Wherify Wireless and SiRF Team to Deliver Child Locator System

March 20 -- Wherify Wireless and SiRF Technology today announced that SiRF's GPS will be used in Wherify's Personal Location System -- a system that will provide people with more safety and security by helping them locate their loved ones, in a timely manner. Wherify will showcase its Personal Location System using SiRF's GPS technology at booth #2064 (LSI Logic) in the CTIA Wireless 2001 exhibit hall at the Sands Expo & Venetian Hotel.
The Wherify Personal Location System includes a wristwatch-sized device that combines SiRF's SiRFstarII GPS technology, along with LSI Logic's Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology that allows device communication through a national PCS network. As a result, subscribers of the Personal Location System will be able to quickly determine, via a 24x7 Wherify Location Service Center accessed through the Internet or by any phone, the location of their children, mentally-impaired seniors or other at-risk loved ones wearing the device.

"Having developed the first comprehensive, end-to-end location system, Wherify fully intends to continue to partner with industry leaders, like SiRF Technology, to deliver other innovative wireless location products and services for m-commerce, asset tracking, pet care and law enforcement that bring greater security and real value to consumers and businesses," said Timothy Neher, Wherify Wireless founder and chairman. "We also chose to partner with SiRF because of their chip's compact size and GPS technology that can receive satellite data in often hard to reach places -- including under dense foliage, in steep ravines and in urban canyons."

The location process will typically take less than a minute and will identify the location of the wearer of the device within several feet. In the event of an emergency, either the child or guardian can request an emergency 911 response and local police will be dispatched. The Wherify Personal Location System will be available to consumers this summer.

"We founded SiRF on the vision of bringing GPS-enabled location technology to the consumer market -- child and elderly locators have always been an important part of our mission, as these types of devices bring more safety, security and peace-of-mind to our daily lives," said Kanwar Chadha, founder of SiRF. "We will continue to partner with innovative companies like Wherify, who are helping us make our vision a reality -- and the world a safer place -- by deploying an entire end-to-end location system that combines devices, technology and services."

Because of its compact size and self-sufficiency, SiRF's SiRFstarII technology can enable GPS on a single chip set the size of a postage stamp, making it possible for manufacturers and service providers, like Wherify Wireless, to create very small GPS-based products, such as wristwatches or lockets.

About Wherify Wireless
Wherify Wireless (formerly World Tracking Technologies) is a privately-held developer of patented wireless location devices and services for child safety, parental supervision, personal protection, Alzheimer and memory loss supervision, law enforcement, animal identification and property asset tracking. The company's proprietary integration of global positioning systems and wireless communication technologies will enable customers to obtain real-time location information for individuals and property directly through the Internet or any phone. Wherify's technology partners include LSI Logic, SiRF, Pentagram, and Baldwin Hackett & Meeks, Inc. Founded in March 1998, Wherify Wireless is located in Redwood Shores, Calif. For more information visit the company's Web site at www.wherifywireless.com.

About SiRF
SiRF Technology, Inc. develops and markets semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location awareness in high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. Location awareness refers to the ability of a device to determine and make use of the information regarding its location. SiRF's products enable a range of devices to utilize GPS to detect location and have been integrated into mobile consumer devices, such as automobile navigation systems, GPS-based portable computing peripherals and handheld GPS navigation devices, and into commercial applications, such as property tracking devices and fleet management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in four target markets: wireless handheld, automotive, portable computing and embedded consumer applications.

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