Technavio Research Report (XimLoc is featured in this upcoming LBS technologies global report)

Posted on November 26, 2014February 10, 2018 by W-locate Admin

Technavio Research Report (XimLoc is featured in this upcoming LBS technologies global report)

About LBS
Location-based services (LBS) is used to track the location of users within a wireless network using location-enabled mobile devices. LBS makes use of GIS technology and the internet to track the location of users. User-initiated LBS requires an internet connection to gather the user’s location and provide search results. The various location-enabled mobile devices are smartphones, tablets, PNDs, and location-enabled in-dash devices fitted in vehicles. LBS is used for discovering places and routes, tracking, obtaining traffic updates and real-time directions, routes to landmarks, information regarding ongoing local events, finding friends, location-based advertising, location-based shopping, location-based social networking, and location-enabled searches. It is also used for location-based entertainment and infotainment.

TechNavio’s analysts forecast the LBS Market in Southeast Asia to grow at a CAGR of 50.98 percent over the period 2014-2019.

Covered in this Report
The LBS Market in Southeast Asia is segmented on the basis of two categories: Users and Key Geography. On the basis of users, the market is segmented into three categories: Enterprises, Government Organizations, and Individual Consumers. On the basis of key geography, the market is segmented into Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines.
TechNavio’s report, the LBS Market in Southeast Asia 2015-2019, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines as leading countries; it also covers the LBS market in Southeast Asia landscape and its growth prospects in the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.

Key Regions
• Indonesia
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Malaysia
• Philippines

Key Vendors
• AdNear
• Digi Telecommunications
• Foursquare Labs
• Globe Telecom
• Google
• HERE
• Maxis
• TomTom

Other Prominent Vendors
• Advanced Info Service
• Burpple
• Celcom Mobile
• Hungry Go Where
• Picky
• PT Indosat
• ShowNearby
• Smart Communications
• Telkomsel
• Total Access Communication
• U Mobile
• XL Axiata
• Yelp
• Yoose

Emerging Vendors
• Adsmobi
• Airbnb
• Bouncity
• Wimdu
• iPointi
• Jatis Mobile
• Komli Mobile
• looloo
• Magpalitan.com
• MappointAsia
• Shoppertise
• TaxiMonger
• Tripid
• Withlocals
• w-LOCATE
• Yotomo

Market Driver
• Increase in Sales of GPS-enabled Smartphones
• For a full, detailed list, view our report

Market Challenge
• Lack of Reliability and Accuracy because of Real-time Information
• For a full, detailed list, view our report

Market Trend
• Use of Analytics to Increase Consumer Engagement
• For a full, detailed list, view our report

Key Questions Answered in this Report
• What will the market size be in 2018 and what will the growth rate be?
• What are the key market trends?
• What is driving this market?
• What are the challenges to market growth?
• Who are the key vendors in this market space?
• What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
• What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?

Published by: Technavio

Publish Date: November 26, 2014

Source: http://www.technavio.com/report/lbs-market-in-southeast-asia-2015-2019

M2M Evolution Coverage on XimLoc launch in China

Posted on November 10, 2014February 10, 2018 by W-locate Admin

Edusafety Partners with W-Locate to Enhance Student Safety

The latest news out of China concerns the safety of that nation’s children. Parents try to protect their children as much as possible by making sure they follow curfews and stay in designated geographical areas. The advent of smartphones and simple geo-fencing technology has made it possible for parents to monitor their children remotely. Now, Edusafety, a child safety and well-being advocate in China, has partnered with W-Locate to extend location monitoring services to approximately four million parents of children in Guandong Province.

According to a report at M2M World News, China’s Ministry of Education supports the W-Locate XimLoc product that uses SIM-based technology to accurately monitor locations. Edusafety and W-Locate have reportedly been working together for several months and have completed a trial run of the service that ended in September. Full release of the product is expected to arise by the end of November. Chen Jin, the general manager of Edusafety, said the safety group chose W-Locate’s SIM product because of its unique ability to operate inside and outside buildings.

“Child safety is of paramount importance to us,” Jun said. “We looked at a number of different technologies to decide on what solution would provide parents with peace of mind. W-Locate’s solution was a cut above the rest. What made it stand-out was its ability to provide accurate location information in both outdoor and indoor environments – ideal for schools. This is not something GPS can deliver.”

W-Locate indicted that another feature of SIM tracking that GPS cannot match is its low power consumption. This makes it ideal for smartphones that may only have battery power to operate normally for a few days at most. With GPS location constantly turned on, kids’ phones may only operate for a few hours at a time. This could limit the ability for parents to locate their children and also limit children’s abilities to use their phones for essential services such as emergency calls.

XimLoc works with the GSMA OneAPI initiative that pushes for interoperability across many different types of phones and networks. Therefore, many people across several networks can potentially take advantage of the technology without having to worry about whether or not their phones will be compatible. SIM cards may be found in features phones, as well, so families without smartphones can still access the service and receive updates by way of their SIM cards.

Published by: M2M Evolution

Publish Date: November 10, 2014

Source: http://www.m2mevolution.com/topics/m2mevolution/articles/393361-edusafety-partners-with-w-locate-enhance-student-safety.htm

AIS and W-Locate Deliver M2M with SIM-Based Enterprise LBS Solution

Posted on October 15, 2014February 10, 2018 by W-locate Admin

Thailand’s largest operator brings Wireless M2M services to enterprise users

15 October, 2014 (SINGAPORE) – Thailand’s largest mobile operator, AIS, today announced the launch of Mobile Track and Trace, one of the world’s first enterprise-specific SIM-based location-based service (LBS) solutions. Powered by W-Locate’s XimLoc, Mobile Track and Trace brings improved indoor tracking and M2M capabilities to AIS corporate subscribers.

Mobile Track and Trace offers AIS’ business customers accurate outdoor and indoor location-based services to enable the development of products for advertising, promotions and the tracking of high-value goods.

With XimLoc, operators can provide location-based services from their own networks, with minimal CAPEX and provides increased Return on Investment. XimLoc runs as an algorithm on a mobile device’s SIM card, so operators do not have addition investment in costly new hardware. This means that XimLoc has an extremely short lead-time, providing operators an immediate and manageable entry into M2M-based service provisioning. Operators can also incorporate SMS notifications into the solution with additional customizable options to secure new revenue streams.

“The enterprise sector has been a focus of AIS for a while now,” said Somchai Lertsutiwong, CEO of AIS. “As a result, we only want to offer services that we know will deliver a business benefit to our customers. The collaboration with W-Locate and XimLoc highlights our commitment to deliver the highest quality service to our customers by developing strong relationships with leading partners. What we saw in XimLoc was a solution that markedly improves on the indoor capabilities of current GPS-based LBS tracking solutions. This key feature is helping us expand our business services portfolio.”

“We are proud to have partnered with AIS to develop Mobile Track and Trace for its business customers,” said Stevie Ooi, CEO of W-Locate. “In the next couple of years, the LBS M2M market is going to be hugely important for mobile network operators as they look to expand their enterprise focus. A SIM-based solution such as XimLoc not only opens up better indoor tracking capabilities, but also enables operators to play a defining role in the evolution of the wireless M2M market.”

Visit www.w-locate.com or contact sales@w-locate.com for more information.

About W-locate
W-Locate provides SIM-based location services, utilizing mobile operator’s already existing infrastructure to provide new services and network monitoring without the need for large CAPEX. W-Locate’s XimLoc solution is already deployed in a number of leading mobile network operators. XimLoc has been designed with third-party API support, making it highly scalable and customizable. It is based on the GSMA’s OneAPI initiative, which means tracking can take place across different networks and across different countries.

About AIS
Advanced Info Service (Public) Company Limited or AIS, Thailand’s No. 1 Wireless Communication Service Provider, has operated for over 20 years with over 35 million registered numbers. For more information, visit www.ais.co.th

W-Locate, developer of FIND & XimLoc, secures S$2 Million funding for regional expansion

Posted on September 24, 2013April 13, 2015 by W-locate Admin

24 September, 2013 (SINGAPORE) – W-Locate Pte Ltd (“W-Locate”), a leading telematics technology and location intelligence company based in Singapore has secured S$2 Million of Series A funding from a top ASEAN investment firm, RHB OSK ASSET MANAGEMENT PTE LTD (“RHB OSK”) through one of its funds, the RHB-OSK GC-MILLENNIUM FUND LP.

This Series A investment was preceded by a pre-series A investment of S$589,000, which was jointly funded by TNF Ventures (“TNF”) and National Research Foundation (“NRF”) earlier this year in March under the TIS scheme. W-Locate intends to utilize the funds from RHB OSK to further its expansion regionally and to expand the capabilities of XimLoc to incorporate cell optimization features.

W-Locate is also pleased to announce that it has concluded a partnership agreement in August 2013 with Advanced Info Services PCL (“AIS”) to jointly launch and promote W-Locate’s XimLoc across Thailand, which is a proprietary SIM-Based tracking solution developed in-house in W-Locate. AIS, a listed public entity on the Thailand stock exchange is the largest telecommunications company in Thailand with over 35 Million customers as of March 2013.

“2013 has proven to be a fruitful year for W-Locate with back to back investments from TNF-NRF and RHB OSK. On the business development front, we are excited to have clinched both StarHub and AIS Thailand to jointly launch XimLoc in Singapore and Thailand respectively. The Series A funding from RHB OSK will help us accelerate our growth and secure more similar strategic partners regionally in countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and China.” said Stevie Ooi, CEO of W-Locate.

“We are pleased to support W-Locate in their efforts to be a global industry leader. W-Locate has proven products and technologies, which have been deployed and adopted by top-tier customers in the region. We look forward to assisting the company to further advance its business growth with our financial resources, capabilities in M&A and capital markets, as well as our global relationship network.” said Dr. Harrison Wang, Managing Partner and Head of Alternative Investment of RHB OSK.

“We are happy to have RHB-OSK as the Series A investor in W-Locate Pte. Ltd. The new fund injection will accelerate W-Locate’s regional development plans, and RHB-OSK will lend strategic presence in pan-asian market entries and partnerships. We look forward to W-Locate’s growth in the region to become a leading telematics technology company in Asia.” said Shirley Wong, Managing Partner of TNF Ventures.

About W-locate
W-Locate is the innovator behind the well-acclaimed products, FIND and XimLoc. FIND combines tracking technologies and tracking analytics to empower fleet and assets owners to remotely track, manage and protect its fleet and valuable assets. Most importantly with the analytics of FIND, fleet owners can leverage on FIND to increase the productivity of its fleet. FIND is remote vehicle diagnostics, incident detections systems, and fleet operation management all rolled into one. FIND is currently adopted by more than 2000 vehicles, of which many of these fleet owners are MNCs and large public listed enterprises in Singapore and Malaysia.

First in the world, XimLoc delivers a SIM-Based tracking system that can accurately track any mobile handset in both indoor and outdoor locations. XimLoc is a proprietary technology, which uses information and signals that are available from the GSM (2G/3G) network to compute positions. XimLoc uses an applet (that resides in a SIM card) to send back to a backend XimLoc server, which will calculate the most probable location based on WLC’s Patent-Pending algorithm. XimLoc has been vigorously tested and has been proven to be as accurate as GPS while addressing the limitations of GPS, i.e. inability to track indoor and heavy power consumption. W-Locate expect XimLoc to be deployed heavily for workforce tracking in Asia. XimLoc has already secured 2 major telecommunications companies to launch its services in South East Asia. XimLoc is also currently in talks with telecommunications companies in other parts of Asia and the Middle East.

About RHB OSK Asset Management
RHB OSK Asset Management Pte Ltd is a the regional hub of the asset management business of the RHB Banking Group, one of the largest financial services group in Malaysia with 17,000 employees and 502 offices in ASEAN and Hong Kong/ China. RHB OSK Asset Management has approximately US$10.3 billion of funds under management with various asset classes invested worldwide. RHB-OSK GC-Millennium Fund LP is a private equity fund managed by RHB OSK and was set up under Economic Development Board/Contact Singapore’s Global Investor Programme.

About TNF Ventures
TNF Ventures (TNF) is an incubator under the National Research Foundation’s Technology Incubator Scheme (TIS). TNF is founded by key shareholders with backgrounds of entrepreneurs, senior corporate executives, venture capitalists and some of the IT luminaries in Singapore. With the belief that their combined knowledge, experience and contacts could make a huge difference to a burgeoning startup ecosystem, TNF looks to contribute back to Singapore by incubating the next generation of entrepreneurs. For more information, please visit TNF Ventures Website

About the National Research Foundation (NRF), Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore
The National Research Foundation (NRF), set up on 1 January 2006, is a department within the Prime Minister’s Office. The NRF helps set the national direction for research and development (R&D) by developing policies, plans and strategies for research, innovation and enterprise. It also funds strategic initiatives and builds up R&D capabilities and capacities by nurturing local and attracting foreign talent. The NRF aims to transform Singapore into a vibrant R&D hub that contributes towards a knowledge-intensive, innovative and entrepreneurial economy; and establish Singapore as a magnet for talent and excellence in science and innovation. The Technology Incubation Scheme or TIS comes under the umbrella of the National Framework for Innovation & Enterprise (NFIE), which was introduced in 2008 to advance R&D-based innovation in Singapore with a view to commercialization. Under the TIS, the NRF co-invests with the chosen technology incubators in Singapore-based high-tech start-ups. For more information, please visit NRF Website.

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Employers will love this sim-based tool to locate staff

Posted on August 6, 2013April 13, 2015 by W-locate Admin

It addresses limitation of GPS.

Billed as the first in the world, XimLoc offers a SIM-based cell positioning system which can accurately track any cellular devices in both indoor and outdoor locations regardless of OS.

XimLoc is a proprietary technology, which uses information from the cellular network (2G/2.5G/3G/3.5G/4G) to compute the user’s position.

Singapore startup W-LOcate is the innovator behind this productivity tool for workforce management.

XimLoc uses a residential java applet, which was jointly developed with Morpho Cards (Singapore) Pte Ltd, on the SIM card to sniff the network information and send them to XimLoc server, where the location engine computes the most probable location based on its proprietary algorithm.

According to W-Locate co-founde Stevie OOi, XimLoc has been rigorously tested and has been proven to be a practical solution that addresses the limitation of GPS i.e. the inability to track indoor and heavy power consumption.

XimLoc comes with a full-feature web-based dashboard.

XimLoc is currently offered via major SIM card manufacturers (Gemalto, Morpho & BlueFish) to their Global Customers.

XimLoc has already secured 2 major telecommunications companies in Singapore & Thailand to provide location-based services.

W- Locate is also currently in concluding talks with other telcos in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

W-Locate is also the innovator behind the FIND which is another productivity tool for vehicle fleet management.

FIND combines tracking and telematics technologies with business analytics to empower fleet and assets owners to remotely track, manage and protect their assets.

Most importantly, they can leverage on the business intelligence features in FIND to maximize the productivity of their fleet.

FIND is currently adopted by regional large fleet owners from different industries in the ASEAN region, including Holcim (S) Pte Ltd and Samwoh Corporation Pte Ltd.

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COMPANY PROFILE

Name of the company: W-Locate Pte Ltd
Founder/Founders: Stevie Ooi & Sam Tan
Website: www.w-locate.com
Major Investors: NRF + TNF Ventures
Total funding at hand: S$589K + S$250 (paid-up)
Target fund: TBC
Source of funding: Local
Start of operation: Mid 2011

– See more at: http://sbr.com.sg/information-technology/exclusive/employers-will-love-sim-based-tool-locate-staff#sthash.QITHZHjj.dpuf