Cityspace acquires Kizoom in order to strengthen its real-time passenger experience portfolio

London, 19 May 2008

Kizoom today announces that it has been acquired by Cityspace, leading provider of Urban Digital Networks. Since it began in 1996, Cityspace has been constantly evolving the services it offers in order to take advantage of technological advances, and to reflect society's changing needs.

   Andrew Fraser & Damian Bown

“Kizoom is a great fit for the business in several ways,” said Andrew Fraser, Cityspace CEO. “As an established Cityspace technology partner, collaborating on some of our flagship transport solutions such as our latest deployment of timetable to mobile alert for National Express East Coast rail network, the company has demonstrated outstanding technical skills and has valuable strengths in application development.

“Kizoom brings proven expertise in mobile solutions for the transport market at a time when Cityspace is fast establishing itself as a provider of effective, innovative passenger information solutions for national rail and bus networks, and at airports.”

The acquisition of Kizoom reflects an important milestone in the Cityspace strategic growth plan since Andrew Fraser was appointed as Chief Executive in February this year. Kizoom’s established connections to many public transport real-time and timetabled data feeds opens up opportunities for Cityspace in these complementary organisations and transport regions.

Commenting on the acquisition from Kizoom, Damian Bown, Managing Director, said “As travel information moves inexorably to electronic and self service channels, transport organisations will expect to be offered increasing levels of system support, availability and capacity. Kizoom's experience in running systems for TfL and National Rail equips Cityspace with the skills and credentials to offer an unparalleled portfolio of multi platform passenger information solutions. This is a great partnership with a well of untapped opportunities ahead.”