New Delhi
June 6, 2008

'Where are you?' The regular question that does the SMS rounds of worried parents, anxious friends and longing lovers now has an answer-the Micro Buddy Tracking System (BTS). Micro Technologies unveiled its latest invention-Micro BTS in New Delhi recently.

According to a company statement, Micro BTS, a location-based product, is geared towards delivering personalized services to the mobile telephony users, who are constantly on the move. It enables cell phone subscribers to share their real-time location status and messages, with their friends from a mobile phone. Using global positioning system (GPS) technology, the application automatically updates the location of a user's 'buddies' and displays the information directly on a map on the phone. Alerts can also be sent to notify subscribers when a friend is near. This product offers a mix of social networking with the help of long messaging system and location-based services.

The statement further stated that from the corporate point of view, Micro BTS can be used as an aid to increase the efficiency of the organizations with proper utilization and management of its sales, marketing and service staff. It can also be used by the law enforcement agencies to track the movement of any suspicious persons and enable the law enforcement officers to minimizing the time involved in communication.

Dr Sekhar, Chairman and MD, Micro Technologies said, “For nearly a decade, technology visionaries have talked of a day when cell phones could be utilized as a map for directions to locate loved ones. We at Micro Technologies took this thought further and are proud to introduce the Micro BTS, which integrates three significant innovations of technology-Internet, GPS and wireless data. We know that this product has a wide utility and we look forward to its success.”

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