AirSage Signs Deal with Orange Business Services to Accelerate Traffic Management Solution
Written by AirSage
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
AirSage Signs Deal with Orange Business Services to Accelerate Implementation, Deployment of Traffic Management Solution
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Global Telecom Company to Provide Support Network for AirSage
Atlanta, Ga. – October 30, 2007 – AirSage announces that is has signed a contract with Orange Business Services to enhance its communications infrastructure. Orange Business Services, one of the world’s leading communications solutions providers, will provide the infrastructure and data management services for AirSage’s Wireless Signal Extraction (WiSE™) technology.
AirSage's technology represents a breakthrough in the delivery of real-time traffic information. Through unique partnerships with carriers, AirSage aggregates and analyzes wireless network data, and converts it into valuable traffic information – at a fraction of the cost of traditional systems. For the first time, traffic management operations can extend beyond the metro-area highways to deliver traffic travel times and roadway speeds on the entire road network, including arterials and rural roads.
“As AirSage continues to expand roadway coverage across the U.S., providing hundreds of thousands of miles of traffic information to customers, we needed to ensure the stability of our platform with a reliable, robust infrastructure,” said Cy Smith, founder and CEO of AirSage. “Our relationship with Orange Business Services will deliver the operational stability and redundancies that our customers require.”
AirSage turned to Orange Business Services to provide the base infrastructure for AirSage's real-time traffic information platform. The solution consists of Orange Business Services hosting and managing servers in their data center (SAS 70 certified) and providing IT and integration services for AirSage. AirSage chose Orange Business Services not only because of its technical expertise and innovation in the Americas, but also because it has tremendous global reach with "feet on the street" in 166 countries. In addition, Orange has mobile operations in 23 markets.
With Orange Business Services managing the communications infrastructure, AirSage can focus its resources on its core business -- providing real-time traffic information to government agencies, media, navigation companies and consumers.
About AirSage, Inc.
AirSage is the premier provider of reliable and accurate real-time traffic information, providing partners and customers with the highest quality speed, travel time and traffic flow information on more than 100,000 miles of the nation’s highways, freeways, primary roadways and arterial roads. The Atlanta-based company has developed innovative, patented software technology that aggregates anonymous signaling data from wireless mobile operators. AirSage is currently the only company in the U.S. with a wireless carrier partner that is committed to a national deployment, and is the only company with the capability to provide real-time traffic information using this ground-breaking technology. For more information, please visit www.airsage.com.
About Orange
Orange is the key brand of France Telecom, one of the world's leading telecommunications operators. France Telecom serves more than 163 million customers in five continents as of June 30, 2007, of which two thirds are Orange customers. The Group had consolidated sales of 51.7 billion euros in 2006 and 25,9 billion euros for the 1st semester of 2007. At June 30, 2007 the group had 102.5 million mobile customers and 10.5 million broadband internet (ADSL) customers.
Launched in June 2005, the NExT program (New Experience in Telecommunications) will enable the Group to pursue its transformation as an integrated operator and make France Telecom the benchmark for new telecommunications services in Europe. In 2006, Orange became the Group's single brand for Internet, television and mobile services in the majority of countries where the company operates, and Orange Business Services the banner for services offered to businesses worldwide. France Telecom is the number three mobile operator and the number one provider of broadband Internet services in Europe and one of the world leaders in providing telecommunication services to multinational companies.
France Telecom (NYSE:FTE) is listed on Euronext Paris and on the New York Stock Exchange.
For more information: www.orange.com, www.francetelecom.com, www.orange-business.com
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