Sprint has expanded its open development location-based services offerings by integrating location aggregation platforms Veriplace by WaveMarket and Where by uLocate Communications. The deal offers third-party mobile and wireless, Web, WAP, SMS and widget developers a consistent way to create applications that use the customer's location information to provide customized information and services, Sprint says.Sprint said Dec. 17 it is expanding its open network approach by partnering
with location aggregators WaveMarket and uLocate Communications to aid
third-party developers interested in location-based services. The effort,
Sprint said, would reduce developers' difficulties in certifying applications
that use GPS, triangulation and other
location services.
Veriplace, WaveMarket's location aggregation platform, was built using the
same privacy and security model that Sprint uses for its family locator service.
Sprint also already has a partnership with uLocate, providing Sprint customers
with a number of LBS applications.
Both platforms will provide third-party developers ways to add LBS services
to their applications, WAP (Wireless Application Protocol) sites, widgets and
SMS (Short Message Service) campaigns through a Web services API.
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"The privacy and security of our users is the highest priority to
us," Len Barlik, vice president of Sprint's wireless and wire-line
services, said in a statement. "Both platforms have powerful but intuitive
privacy systems that ensure [that] the appropriate permissions are obtained
prior to accessing location information."
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