Kipo Announces Strategic Alliance with Tigo Business Guatemala to Offer Innovative GPS Location Software to Any Cell Phone Device

MIAMI, Nov. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Kipo (http://www.kipo.co), a pioneering GPS mobile location technology company targeting businesses and families, and Tigo Business Guatemala, one of the leading telecommunications companies in the country, announced their partnership to launch Localizador Tigo. Localizador Tigo is a smart, user friendly location platform that allows any type of mobile device to connect to the web and trigger actions by predetermined rules.

Triggers include location (arrival, exit, stay) and device events such as battery consumption and speed. Rules determine how the event will trigger and the action to take – send an email, post on social networks, mark a calendar, send an SMS, among others. For example, a company can create a rule that notifies a manager when his messenger delivers paperwork. Every time the messenger arrives to a specific location, the manager would receive an automatic email from the software. The sales manager could also create a rule to identify every time his / her sales team members have less than 10% battery. Once a device runs low on battery the manager would receive an automatic SMS to his mobile device.

The technology also lets team members check-in and leave comments when they arrive with clients, information that can be seen in real-time on the web alongside a complete suite of reports to make cell phone devices more useful than ever before.  One of the differentiating features of the product is the ability to work with any mobile device. Smart phones will be able to access the service through native applications and feature phones will rely on cell-towers to report location.

Aside from providing an innovative and user friendly product, Localizador Tigo gives customers full ownership and control over their data and eliminating contracts, giving them the liberty to cancel service at any time. The product will be launched initially for corporate clients of Tigo Business and will be offered to individual customers on a later phase.

"We believe GPS location technology should be smarter and easier to use. This alliance with Tigo Business makes real-time GPS technology accessible to millions of Tigo customers, which is great because we are allowing more people than ever before receive the benefits this technology provides." -Rodrigo Blanco, Founder & Co-CEO of Kipo Inc.

"In Tigo Business we are always looking to provide our clients with the best and the most advanced tools so they can operate efficiently. We had been searching globally for the leading geolocation platform to incorporate to our mobile devices, and to our surprise we found it in a Guatemalan startup. The Kipo platform is functional, targets the needs of Tigo Business clients and is easy to use. The partnership with Kipo is a perfect next step to continue innovating and offering preeminent products to our clients. " - Hector Jimenez, Category Manager of Tigo Business Guatemala.

For more information on Localizador Tigo please visit:  www.localizadortigo.com  

About Tigo 
Tigo is the service and network brand utilized in Latin America markets (Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Paraguay) by Millicom International Cellular S.A. (MIC). Millicom, headquartered in Luxemburg, is one of the leading Telco's in the region; it has operations in over 16 countries and connects over 392 million people around the world. For more information please visit http://www.millicom.com

About Kipo  
Kipo developed the technology to allow any mobile phone to become a professional GPS tracker with no contracts and no high monthly fees. Kipo provides a smarter, safer and easier-to-use solution that gives everyone access to a complete suite of real-time location tools The goal of Kipo is to make GPS technology more accessible and easier to acquire, enabling more people than ever to receive all the benefits of having access to real-time location. Pairing a beautiful interface with a robust backend, Kipo is the future of real-time tracking. For more information please visit http://www.kipo.co

SOURCE Kipo