Nokia Offers 3G Mobile Positioning Systems

At the Nokia Mobile Internet Conference in Spain, Nokia launched its mPosition for WCDMA and the Enabling Mobile Location Center which will offer an evolution path from the current mPosition for GSM solution.

The Nokia mPosition for WCDMA is part of the Nokia mPosition solution - a complete end-to-end solution with intelligent applications, multiple location detection methods, location middleware and mobile terminals. Also, emergency services will be supported by the Nokia mPosition Solution. The Nokia mPosition for WCDMA supports various 3GPP standardized location methods such as Cell ID based (SAI+RTT), OTDOA (Observed Time Difference of Arrival) and Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS).

Nokia also introduced the Enabling Mobile Location Center (EMLC), a key component of Nokia's mPosition solution that allow mobile operators to offer enhanced mobile location services to their subscribers. The EMLC plays a central role in these services by processing information about a subscriber's location and providing this information to application service providers (ASPs) while protecting the subscriber's privacy. The Nokia EMLC enhances privacy and security functionalities for end-users as well as enables Mobile Operators to control their service offering within the mobile network."

Posted to the site on 20th November 2001