Locaid's Instant Locate Lets Mobile Developers Access Network Location via the Web
Written by Locaid
Wednesday, 12 October 2011
Location-as-a-Service, real-time carrier location and Locaid's award-winning privacy platform now accessible to any mobile developer
SAN FRANCISCO,
CA — October 11, 2011 — Locaid, the largest Location-as-a-Service (LaaS)
company, today announced the availability of Instant Locate, a web-based mobile
location portal that allows mobile developers to enter the phone number of any
opt-in mobile device and locate the subscriber in an instant. With
reliable location data from the top wireless carriers in North America,
including AT&T, Rogers, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless, Instant
Locate is 100% privacy-protected and works for any mobile device on the
carrier’s wireless network. No software installation or device
download is required.
“It was really simple to deploy
the web-based service from Locaid,” said David W. Middleton, AVP, Finance &
Technology and Executive Director for the Center for Mobile Research and
Innovation at Seton Hall University. “We opted-in University owned
mobile phones and now, at all times, we are able to identify the precise
location of the devices – whether indoors or outdoors. There was no software to
download or API to integrate or technical knowledge needed. We are
very excited with this new capability and look forward to a variety of use cases
within the University and beyond.”
“Instant Locate is a historic
first for LBS, and we thank our community of developers for pushing Locaid to
create it,” said Rip Gerber, President and CEO of Locaid. “Our
customers asked us for an on-demand, secure and reliable service to locate
mobile phones owned and deployed by enterprises, so we gave them simplicity and
ubiquity, all in one. Now, any developer can take advantage of
network-based location and locate all of their opt-in mobile devices with ease
and efficiency; no APIs to integrate, no software to download, no application
coding and no maintenance fees.”
Mobile developers across various
industries can utilize Instant Locate for a number of Location-Based Services,
including (but not limited to):
Financial Services to
reduce identity theft and manage fraud
Educational
Institutions to increase campus safety
M2M businesses to
track fleets and improve productivity
Retail businesses to
track store inventory and recover if stolen or lost
An expert in privacy
management, all location data provided by Locaid is carrier certified and 100%
privacy protected. No mobile phone is ever tracked or located
without 100% consent and notification, as defined by the CTIA, MMA, and Tier 1
carrier policies. After authorizing a mobile device via opt-in SMS
to acquire and confirm permission to locate, the device can be located on all of
the major U.S. wireless carriers.
Locaid is the largest Location-as-a-Service (LaaS)
company that offers the most expansive reach in North America, covering
smartphones, feature phones and any device connected to a carrier’s wireless
network, including tablets, PC’s and M2M. Locaid allows mobile
developers to locate over 350 million wireless devices for enterprise
authentication, fraud management, and hyper-local marketing, all through a
single, privacy-protected cloud-based gateway. Gateway partners include América Móvil, AT&T,
Rogers, Sprint, Telcel, Telus, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless. For more
information, visit http://www.loc-aid.com.
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