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Jataayu forays into Location aware technology

The Company Develops Prototype of WAP Browser Supporting Location Aware Services

Bangalore, India, June, 1, 2001: Jataayu Software , a leading Wireless Internet company in India, is all set to demonstrate a new browser for WAP which supports location aware services, at the forthcoming Internet World show , which is to be held between the 5th and 7th of June, 2001 in UK.

Jataayus jBrowser, one of the earliest WAP browsers for PDAs,has now been enhanced to support delivering of location information to applications.Jataayu supports Global Positioning System (GPS ) to provide a very high degree of precision in pinpointing the location of a user. This can be used to deliver targetted information and services to users.These services could range from making directory services intelligent to providing mapping and navigation information.

According to Mr. Mahesh Jain, Managing director, of Jataayu Software, The Location based Services market is a dynamic one.With the cell-phone becoming an essential accessory to the customers world over, location is fundamental to the next stage of its development. And Jataayus venture into this technology, is to deliver time-critical and location-specific information to people, through their mobile devices, as and when they require it.

Mr. Raj Kesarimall, Director, Marketing of Jataayu Software says, Location aware services are going
to provide a major fillip to the Mobile Internet and speed up its adoption. Jataayu is well positioned with jBrowser to address this market.

jBrowser already supports push services, the critical element of WAP 1.2 as well as being fully WAP
1.1 compliant. The combination of push and location information is going to pave the way for a lot of
compelling applications that have been waiting for the browsers to become available, says Arun
Tanksali, Director, Product Engineering.


About Jataayu Software
Jataayu Software, subsidiary of Integra Micro Systems (http://www.integramicro.com) and a member of the WAP Forum was the first Indian company to launch WAP Servers. Jataayu is the leader in the WAP Arena in India with major Carriers, Banks and Enterprises deploying its Solutions. More than 75% of the WAP requests are currently being serviced by Jataayu WAP Gateway installations in India. The companys offerings include WAP Servers/Gateways, Browsers, SMS Gateway, WAP Stack, WAP and WEB applications such as Mail, Chat, and Personal Information Manager. Jataayus professional Services division provides consultancy and custom software development services in the area of WAP and emerging 3Gtechnologies.

Jataayus strategic alliances and investors include Asias Largest Software Company Tata Consultancy Services (www.tcs.com)and GE Capital, Mauritius. With the mission of unwiring the

internet and a vision to make the availability of Internet information Anywhere Anytime Anyway a reality.Jataayu is well positioned to offer world class products, applications, services and consulting for the Global market.

For more information, visit: www.jataayusoft.com or email [email protected]


Priya Arjun

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C. K. Prakash

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Jataayu Software(P) Ltd

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