Jentro Technologies Announces Partnership with WeatherBug to Bring Weather Content to Mobile Devices
Written by Jentro
Thursday, 05 June 2008
MUNICH, Germany-- Jentro Technologies GmbH (Jentro), a worldwide
provider of mobility solutions, announced today a partnership with
WeatherBug®, the world's leading provider of live, local weather
information and services, to deliver WeatherBug data to end users
through connected personal navigation devices (PNDs) and location-aware
mobile handsets.
The WeatherBug service includes live, local weather information for more than 60,000 locations worldwide and is local language supported for all regions. Detailed views of the seven day forecast from WeatherBug's proprietary weather network are also available.
“Our clients recognize the tremendous value of providing accurate and up-to-the-minute location-based weather information to consumers, and this partnership with WeatherBug will allow Jentro clients to seamlessly access this information through our flexible, mobility solutions platform,” said Erno Hempel, chief technology officer at Jentro.
WeatherBug's weather information provides a level of depth and granularity that is unmatched in the industry. By combining its proprietary asset—the world's largest, most dense network of live weather stations and cameras—with aggregated weather data from around the world, WeatherBug delivers the most accurate, neighborhood-level weather information available anywhere.
“Jentro’s platform makes it very easy for consumers to gain access to WeatherBug’s unique content for a variety of mobility solutions. WeatherBug’s highly granular and timely weather intelligence and analysis is particularly valuable for these types of applications where people and assets are on the move in the environment,” said Christian Solomine, channel development manager at WeatherBug.
About Jentro
Jentro Technologies GmbH develops and markets a platform for mobility solutions including turn-by-turn navigation, integrated local search, traffic, social networking and vertical content integration. Through Jentro’s platform, solutions have been deployed on over 160 different mass market mobile devices, on multiple operating systems, and in three continents. Jentro provides mobility solutions to enterprise customers worldwide and powers major mobile operators, mobile and portable navigation device manufacturers, retail brands and consumer brands. The company was founded in 2003 is privately owned and based Munich, Germany – with worldwide offices in Chicago, Paris and Taipei. Further information is available at http://jentro.com.
About WeatherBug
WeatherBug (http://www.weatherbug.com and http://www.weatherbugprofessional.com) is a trusted source of dynamic weather information enabling people worldwide to make more informed weather-related decisions. Millions of consumers and professional organizations, including the National Weather Service, rely on WeatherBug to make personal and mission critical decisions which safeguard lives, impact communities and improve business operations. WeatherBug is a brand of AWS Convergence Technologies, Inc. (http://www.aws.com).
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