CUE to Deliver Real-Time Traffic Information for Net Interstate's CRM Telematics Applications
6 November 2000
CUE to Deliver Real-Time Traffic Information for Net Interstate's CRM Telematics Applications
TURIN, Italy, Nov. 6 CUE Corporation announced today a
strategic agreement under which CUE will provide real-time, route specific
traffic information to Net Interstate's Customer Relationship Management
(iCRM) telematics application called Virtual Garage Wireless(TM).
CUE Corporation, http://www.cue.net is the leading provider of real-time
route-specific traffic information for over 60 markets in Canada and the
United States in the RDS/TMC format and Net Interstate,
http://www.NetInterstate.com, is a market leading developer of Internet
relationship management software for the automotive industry.
Net Interstate President and CEO Lawrence E. Williams said, "As one of the
largest and most well-respected real-time providers of on-line traffic
management information, CUE represents the perfect partner for Virtual Garage
Wireless. By combining CUE's quality traffic management content with our
other best-of-breed telematics content offerings, we look forward to helping
automotive telematics service providers to deliver value-added in-vehicle
Internet services that enable businesses and consumers to achieve
personalized, permission-based 1:1 relationships of mutual benefit."
"We are pleased to partner with Net Interstate," said Gordon Kaiser,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CUE. "CUE will help Net Interstate
leverage the emerging telematics market to help the automotive industry to
develop personalized in-vehicle interactions, dialogues between consumers and
businesses, to create mutually beneficial economic relationships. We are
fortunate to partner with telematics content leaders like Net Interstate."
About CUE:
CUE operates the world's largest radio data network providing nationwide,
regional, and local messaging throughout North America over the FM subcarrier
facilities of more than 600 radio stations. The company's network covers more
than 95% of the population of Canada and the United States with a seamless
footprint of more than 2 million square miles. CUE also provides real-time,
route-specific traffic information in over 60 markets in Canada and the United
States. Navigation systems using the CUE service include Clarion, InfoGation,
Motorola, STMicroelectronics, and BMW. CUE has also developed receivers for
two hand-held PDA's, the Handspring Visor and the Sectra CitySurfer.
Recently CUE introduced a voice version of its traffic service that
compresses the RDS/TMC data into wave files and transmits it over a high-speed
subcarrier channel to a receiver that connects to most car radios through the
cellular telephone interface. The new TrafficRadio Service currently
interfaces with Ford, BMW, Pioneer, Alpine, Sony and Becker radios.
Recently, CUE entered into an agreement with Tegaron in Germany and
MediaMobile in France to distribute real time traffic information in Canada,
the United States, France, Germany and England using common encryption and
conditional access technology. Tegaron GmbH is a joint venture of Deutsche
Telekom and DaimlerChrysler. MediaMobile is a joint venture between France
Telecom, Renault, Traffic Master, and Cofiroute. Recently CUE announced that
it will launch a traffic service in the United Kingdom in association with the
Automobile Association.
About Net Interstate:
Founded in January 1999, Net Interstate leverages the potential of the
emerging telematics market to evolve the retail automotive experience by
enabling consumers and automotive-centric businesses to achieve personalized,
permission-based 1:1 relationships of mutual benefit. Through its robust
Infomediary Customer Relationship Management (iCRM) telematics applications,
Net Interstate enables automotive manufacturers, retail dealerships and other
automotive-centric businesses to use the Internet to create highly targeted
marketing and customer care programs that cater to their customers' specific
interests and preferences.
CUE Corporation, 5 Corporate Park, Irvine, California, 92606;
Phone (949) 862-8800; Fax (949) 862-8858; http://www.cue.net. Contact: Mary Boyle,
mboyle@cue.net.
Net Interstate, 22912 Pacific Park Drive, Suite 202, Aliso Viejo,
California 92656; Phone (949) 362-8989; Fax (949) 362-3567;
http://www.NetInterstate.com; Contact Thomas Nashmy, info@NetInterstate.com.