Roadside Telematics Corp. Selects Kivera as Location-Based Services Partner; Kivera and Roadside Offer First Location-Based, Emergency Response Solution to Customers

    OAKLAND, Calif.--Dec. 5, 2001--Kivera, the standard for dependable location-based services (LBS), today announced its partnership with Roadside Telematics Corp. to provide a complete, fully integrated emergency response solution.
    This partnership offers the first solution to combine roadside emergency medical information with an LBS solution, enabling fast and effective delivery of enhanced safety and security provisions to the telematics and roadside assistance markets.
    "Kivera's leadership position in the roadside assistance market, experience in the telematics industry, and reputation for delivering dependable location-based services, make it the ideal LBS partner for Roadside Telematics Corp.," said Lawrence Williams, president and CEO of Roadside Telematics Corp. "The seamless integration of our RoadMedic(TM) system with Kivera's Location Engine(TM) technology provides customers with an end-to-end emergency response offering."
    As a result of this partnership, Kivera and Roadside will offer an integrated, secure infrastructure ensuring an end user's critical medical information is available to subscribers and health care providers. With emergency medical data available through Kivera Location Engine technology, a call center or emergency services operator has the ability to pinpoint to a user's location, provide the most efficient route to reach the user, and receive automated access to the user's vital medical information.
    RoadMedic data includes an individual's pertinent medical information, such as blood type, medical allergies, emergency contact information and doctor's name. The data is available only to medical personnel, such as emergency medical technicians, physicians and hospitals. Roadside's infrastructure is designed to protect individual privacy and confidentiality through compliances with the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and French and Swiss medical information privacy standards.
    "RoadMedic data enables Kivera to provide enhanced safety and security to millions of motorists," said Clay Collier, president and CEO of Kivera. "The partnership integrates technologies to deliver emergency response solutions that can potentially save lives."
    Kivera provides reliable and flexible LBS solutions, including software, content and consulting services, to telematics providers and roadside assistance vendors. Kivera currently delivers enhanced safety, security and peace of mind to over 50 million motorists nationwide through its longstanding relationships with private label and branded service providers.

    About Roadside Telematics Corp.

    Based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., Roadside Telematics Corp. is a leading telematics integration company providing technology for aggregating and integrating telematics subscriber medical information with the emerging E911 (U.S.A.), E112 (Europe) and E119 (Japan) telematics uniform emergency response systems. The company supplies emergency medical record infrastructure and a medical messaging application, RoadMedic(TM) system, to strategic channel partners for delivery to end-users through in-vehicle telematics devices, in-dash navigation systems, car radios, handheld receivers and smart card platforms. For more information, visit www.roadmedic.com.

    About Kivera

    Kivera, the standard for dependable location-based services, is a market-leader for in-vehicle navigation, telematics and voice-interaction services. With a history of delivering dependable, high quality location-based solutions to the best of breed companies, Kivera provides tailored, private-label solutions -- such as proximity searches, yellow page queries and driving directions -- to suppliers of wireless carriers, logistics and telematics organizations, on-board navigation companies, and Web, voice and wireless portals. Kivera's unique ability to compile content from multiple data sources provides the highest level of accuracy, flexibility and reliability available today. Customers and partners include AAA, BeVocal, Cross Country Automotive Services, DENSO, HeyAnita, IBM's WebSphere and Sun-Netscape's iPlanet. Founded in 1997, Kivera is based in Oakland, Calif. For more information, visit www.kivera.com.