News Release from: CSI Wireless
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 3 March 2005

Saab signs for receiver technology

CSI Wireless has signed an agreement with Saab TransponderTech and begun integrating some of its technology into Saab's Automatic Identification System (AIS) product line.

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CSI Wireless, a designer and manufacturer of wireless, GPS and beacon receiver products used in more than 50 countries, has signed an agreement with Saab TransponderTech and begun integrating some of CSI's technology into Saab's Automatic Identification System (AIS) product line. Saab TransponderTech, a member of the Saab Group of companies, is one of the world's leading suppliers of AIS equipment for the maritime industry, including communication, navigation, surveillance and homeland security applications. Automatic Identification Systems use GPS to identify and monitor maritime traffic.

They send and receive vessel identification and position data between ships, between ships and shore, and through information broadcasts.

They relay a vessel's name, radio call sign, navigational status (at anchor, under way, using engine etc), position, speed, heading, type of ship/cargo, destination, and estimated arrival time.

AIS standards and regulations are set by the International Maritime Organisation.

CSI Wireless is providing OEM circuit board technology for Saab's entire AIS product line, including beacon receiver technology for Saab's R4 navigation sensor that provides redundant, higher-accuracy positioning that is fed into the AIS and other systems onboard the ship.

Product development has been completed, and initial shipments have occurred.

'We are utilising our extensive experience in the design and development of products for marine navigation to help Saab TransponderTech offer its customers the world's best AIS solutions', said Stephen Verhoeff, CSI Wireless' President and CEO.

'CSI's marine background makes the company an ideal AIS product- development partner for Saab', added Gunnar Mangs, Saab TransponderTech's Business Director for Mobile Systems.

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