Navizon

Navizon, Inc
Company typeInc
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded2005
FounderCyril Houri
Headquarters,
Key people
Cyril Houri, CEO
ProductsNavizon Virtual GPS, Navizon Indoor Triangulation System, Navizon Indoors
ServicesLocation-Based Services & Positioning Technologies
Websitewww.navizon.com

Navizon, Inc. is a provider of location-based services and products. Navizon was an early developer of technology that makes it possible to determine the geographic position of a mobile device using as reference the location of cell phone towers and Wi-Fi-based wireless access points instead of GPS. Navizon also developed technology for locating mobile devices indoors with room and floor-level accuracy.

Navizon, initially known as Mexens Technology, was founded by a team from the Internet Protocol geolocation market. Its founder and CEO, Cyril Houri, was founder and CEO of Infosplit, a provider of IP address geolocation services started in 1999 that was acquired in 2004.[1]

  1. ^ Peters, Kurt (2004-04-01). "Quova Acquires Competitor Infosplit". Digital Commerce 360. Retrieved 2024-09-11.