March 19, 2003
Verilocation.com
Verilocation, a new mobile phone tracker, pinpoints a cell user's wherabouts. Log onto the company's proof of concept website to grasp the full meaning of this service. A bare page with only a search field for locating someone, by simply entering their cell phone number.
The results of the search combines a 100-metre accurate cell location with an up-to-date UK digital street mapping. The system is based on cell information provided by the four UK mobile networks, T-Mobile, Orange, O2 and Vodafone. Designed as a pay-as-you-go web application that requires no special equipment and only an initial registration fee, it is target towards companies with staff travelling out and about.
It is also expected to be of interest to domestic users; anyone who needs to locate someone such as an elderly relative travelling away from home, small children out on their own... a straying spouse. Fortunately for Data Protection regulations, prior authorisation from the phone owner is required.
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