Press Coverage
Polaris Wireless Nabs $10M as DFJ Exits
May 07, 2013
Polaris Wireless Inc. has raised $10 million in a Series C round to buy out one of its earliest investors and expand its location business overseas.
Polaris Wireless has raised $10 million in Series C funding to pay back its very first investor, Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
Apr 26, 2013
DFJ invested an undisclosed amount of money in the Mountain View-based company in July 2001. DFJ cashed out its investment this year by giving Polaris back its original equity and giving up its seat on the Board of Directors.
Indoor Location Technology Heats Up: Polaris Offers Universal Location Platform
Apr 18, 2013
Yesterday, Polaris Wireless announced an agreement with Globe Telecom in the Philippines to enhance the telecommunications company's LBS services.
Filipino Operator Globe to Deploy Polaris Wireless Location Platform
Apr 17, 2013
Polaris Wireless today announced to have won a contract with Fiilipino wireless operator Globe Telecom.
Location Nation
Feb 20, 2013
In just a few short years, LBS has changed the way the world thinks about and interacts with place
2013 Will See Significant Developments in High-Accuracy Wireless Location
Feb 20, 2013
In 2012, there was a strong shift in demand for high-accuracy wireless location, given the proliferation of smartphones and indoor coverage using distributed antenna systems (DAS), metro cells, femtocells, and other indoor-centric technologies.
Choosing Among High-Accuracy Location Solutions
Jan 17, 2013
Introducing Positioning Statements, a new opinion blog authored by Manlio Allegra, CEO and Co-Founder of Polaris Wireless, the leading provider of high-accuracy, software-based, wireless location solutions. Mr. Allegra will be writing about new developments in technology and applications related to location-based services for consumers, enterprises, and government agencies.
FCC tests if 911 cell-phone calls can be traced indoors
Nov 30, 2012
As telephones have become untethered and phone numbers are no longer tied to an address, the ability of first responders to pinpoint the location of cellular phone calls to 911 has become increasingly important.
Trial seeks to provide hard data to answer FCC's indoor-location questions
Nov 27, 2012
A trial is underway in the San Francisco Bay Area that an FCC advisory committee hopes will provide definitive data regarding the optimal approach for locating emergency callers using wireless handsets inside buildings.
