GyPSii platform wins NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge award - GyPSii platform wins NAVTEQ Global LBS Challenge award and announces major new partnerships worldwide Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 10 March, 2008 - GyPSii the world’s leading geo-location and social networking service provider for mobile phones and Internet devices, received highly sought after industry acclaim at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, when it was a winner in the NAVTEQ LBS Challenge, a contest in which over 300 companies competed. The award coincided with GyPSii’s live launch at the event, following a three month public beta trial with users worldwide. The honour further positions GyPSii as the leading player in the emerging mobile social networking and LBS market. The worldwide contest, which has established a reputation as the premier event in the location-based services (LBS) industry, challenges application developers to build innovative location-based services which work with mobile phones and/or wireless handheld devices using dynamic positioning technology and NAVTEQ maps. Over 316 companies registered for this year's Challenge globally, of which twelve advanced to the final judging in the European division.