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Articles tagged with: E911 and Gps
Nokia kick-starts GPS market in Europe
Opinion piece by Tony Cripps and Michele Mackenzie, principal analysts
According to a new Ovum forecast, the market for GPS-enabled mobile devices
will grow rapidly, from an estimated 163.9 million shipments in 2007 to almost
572 million in 2012. In the early years this growth has been driven by the CDMA
players, namely Qualcomm, serving large CDMA markets such as the US, where the
e911 mandate stipulates the use of location-based technologies in handsets, and
markets such as Korea and Japan where demand for location-enabled services is
higher than in other regions.
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GPS Smartphones Generating Renewed Momentum for the LBS Infrastructure Industry
The recent launches of GPS-enabled smartphones with touch screen interfaces such as AppleÃ's iPhone, the BlackBerry Storm, the T-Mobile G1, NokiaÃ's 5800 XpressMusic, and Sony EricssonÃ'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
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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
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PND Shipment Growth Decelerates as Alternatives Gain Ground
The Portable Navigation Device's (PND's) days of navigation domination are numbered, as mobile-handset alternatives gain in popularity over the next few years, according to iSuppli. more
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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
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Location-Based Services to Grow Nearly 170 Percent in 2008
Worldwide subscribers to location-based communications services on mobile devices will increase by nearly 168 per cent in 2008 while revenue will grow by 169 per cent, according to a new report from Gartner. more
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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
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