Hughes Telematics partners with Location Labs

Location Labs, a provider of mobile location-as-a-service infrastructure and applications, has announced a partnership with Hughes Telematics (HT) to include the Location Labs Universal Location Service (ULS) as part of HT's telematics service offering. Location Labs' cloud-based ULS API will supplement HT's connected service offerings by enabling drivers to use their smartphones to request the location of any contact in their mobile address book.
May 17, 2012 Read time: 2 mins
RSSLocation Labs, a provider of mobile location-as-a-service infrastructure and applications, has announced a partnership with 2149 Hughes Telematics (HT) to include the Location Labs Universal Location Service (ULS) as part of HT's telematics service offering. Location Labs' cloud-based ULS API will supplement HT's connected service offerings by enabling drivers to use their smartphones to request the location of any contact in their mobile address book.

Upon request, friends and family members will be asked to share their locations via their mobile phones. When the request is accepted, HT's service will locate the phones regardless of the device type or wireless carrier and wirelessly send that location to the in-vehicle navigation system. This is a convenient way to integrate and connect with social networks and the service can locate all mobile phones on the AT&T, 1018 Sprint, 5257 T-Mobile, and 1984 Verizon Wireless networks.

"The Universal Location Service allows us to provide a unique and useful service to our automotive customers. Now drivers have the ability to remotely request the location of anyone in their smartphone contact list and once the request is approved, remotely send the location to their in-vehicle navigation system," said Mike Peterson, VP of product development, HT. "Partnering with Location Labs allows us to leverage their innovation in the location space to continue to take significant steps in creating a true connected experience for drivers."
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