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AlterGeo, formerly known as Wi2Geo, is a Russian IT company specializing in the development of a global hybrid positioning system which combines Wi-Fi, WiMAX, GSM, GPS, LTE, IP address and network environment approaches. It also created cross-platform location-based services, Gvidi and AlterGeo.〔(CrunchBase: Company - AlterGeo )〕〔(AlterGeo: About us )〕 According to the ''Financial Times'', AlterGeo is one of four "Russia's next tech titans".〔(Financial Times (FT.com): Russia's next tech titans (September 19, 2013) )〕 The company was named winner and finalist of multiple domestic and international awards in the field of technology and media, and currently is a Skolkovo Innovation Center resident.〔(Skolkovo Innovation Center: AlterGeo (Wi2Geo LLC) )〕 It received funding from several prominent investors, including Intel Capital and Esther Dyson.〔(TechCrunch: AlterGeo, the Foursquare-of-Russia, raises $10m from Intel Capital and others (June 9, 2011 )〕〔(Ведомости: Altergeo оценили (June 9, 2011) )〕 ==Technology== AlterGeo was established in 2008 to build a Wi-Fi positioning technology on the basis of one of its founders' PhD thesis.〔(Forbes: "Глупо бояться конкуренции" - Сооснователь геолокационного сервиса AlterGeo Александр Доржиев про 10%-ную скидку за 10 рублей, $10 млн и другие способы монетизации (March 7, 2012) )〕〔(Системный администратор: Точная геонавигация в городе с помощью технологии Wi2Geo (September 2008) )〕 As long as the company's goal was to develop a universal solution which could overcome the limitations of satellite systems such as GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS, the team expanded R&D activities, and managed to develop a "global hybrid system for the positioning of electronic devices by WiFi, WiMAX, GSM, LTE, IP addresses and network environment".〔〔(Mobile Developer Day (MDDay.ru): Gvidi по ресторанам – новый проект от AlterGeo вышел для Android (July 23, 2013) )〕 AlterGeo claim their system has significant coverage in Europe, especially in Russia and the CIS, Asia, as well as in North and South America,〔 and claim to operate a database of more than 135 million Wi-Fi, WiMAX, GSM and LTE active access points while processing more than 200 million location requests and positioning more than 75 million mobile devices all over the world on a daily basis. Accuracy: 20–30 metres for the hybrid system; 500-1,000 metres for IP-based positioning.〔(AlterGeo: Main page )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「AlterGeo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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