Articles tagged with: 911 and Gps

New Car-Ignition Key can Jam Mobile Phones

..r calling 911 or other numbers pre-approved by the parents - most likely the parents' own cell numbers. Incoming calls and texts are automatically answered with a message saying, "I am driving now. I will call you later when I arrive at the more

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High-Accuracy LBS Key to Offsetting Federally Mandated E911 Costs

.. location identification for cell phones as a means for emergency responders to quickly locate 911 dialers. Fortunately, the billions of dollars required to implement this mandate can be leveraged by U.S. carriers to produce commercial Location more

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Location-Based Services to Grow Nearly 170 Percent in 2008

.. should always be able to call an emergency number - enhanced 911 or E911 - and this has stimulated accurate positioning facilities. In Europe, the drive has come from consumer demand and the efforts of handset manufacturers and service operato more

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Shipments of GPS-Enabled Mobile Handsets to More than Quadruple by 2011

.. to more than quadruple from 2006 to 2011 due to the U.S. government's mandate for Emergency 911 (E911) capability as well as wireless operators' initiatives to offer Location-Based Services (LBSs), according to iSuppli. GPS-equipped mobile ha more

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