China – China Information Security Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq: CPBY) (“China Information Security,” “CIST” or the “Company”), a leading provider of Information Security and 3S (Geographic Information Systems — GIS, Global Positioning Systems — GPS and Remote Sensing — RS) services in China, today announced that the Company has been awarded a contract to construct the Shenzhen City 120 Emergency Medical Service (EMS) GIS Command and Coordination System (the “Shenzhen EMS Coordination System”), with a total contract value of $1.5 million. The contract is estimated to be completed by the end of 2008.
The Shenzhen EMS Coordination System will add another module to the Company’s Police-use GIS (“PGIS”) solutions, providing the most comprehensive solution set for emergency responders in China. The system will be constructed using the Company’s existing PGIS platform, but will add features especially developed and focused on ambulatory emergency response functions, similar to computer aided dispatch (CAD) systems used to support 911 dispatchers in the United States. The Company expects that the new system will greatly improve the efficiency of Shenzhen City’s 120 Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Center by better coordinating its medical resources and accelerating its public response time, to the enhanced health and benefit of Shenzhen City residents.
The Company provides PGIS customers with specialized GIS services, including specialized mapping, geographic positioning, messaging, real-time resource tracking and monitoring. After successful implementation of the PGIS platform, the Company also offers ongoing systems operation and support services, as well as application interface services that enable interaction between the PGIS platform and other infrastructure applications currently in use by the PGIS customer. The Company’s PGIS platform solutions currently offers modules that serve Police (110), Fire (119) and Traffic Police (122). The Shenzhen EMS Coordination System represents an additional PGIS module to serve EMS (120).
“We view this contract win as a validation of our competitive position in the Shenzhen City PGIS market,” commented Mr. Jiang Huai Lin, CEO of China Information Security. “We expect that the new Shenzhen EMS Coordination System will strengthen our PGIS product mix and provide increased opportunities for us to cross-sell the new product to other existing PGIS customers. We believe that we can achieve greater success in the rapidly growing national market, through our strong technological capabilities, successful implementation record and industry reputation.”
