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Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Hawk GPS Solution offers satellite location through Internet

The Argentine satellite positioning service company, Hawk GPS Solution, has launched a people location service that allows users` to know the exact location of the device holder through Internet. Through cartography and special software, the information is transformed into streets and numbers that are located in the Internet map, which could only be accessed by a code. In addition, the device costs some US$ 500, it allows users` to make telephone calls since it includes 50 minutes of voice to call three predetermined numbers chosen by the user. Moreover, The Company has invested US$ 500,000 to launch this product and it hopes to sell 1,000 handsets before year’s end.

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