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Articles tagged with: E911 and A Gps
GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as Apple's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, Nokia's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1 are fueling interest in handset-based navigation and location based services (LBS) despite the worsening economic climate. In turn this drives both third party LBS application development and the roll out of LBS infrastructure by carriers to support the much needed Secure User Plane Location (SUPL)-compliant Assisted GPS functionality. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, wi-fi, t-mobile, nokia, iphone, smartphone, apple, apple, smartphones, gps, abi-research, ericsson, lbs, location-based-services, blackberry, personal, sony, personal-navigation-devices, displays, xperia, polaris-wireless, navigation, option, touch-screen
Sagem to Embed GPS Receiver into SIM Cards
Smartcard vendor, Sagem Orga has announced a partnership with BlueSky Positioning to integrate A-GPS positioning technology on to conventional SIM cards. Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning's new approach incorporates a GPS receiver and a proprietary antenna into the SIM card, enabling mobile operators to deploy applications with no need for software or hardware changes. more
Related Tags: sim-card, sagem-orga, gps, eu, bluesky-positioning, antenna, emergency, emergency-services, bluesky
High-Accuracy LBS Key to Offsetting Federally Mandated E911 Costs
The U.S. Federal Government has mandated automatic 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-Based Services (LBS). LBS promises a lucrative revenue stream and presents carriers with a way to differentiate services in an increasingly competitive mobile environment. more
Related Tags: social-networking, gps, lbs, cell-id, 911, navigation, churn, emergency,
Shipments of GPS-Enabled Mobile Handsets to More than Quadruple by 2011
Global shipments of mobile handsets equipped with GPS capability are expected 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. more
Related Tags: semiconductor, social-networking, isuppli, o2, lbs, gps, semiconductors, 911, federal-communications-commission, chipsets, radio-frequency, emergency
Mobile Phones to Radically Change the Navigation Device Market
Mobile phone operators now have the ability to market a downloadable navigation application that is just as good as, if not better, than personal navigation devices (PNDs), reports In-Stat. As a result, handset-based mapping and navigation applications could cause a major change in the overall navigation market, which is now dominated by relatively expensive standalone devices, the high-tech market research firm says. more
Related Tags: in-stat, pnds, personal-navigation-devices, navigation
Test rig for GPS 3G handsets launched
Spirent Communications has released the first commercially-available single-source solution for automated testing of GSM and WCDMA handsets that support Assisted GPS (A-GPS) location technology. Spirent's new product, UMTS Location Test System (ULTS), builds on Spirent's location test expertise, gained through global leadership in GPS simulation solutions for receiver performance evaluation and through the market-leading Spirent Position Location Test System (PLTS) for CDMA. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, spirent
CellPoint adds CDMA support to its location based solutions
CellPoint has announced that it has evolved its Mobile Location System (MLS) location product to operate on CDMA networks. CellPoint's MLS now has the capability to work on virtually every mobile network in the world. This development is a direct response to demand from CDMA operators. more
Related Tags: switches, federal-communications-commission
Cellpoint offers safe linking of location data to applications
CellPoint has launched its Mobile Location Broker version 1.0 (MLB), a new software platform that offers operators secure linking of location applications with location determination platforms. MLB is a new discrete layer in CellPoint's location solution that facilitates secure and efficient delivery of location information. Mobile operators and portals need not worry about security or privacy as MLB completely manages these elements. more
Related Tags: privacy, sirf, i-mode, location-based-service
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