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Articles tagged with: 911 and Lbs
Cash-strapped states raid 911 funds
More than $200 million collected from cell phone users for upgrades to the 911 system has been diverted in the last two years to plug state budget holes, keep campaign promises and, in at least one case, buy police uniforms, an Associated Press analysis has found. more
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Research highlights deficiencies in Canada's proposed wireless E911 services
.. "late in the game" in adopting new rules to implement wireless enhanced emergency (E911) services and there is a definitive need for regulators to play a stronger role in setting national wireless E911 policies and standards, a new r 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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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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Location Based Services will power GPS - report
..n certain accuracy and reliability constraints, came in the form of the US government's Enhanced 911 mandate. Implementation, however, has followed differing scenarios in the CDMA and GSM camps, which are analyzed in the new publication.Qualcomm, man more
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Location based services to grow sharply by 2006 - report
..n-specific applications and content. Market growth will be fueled by the Emergency 911 mandate of the Federal Communication Commission and the subsequent advancements in location- measurement technologies as well as wireless infrastructure and standa more
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