Nuvel Announces Alliance with GEOS for vSOS Smartphone Emergency Response System

August 3, 2011 - Nuvel, developer of vSOS, the industry's leading personal emergency response application for smartphones, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with GEOS Alliance, the world leader in emergency monitoring and response services. Under the agreement, Nuvel's vSOS is using GEOS emergency response services to provide people of all ages with 24/7/365 response to any emergency-health, accident, assault-with one touch on their smartphone.

"The world-class emergency response features that GEOS provides, as well as the mobility and simplicity that vSOS delivers make the market for this application virtually unlimited," said Randy Hagin, Nuvel Senior Vice President of Sales. "According to a recent IDC report, smartphone sales will increase from about 305 million units shipped in 2010 to a total of 472 million in 2011. We view our alliance with GEOS as strategic to gaining a major share of this growing market."

People who can benefit from vSOS range from children with allergies, asthma or diabetes to college students who worry about their safety when on campus at night; people who hike or jog alone; and people who want help fast if they have a heart attack, stroke or accident.

The GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC) has provided emergency response services in over 100 countries throughout the world, so even travelers who don't speak the local language can be confident knowing they have a team of dedicated people ready to respond to any emergency.

When a smartphone is enhanced with vSOS patent-pending technology, users send a distress alert simply by pressing down on the red vSOS emergency alert icon for three seconds. This triggers the vSOS HIPPA-compliant server to automatically send a distress alert to the GEOS IERCC, where mission coordinators then contact the user to verify the emergency and provide emergency support.

If a user does not answer the call from GEOS, certified emergency response professionals will contact the closest 9-1-1, or a similar dispatch center when outside the US. Leveraging GPS technology, vSOS provides the user's physical location to the responders to guide emergency personnel. Access to the user's personalized health information and the user's name, mobile phone number and address is also included with the alert. In addition, vSOS will send a text or email message to alert up to five contacts (physician, family, friends) listed in the user profile.

"By combining our emergency response services with the information from vSOS on the user's location and personal medical information such as allergies, health conditions, medications, etc., we have complete information on the person in distress so our response can be faster and more effective," said Mark Garver, Chief Executive GEOS Reponse (IERCC). "We like the fact that it's a smartphone app because people always have their smartphones with them and can always have the peace of mind that we'll be right there when they need us."

For added value, the GEOS Search and Rescue (SAR) feature is included at no additional cost. With the SAR feature, if the official emergency services need to be supplemented to ensure the user's safety, the GEOS IERCC will authorize additional personnel and equipment (including private aircraft/helicopter charter, private search teams, etc.).

Availability, Price

The vSOS subscription fee of $9.97 per month includes both the application and the personal emergency response services. Apple iPhone users can download vSOS at the iPhone App Store. Downloads for the Google Android platform and other smartphone platforms will be available soon. Volume licensing is available directly to OEM partners as well as corporate and institutional customers at a discount price based on volume.

For more information, visit www.geosalliance.com and for information specific to the GEOS IERCC visit http://geosiercc.blogspot.com.

For more information about Nuvel, visit www.nuvelinc.com.

SOURCE Nuvel, Inc.