UPDATE:Read a review of the LocalZone service in New Zealand PC World, were Ted Gibbons says “My verdict: the service works seamlessly.”
Auckland and London, July 3, 2008 - Seeker Wireless, one of the leading location based service technology companies announced today that its SeekerZone™ solution has been deployed to power the new Local Zone product [...]
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Posted July 3, 2008
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Tagged fixed mobile substitution, home calling, home zone, homezone, local zone, local zone review, localzone, nz pc world, seeker wireless, ted gibbons, vodafone, vodafone new zealand, vodafone nz
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Andrew Grill (right) recently spoke with Keith Dyer, Editor of Mobile Europe Magazine at the Femtocell Europe 2008 conference in London. In the short (5 minute) interview, Andrew explains how the Seeker Wireless zone detection technology can be used to enhance the femtocell proposition, and also be used for fixed mobile substitution (HomeZone) services as well [...]
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Posted July 3, 2008
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Tagged andrew grill, conference, femtocell, fixed mobile substitution, fms, homezone, interview, keith dyer, mobile, mobile advertising, mobile europe, mobile europe tv, video, zone detection
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Vodafone New Zealand Media release:Â 30 June 2008
With new local zone from Vodafone, your Vodafone mobile does two jobs, working as both your mobile and your landline.
Once you’ve set up your zone, your mobile becomes your landline when you enter your local zone, and when you leave it becomes your mobile again.
For the first time ever, [...]
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Posted June 30, 2008
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Tagged fixed mobile substitution, fms, home phone, home zone, homezone, lbs, local calling, local zone, location, nz, seeker wireless, SIM, vodafone, vodafone new zealand
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Barcelona, February 13th 2008. Acision, the messaging and charging company of choice for over 300 network operators and service providers worldwide, today announced that it is working with zone detection technology provider Seeker Wireless for the provision of location-based charging. With its expertise in rating and charging, Acision will initially launch “HomeZone” to enable operators [...]
UPDATE: This opinion piece appeared in the December 2007 issue of Telecoms Europe. See the article on page 23-24 at http://www.mcubedigital.com/interactive/telecomseurope/25122007/
The battle lines are becoming blurred in today’s telecoms market. Fixed line operators are moving into mobile operator territory with Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) while mobile operators are fighting to take over fixed line ground [...]
Article by Vaughn O’Grady from Informa - GSM>3G Vision on HomeZone tariffs.
First, how not to do homezone tariffing. The aim of this system, as we know, is to get an operator’s customers to use one device - their cellular phone - and use it more: offering cheaper tariffs in selected areas - like the user’s [...]
I was recently interviewed by Richard Tucker (a fellow Aussie) from inbabble.com during a recent media tour for Seeker Wireless. He kindly blogged about the intereview - produced below with his permission.
Interview: Andrew Grill, Seeker Wireless, on their location based technology
Seeker Wireless provides location awareness technology for mobile phones, but rather than offer location based [...]
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Posted November 8, 2007
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Tagged andrew grill, fixed mobile substitution, fms, home zone, homezone, inbabble.com, interview, PR, revenue leakage, seeker wireless, zone detection
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Innovative Fixed Mobile Substitution (FMS) solution delivered to consumers and businesses
London, September 26, 2007 – Seeker Wireless, the world’s leading zone detection technology provider, and HP today announced that their joint Fixed Mobile Substitution (FMS) solution has been deployed to deliver virtual fixed-line services via mobile phones in Eastern Europe.Â
The solution has been deployed by [...]
Andrew Grill will be a keynote speaker at the LBS 2007 conference to be held from Mon 08 Oct 2007 - Thu 11 Oct 2007 at the Melia Avenida America Hotel, Madrid, Spain. See more information at http://www.iir-conferences.com/lbs2007
Andrew will be outlining the latest Fixed Mobile Substitution offering from location specialists, Seeker Wireless.
As location enabling technologies improve [...]
Over on Dean Bubley’s disruptive analysis blog you will find a quick summary of a meeting he had with Seeker Wireless.
By Andrew Grill, General Manager and Head of Sales, Seeker Wireless
Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) is a concept to be applauded and if it achieves its aims, it is set to make all our lives easier. The noble aim of FMC is to marry the convenience of mobile with the high quality and speed of fixed line [...]
Seamless integration with fixed network services is the goal of many mobile operators, but available solutions all have major shortcomings. An Australian wireless location specialist claims to have come up with technology that addresses these.
The solution developed by Seeker Wireless in essence relies on a small application running in the cellphone which is ableto determine [...]
France Télécom’s mobile arm Orange France has launched a new telephone which combines fixed line and mobile services along with the convenience of a low cost internet connection.
Dubbed Unik, the converged service handset – similar to models already launched by FT rivals Iliad and neuf Cegetel – allows the user to make free local [...]
 Source: http://siddey.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/seeker-wireless-targets-european-homezone-market
Having operated in “stealth mode” for nearly two years, Australian company Seeker Wireless has revealed that it is in the progress of deploying its high-accuracy mobile location based services enabling technology to a number of European mobile network operators. Formed in 2003, Seeker Wireless has developed a means to reach sub-100 metre location [...]
“Ovum is impressed with the Seeker solution and the story it is presenting to mobile operators. If the homezone technology solution is able to deliver on the promises made, then we expect to see a lot of interest from mobile operators.”
Following on from a Fixed-Mobile-Substitution (FMS) report published by Ovum in July 2006, Senior Analyst [...]
