u-blox Delivers its Millionth GPS Receiver

THALWIL, Switzerland, 22.11.2004 (PROTEXT/ots) - November 22,2004 -- u-blox AG today announced the delivery of its millionthGPS receiver to Socket Communications, Inc., for Sockets newwireless GPS Nav Kit. The millionth GPS module, a TIM-LA, waspresented personally by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America, to Kevin Mills, President and CEO of SocketCommunications in a commemorative celebration at Socketheadquarters in Newark, California.

"u-blox revolutionized the GPS market in 1997 when weintroduced the worlds first surface-mount miniature GPSmodule," said Papadopoulos. "Now, seven years later, I am veryproud to present the latest product from our successful 3rdgeneration TIM GPS product line as the one millionth u-blox GPSreceiver to such an innovative company as Socket."

In 2001, just four years after the successful launch of theworlds smallest commercial GPS receiver, u-blox introduced thesuccessor TIM family, a one square inch form factor suited forfully automated pick and place production. This allows u-bloxcustomers to manufacture small devices very reliably and costeffectively. Combined with the excellent performance of its low-power, 16-channel GPS chipset ANTARISŽ, u-blox offers itscustomers unparalleled GPS accuracy and dynamic capabilities.The TIM-LA, which Socket chose for its new BluetoothŽ-enabledGPS Nav Kit, is the latest and most cost-efficient device from u-blox.

About u-blox u-blox is an international company headquarteredin Switzerland, with sales organizations in the Americas, Europeand Asia. Founded in 1997, u-blox develops leading positioningproducts based on the Global Positioning System (GPS) for theautomotive and mobile communications markets. For moreinformation, please visit www.u-blox.com. Cross-reference: photois available at http://www.presseportal.de/story.htx?firmaid=55923&keygroup=bild

u-blox Contact Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President, u-bloxAmerica, Inc. phone: +1 703 234 5292, email:nikolaos.papadopoulos@u-blox.com Sylvia Lynch, MarketingCommunications phone: +41 (44) 722 74 86, e-mail:sylvia.lynch@u-blox.com

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