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Airbiquity Technology Helps eCall Pass Key Assessment On Road to European Adoption


    Airbiquity Inc., a company that develops wireless in-band modem
    software solutions for automobile manufacturers and suppliers, today
    announced its involvement in the successful pan-European eCall
    Feasibility Trial. The trial was conducted by ADAC, Europe's largest
    automobile club with over 16 million members, to demonstrate how eCall
    can be realized and play a role in saving thousands of lives.

    The objective of the trial was to assess the recommended
    pan-European eCall implementation, and focused on challenging network
    conditions such as cross-border environments and areas with poor
    cellular coverage. Partners in the trial included Adam Opel, T-Mobile
    Deutschland, Continental Automotive Systems GmbH (Neubiberg),
    Automobile Club d'Italia (ACI Global Spa, Milan), and the
    Osterreichischer Automobil-, Motorrad-und Touring Club (OAMTC,
    Austria). The results of the trial concluded that an eCall system
    using Airbiquity's technology exceeded the performance requirements
    recommended by the eCall Driving Group.

    Airbiquity's technology was a key component in the success of the
    trial, where their aqLink in-band modem and aqServers were used to
    transmit and disseminate vital GPS and emergency data from Opel test
    vehicles in various locations throughout Austria, Germany and Italy.

    "Airbiquity has a long-standing history of deploying safety
    applications, and has already played a key role in saving thousands of
    lives in the United States with our deployment in over six million
    vehicles," said Kamyar Moinzadeh, president and CEO, Airbiquity. "The
    results of this trial further prove that our in-band modem works as
    expected in other parts of the world, including Europe. We are very
    pleased with the results of the trial, and we're happy to play a part
    in the realization of pan-European eCall."

    Europe's eCall initiative proposes the use of GSM or UMTS mobile
    networks to contact emergency services automatically when the airbag
    is deployed, or when summoned via special eCall buttons built into a
    vehicle's cockpit area. Once activated, emergency responders are able
    to secure voice communication with accident victims through the mobile
    network and can automatically obtain the location of distressed
    vehicles via GPS satellite location technology.

    As a result of the positive outcome of the trial, the German and
    Austrian governments signed the eCall Memorandum of Understanding
    (MoU) in favor of adopting the eCall initiative into all new
    automobiles by 2010. Additional members of the European Union are
    expected to sign the MoU in the coming months.

    The eCall MoU requires that a minimum set of incident data (MSD)
    be sent to the eCall operator answering the emergency call. In April
    2006, GSM Europe (GSME) released a position paper entitled GSME
    Position: Options for eCall MSD Signalling in which they named in-band
    modem technology as the preferred eCall MSD signalling system.

    Airbiquity's aqLink in-band modem facilitates connections between
    vehicles and emergency service providers using over-the-air data
    transmission via either an embedded system or a Bluetooth hands free
    system, and works over UMTS, GSM, and CDMA mobile networks. For this
    trial, the company's aqServers were in use at ARC call centers in
    Germany, Austria and Italy, collecting and distributing critical
    location and incident information to regional response teams, ensuring
    fast and reliable emergency service deployment. Airbiquity's unique
    approach to data transmission makes it possible to transmit both GPS
    location data and emergency information over conventional cellular
    phone channels, radically cutting down on the time and resources
    needed to respond to roadside emergencies.

    For more information about eCall, please visit
    http://esafetysupport.org/. For more information on the results of the
    ADAC eCall trial, please visit www.airbiquity.com/eCallTrial.

    About Airbiquity

    Airbiquity provides software solutions that enable product
    suppliers and service providers in the M2M and telematics industries
    to deliver reliable and ubiquitous data communications by leveraging
    existing wireless networks. Used by some of the largest automotive
    manufacturers in their telematics service offerings, Airbiquity's
    patented aqLink(R) software modem performs in-band signaling for data
    communications over digital wireless telecommunications networks. To
    learn more about Airbiquity, please visit their web site at
    www.airbiquity.com.