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Telematics at CONVERGENCE 2000

12 October 2000



InfoGation drives telematics at CONVERGENCE 2000

    San Diego, CA - 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 Corporation 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.