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Automotive OEMs and others launching telematics services can learn how to provide value-added services to differentiate their products, enhance customer relationships and generate incremental service revenues at Convergence 2000.

InfoGation Corp., a developer of telematics services and software connecting cars to the Internet, will preview its telematics applications at the show. These demonstrations will illustrate off-board navigation and an Internet information news feed, in conjunction with an Auto PC in-vehicle computer, a WAP browser on a cellular telephone and a voice portal.

Reaching customers in cars with services that enhance the driving experience is a major goal for automotive companies, as announced by the CEOs of both Ford and General Motors. Target service areas include emergency services, navigation, email, and location-based services for identifying nearby points-of-interest or essential facilities.

"Using our strong knowledge of the in-vehicle computing environment, we have built these services to provide valuable driver information to enhance the driving experience," said Ken Liu, CEO of InfoGation Corp. "InfoGation's solutions will be customized to fit the customer's service goals, business model and technology platforms."

"By building a capability to incorporate voice portals, data streams to in-vehicle computers and WAP browsers, we are offering the telematics supplier the most flexible options ever," said Kent Pu, InfoGation's CTO and president. "This will, for instance, let a subscriber select a route on their cell phone, have the route downloaded to their in-car computer, and have the route calculated automatically as they drive off."

Also on view from InfoGation will be Odyssey 2000, the first U.S. navigation product to incorporate real-time traffic updates. Odyssey 2000 uses wireless transmissions from CUE Corp. to place traffic incidents directly on the map display of the in-vehicle computer.

About InfoGation

InfoGation Corp. is a leading developer of telematics software and services connecting cars to the Internet. Its products and services improve the safety, security, productivity and overall driving experience.

InfoGation enables car manufacturers, tier-1 auto suppliers, fleet operators and wireless carriers to provide value-added services, product differentiation, increased customer retention and incremental revenues.

The company's customers and partners include some of the world's leading car, tier-1 automotive supplier and wireless portal companies such as Microsoft, Clarion, Visteon, Peugeot Citroen and Navigation Technologies.

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