Polaris Wireless Proposes Low-Cost Location Service to Japanese Network Operators

September 29th, 2005
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Polaris Wireless, a privately held Silicon Valley company is marketing a unique location technology for mobile, wireless handsets. Polaris’s technology, Wireless Location Signatures (WLS), works best in dense urban environments and does not require any hardware investment. WLS meets the U.S. E911 public safety standard for mobile phones in the United States.

Since its founding in 1999, Polaris Wireless has operated from headquarters in Santa Clara, California. Its Chairman of the Board is Manlio Allegra, who also serves as President and Chief Executive Officer. The company owns seven patents for its location algorithms, and has filed for 17 other related patents.

On Sept. 29, the company conducted a roundtable presentation at Hotel New Otani in Tokyo, to explain its technology to Japanese business reporters and technical writers. Speakers included Thomas Wrapper, Senior Vice President of Marketing and General Manager for Asia; Akira Kawashima, Advisor of Japan Market Development and Dr. Joseph Ho, Director of
Research.