GyPSii, the leading geo-location and mobile social networking
provider, announced it has entered into a multi-year worldwide
agreement with Garmin
Under the terms of the agreement, GyPSii
will provide technology, products, worldwide data center infrastructure, development licenses, and GyPSii branding rights
to Garmin, on a worldwide non-exclusive basis for a range of Garmin products. Garmin anticipates that future products will
include friend finding applications that support the GyPSii-powered location-based social networking services platform.
The
agreement provides development licenses to Garmin, to leverage the
GyPSii location-based geo-social networking services infrastructure for
internal development and integration with its products. The agreement
also has provisions for revenue sharing between GyPSii and Garmin.
GyPSii uniquely incorporates a wide range of location-specific functions and mobile lifestyle services
- including mobile search, user generated content-sharing and social networking - in a single platform.
"We're
very excited to work with an established global market leader like
Garmin to deliver its consumer navigation solutions," said Dan Harple,
founder and CEO of GyPSii. "This agreement underscores GyPSii as the
leading platform for delivering on a global level the next generation
of mobile social networking communities and location-aware mobile
lifestyle services. Our agreement with Garmin opens up these new
functions and services to consumers everywhere and takes the
multi-billion dollar navigation market in an exciting new direction."
GyPSii currently
interoperates on Symbian, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry devices, as
well as the Apple iPhone, along with browser-based Internet connected
devices. It can be accessed on the web at www.gypsii.com or a
compatible phone's mobile browser at www.gypsii.com/m.