Trisent

Trisent Communications Limited creates software products that enable mobile network operators to deliver services to subscribing customers based on the geographic location of their mobile phone or device connected to the cellular network. Trisent has created unique software technology that provides automatic continuous location monitoring and requi... res no specialist equipment or modifications to the mobile phone or the network equipment. The TRI-CELL INTELLIGENT LOCATION SYSTEM offers a low-cost alternative to satellite GPS and creates a platform on which mobile network operators can provide a range of location-aware services to business customers and consumers. There are two component parts to the system: The client software that runs on the mobile phones that are being monitored; and the server system that is host to many mobiles phones and contains the location technology. The technology is based on the capabilities of modern mobile phones to run small software programmes, the ability of the cellular networks to transport packets of digital information at low cost, and the use of internet and server technology to interface with cellular technology. The core intellectual property is based on the identification of events and behaviour that occur naturally in cellular networks and the mapping of each unique event to a geographic location. When such behaviour occurs information is passed from the phone to a remote server which is able to calculate the location where this was most likely to have occurred. Trisent plans to license its technology widely to national mobile network operators and has already concluded its first licensing agreement with Max Telecom of Bulgaria. In the UK, Trisent will develop or acquire a range of business solutions which exploit its location-aware technology platform that will be sold directly to customers. These applications will also be licensed to overseas network operators. The company was formed in September 2004 as a result of a management buyout from Elektrobit (UK) Ltd., the ...Read More