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2013 SME One Asia – Emerging Award
W-Locate’s SIM-based Location Technology Deployed to Keep Chinese Children Safe
SIM-based LBS technology enables indoor and outdoor tracking and geo-fencing for improved school security
05 November, 2014 (SINGAPORE and CHINA) – Edusafety, an organization dedicated to the safety and well-being of school students in China, has selected W-Locate’s SIM-based LBS solution XimLoc to provide parents of the four million children in Guangdong Province with accurate location monitoring services. The project which is supported by the Ministry of Education China is designed to provide parents with peace of mind that their children are safely in school. Following a trial that commenced in September, full implementation of the service is set to take place by the end of November 2014.
After a comprehensive evaluation of different technologies, XimLoc was chosen by Edusafety for its superior accuracy and ability to provide consistent indoor-and-outdoor location monitoring. The SIM-based solution is designed with geo-fencing capabilities and can alert parents via SMS, App and web alert. In addition, it features an innovative SOS notification feature for emergencies. Parents and guardians can set a geo-fenced zone around a school that sends an alert if a child is not in school by a pre-determined time.
XimLoc from W-Locate is a highly scalable and customizable location-monitoring platform that has been designed from the ground up with third-party API support in mind. Its unique SIM-based algorithm allows mobile operators to deploy location-based services (LBS) over their own network with minimal capital investment. As it is a SIM-based solution, new services can be offered to any device with a SIM card, including smartphones and feature phones. XimLoc is therefore perfectly placed to enable operators to offer innovative business and consumer location services. In addition, it is based on the GSMA’s OneAPI initiative, which means tracking can take place across different networks and even across different countries.
“Child safety is of paramount importance to us,” said Chen Jun, GM of Edusafety. “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.”
Stevie Ooi, CEO of W-Locate concluded: “Unlike a GPS device, a SIM-based LBS solution uses less battery power, so is capable of tracking someone for a much longer period of time and provide an accuracy of 6-200m. Children mean everything to parents and we are proud that XimLoc can help Edusafety protect and keep kids safe.”
Visit www.w-locate.com and www.edusafety.cn 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, allowing for the development of new services through its 3rd party API support.
W-Locate, developer of FIND & XimLoc, participates in World Mobile Congress 2014, Morpho Stand: Hall 6 I30 Barcelona, 24-27 February 2014.
22 January, 2014 (SINGAPORE) – W-Locate Pte Ltd (“W-Locate”), a leading telematics technology and location intelligence company will be showcasing its products in the coming World Mobile Congress 2014, in Barcelona, Spain.
W-Locate will be housed within Morpho’s Stand. This year’s theme for Morpho is The Art of Mobile Security.
XimLoc will be showcased on how it’s technology is be able to help prevent Fraud Management where the Credit Card companies can verify locations of the Mobile Terminals/Equiptment & their Credit Card Users.
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 Morpho
Morpho, a high-technology company in the Safran group, is a market leader in security solutions. As a pioneer in identification and detection systems, and a major player in e-documents, Morpho is recognized for its excellence in key technologies, advanced skills and benchmark expertise. With integrated systems already deployed in over 100 countries, Morpho seeks to create a climate of confidence by contributing to the safety and security of individuals, businesses and countries around the world. The security business is playing a major role in Safran’s future development.
- • €1.5 billion revenues
- • 8,100+ employees in over 40 countries worldwide
- • 85 subsidiaries and branches across 5 continents
- • 10% annual turnover dedicated to R&D
The only company mastering each technology in the security chain
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W-Locate, developer of FIND & XimLoc, sets up offices in Thailand & Malaysia.
21 January, 2014 (SINGAPORE) – W-Locate Pte Ltd (“W-Locate”), a leading telematics technology and location intelligence company based in Singapore has setup 2 subsidiaries in Thailand & Malaysia.
This rapid expansion of office was necessary to facilitate the business secured in these 2 countries recently. It is in line with the expansion plan of the company for year 2014 after securing 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.
These 2 offices will primarily serve the needs of the local support for XimLoc products, offered by the local telcos.
Also, at the same time, FIND has gain much reputation as the regional leading Fleet Management + Telematics company that specializes in Cement Ready-Mix industry. It has managed to secure a few International Ready-Mix companies to kick off the New Year.
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 Programmes.
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GSMA published W-Locate’s White Paper
11 January, 2014 (London) – GSMA (Groupe Speciale Mobile Association) published W-Locate’s (W-Locate Pte Ltd) White Paper, under OneAPI global GSMA initiative.
To view White paper, please click here.
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W-Locate, has won the EMERGING award, under SMEOne Awards
24 October, 2013 (SINGAPORE) – W-Locate Pte Ltd (“W-Locate”), a leading telematics technology and location intelligence company based in Singapore has won the emerging SME award for this year’s SME ONE Asia Awards 2013.
The SME ONE ASIA Awards is created to recognize successful Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in ASIA that are socially responsible. They are looking for SMEs, which do not forsake people, society and the environment in pursuing profits.
SME ONE ASIA Awards aims to bridge an active community of socially responsible business leaders to share business ideas and best practices for sustainable growth.
This award affirms W-Locate’s innovation & hard work has paid off.
“This award truly showcase our efforts in pushing ourselves to the limits. It will further inspire us to do even better in the coming years,” said Stevie Ooi, CEO of W-Locate.
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. W-locate CEO sharing his future plans at Business Times SG
About APF Group
Recognizing that businesses and organizations are an intricate part of a globalised society, APF Group was founded by a group of entrepreneurs to encourage Singapore’s businesses to grow together towards a common future.
With several years of experience in organising awards for entrepreneurs, the group hopes to raise the profiles of local businesses while at the same time championing universal ideologies of social responsibilities, fair trade and sustainable development.
Their flagship event includes organizing and managing the SME One Asia Awards in Singapore, with plans to launch several other collaborative entrepreneurship initiatives in the near future. The group is currently seeking strategic partners to develop such programmes, as well as support from the business organizations, educational institutions, and the community.
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W-locate, Developer of FIND & XimLoc, Secures S$589K Funding to Advance Roll-out Plans
5 May 2013 (Singapore) – W-Locate Pte Ltd (“W-Locate”), a Singapore-based location technology company which delivers innovative tracking solutions, have secured S$589k in pre-Series A funding led by TNF Ventures (TNF) through the Technology Incubation Scheme under the Singapore’s National Research Foundation (Prime Minister’s Office). The funds will play an important role in W-Locate’s roll-out and adoption plans for its core products.
W-Locate is the innovator behind the well-acclaimed products, FIND and XimLoc, which are productivity tools for vehicle fleet and workforce management respectively.
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.
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. 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. 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 (Morpho Cards (S) Pte Ltd & Bluefish Technologies Asia Pte Ltd) 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.
“This investment is a testimony to our efforts thus far and will help W-Locate fund both FIND and XimLoc regional expansion plan. We are also excited by the value that the TNF team is bringing to the Company. They are a highly experienced and well respected group of professionals and we believe their support will bring W-Locate to a new level of growth” said Stevie Ooi, Chief Locationist of W-Locate.
“W-locate is a very unique tracking and telematics company. They use both GPS technology and their proprietary SIM card-based, XimLoc, to deliver an all-encompassing solution to address their customers’ needs. We are starting to see where M2M, Big Data and Cloud Computing are coming together to deliver some impressive benefits across a number of industries. Their solution offering has the potential to elevate into wider and more innovative uses. With their sound business model and good partnership with major telecom players, we expect W-Locate to be the leading player in Asia’s tracking and telematics market in 2-3 years’ time” said Shirley Wong, Managing Director of TNF Ventures Pte Ltd.
About W-locate
W-Locate is a technology company that integrates telematics and location analytics to deliver a comprehensive tracking solution for its clients to track, manage and protect valuable resources effectively and efficiently. For more information, please visit W-locate website.
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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Stevie Ooi
Chief Locationist
W-locate Pte Ltd
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#08-05, One Pemimpin
Singapore 576151
Phone: (65) 6259 6972
Email: stevie@w-locate.com