Hyderabad, Nov 11: Cellular service provider Hutchison Essar, today launched here location based service which takes advantage of the mobile network's capability to locate a served mobile subscriber. Hutchison Essar South Limited, chief operating officer, Kumar Ramanathan, told reporters here that with the collaboration of citadel health technology the twin value added service---buddy service and vehicle tracking solution for the retail segment and for corporate or commercial segment respectively has been successfully launched.

He said under 'buddy service' hutch subscribers will be know if their friends were in the vicinity.

While vehicle tracking solution will help locating the vehicle through a device fitted with a Hutch sim card, he said.


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