Location Based Services are expected to generate nearly $8.5 billion for operators globally by 2010. Canvas^® LES, Location Enabling Server, supports turnkey location based services and helps deploy new services quickly and inexpensively. It provides complete personalized privacy management and access to valuable location-enabled content. Canvas LES helps network operators and service providers catch the next wave of data revenues.

The Canvas brand covers multiple solutions with key components that are optimal for future growth in the evolving next generation networks (3G/IMS). Each Canvas product offers not only a point solution, but also re-usable building blocks that seamlessly integrate with other Canvas products as well as with Telenity partner solutions.

Canvas LES is a member of the Canvas Converged Services Platform portfolio. It is a fully scalable, carrier grade platform that manages privacy issues across multiple networks with core location services. Its key benefits include:

Unified Middleware comprised of service building blocks that support both handset based A-GPS and network based positioning, application service provider control functions, service authorization, billing and robust privacy management. Canvas LES also supports open interfaces for messaging, content-based charging and geo services such as tracking, mapping, geo-coding, directory search, alerts and proximity search.

Advanced Privacy Control which safeguards location data against unauthorized access. Canvas LES provides strict privacy control and supports both public and anonymous subscriber identification and profile management. Operators can deploy this generic privacy manager across other services.

Integrated Content and Service Delivery which enables access to unlimited location content, processing millions of transactions and information to applications via simple XML commands. The content gateway subsystem provides generic interfaces to allow access to hundreds of independent content provider information.

Effortless Service Creation, with Canvas LES Java based service creation API and XML Web Services Interface, which unlock the power of this open framework, allowing quick and efficient rollout of new and differentiated location services.