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TruePosition Promotes Frederic Beckley to Executive Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel
Berwyn, PA, April 1, 2008 — TruePosition, Inc., a leading provider of wireless location technologies and location-based services solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, today announced that Frederic Beckley has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Business Development and General Counsel.
As General Counsel of TruePosition, Mr. Beckley has aggressively defended the Company’s intellectual property through licensing and litigation. Most recently, TruePosition won a $45.3 million jury verdict against Andrew Corporation for willful infringement of a TruePosition patent involving contracts that Andrew Corporation entered into with a customer in Saudi Arabia. Mr. Beckley has also been instrumental in structuring and negotiating investments, acquisitions, and other transactions on behalf of the Company and its subsidiaries.
In his new role, Mr. Beckley will assume responsibility for the Company’s Business Development, Standards, Regulatory and Public Affairs activities.
“Fred’s forethought and leadership will continue to help us expand into new areas worldwide,” stated Stephen Stuut, Chief Executive Officer of TruePosition. “With a larger organization and increased scope of activities, he now has the power and flexibility to lead our business development endeavors.”
Mr. Beckley has more nearly twenty years’ experience in international telecommunications. Prior to TruePosition, he held various positions at Verizon Wireless and Bell Atlantic Corporation, where he served as General Counsel of Bell Atlantic New Zealand Holdings, Inc., Grupo Iusacell, S.A de C.V., and Bell Atlantic Professional Services, Inc. Mr. Beckley is a graduate of Yale Law School, Yale Divinity School, and the University of Pennsylvania.
About TruePosition
TruePosition (www.trueposition.com) is one of the world’s leading providers of complete, wireless location solutions for the personal and public safety and government security markets. The company’s high-performance, turnkey and managed solutions include positioning technologies, applications, integration services, and technical support. These solutions meet demanding location requirements, including U.S. E911 and other emergency calling directives worldwide. TruePosition has two subsidiaries: Useful Networks, a location aggregator, and Zoombak, a consumer applications developer. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in the Philadelphia, PA (USA) area, TruePosition is owned by Liberty Media Corporation.
For more information on TruePosition, please contact:
Judith Purcell: +1 303 346 7266
or Lisa Eppert: +1 619 934 8099
Coracle Group
media@coraclegroup.com
Paul Nolan or Daniel Lowther
CC Group
Tel: +44 (0) 118 920 7650
trueposition@the-cc-group.com
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