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Real-Time Video Traffic Information Available for Free on Mobile Devices to New York City Metro Commuters


March 2007
 Filed under: NAVIGATION Car News | NAVIGATION Headlines
NEW YORK, March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time ever, drivers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut can actually view traffic tie-ups on their cell phones to help them plan the quickest and safest route to work or home.

3rd Dimension Inc., a New York-based mobile marketing and application company, has created the free service that shows real-time traffic conditions to nearly anyone with a compatible data-enabled cell phone, as well as on BlackBerry, Palm Treo and Windows Mobile smart phones. Once downloaded to mobile phones, users can choose from more than 450 real-time traffic cameras along major crossings in the tri-state area, stretching from New Haven, Connecticut to Southern New Jersey and including New York City's five boroughs.
The new service, test launched in November 2006 in conjunction with WCBS Newsradio ( www.wcbs880.com ), is gaining in popularity with drivers across the tri-state region.

The Tri-State BMW Dealer's Association has signed on as the charter advertiser.

Users simply call 877-880-ROAD or go to the download page on www.wcbs880.com or www.freetrafficcam.com , to get the application for their cell phone or PDA. From there, users can navigate the real-time video images offered of traffic in their selected locations. BMW advertisements appear during the loading of each traffic cam's image.

The traffic camera application is the first of several that 3rd Dimension plans to launch this year. The company plans to announce further markets for the traffic service as well as other innovative applications that utilize live video content streamed to mobile devices.

"Mobile devices have become the most personal means of communication. People literally don't leave their homes without them," said Bruce Laskin, chief operating officer, 3rd Dimension. "All of our planned applications will deliver highly relevant, live video content to targeted audiences for free or via subscription, making it a very attractive medium for the advertising community, while remaining very appealing to the consumer."

"Mobile applications like those offered by 3rd Dimension are utilized by a small but very cutting edge, forward-thinking, ideas-driven audience -- a perfect fit with BMW's target audience. And while BMW already utilizes radio traffic advertising, this service will take the idea to another level -- one that makes the content more relevant and convenient for the user," said John Tuchtenhagen, media supervisor at GSD&M, Tri-State BMW's ad agency.

About 3rd Dimension Inc.

3rd Dimension ( www.3rdDimensionTech.com ) is a mobile marketing and application company that creates and distributes innovative real-time video content to consumers through their mobile devices. Its mobile applications are designed to attract targeted niche audiences making its solutions attractive to advertisers and marketers.

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This release is available on the KCSA Worldwide Web site at www.kcsa.com

Source: 3rd Dimension Inc.

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