Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Keeping an Eye on Convicts / Wireless Week , 1 Dec 2005

http://www.wirelessweek.com/article/CA6287994.html
"A tracking device that not only knows where the offender is but also communicated regularly with correction officials. That's the kind of tracking service available through a small company named iSecuretrac, headquartered in Omaha, Neb., which recently won the technical innovation award in Qualcomm's annual A-List awards.
Kevin Gregory, a business development manager for Qualcomm's enterprise unit, says iSecuretrac is among a growing number of companies designing and building innovative applications that use CDMA for specific functions. When the A-List awards started three years ago, he says, most of the interest was in mobilizing employees, but now the focus is on solving specific interests or problems, such as tracking parolees. "