

Best-in-class Hybrid solution leads to higher location accuracy

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UPCOMING EVENTS

RCA 18th Annual Convention & Exhibition

Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV

April 27th to April 30th 2010

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International CTIA Wireless 2010

Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, Nevada

March 23rd to March 25th 2010

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