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Articles tagged with: Gps and Lbs
Samsung Electronics Selects Tele Atlas for Digital Maps and Location Content
Digital mapping and navigation service provider, Tele Atlas has inked a deal with Samsung to embed its Tele Atlas maps into Samung gps-enabled mobile phones. more
Related Tags: tele-atlas, samsung, location-based-services
Devices locate kids, parents find peace of mind
With a computer or cell phone and an electronic tracking device, you can locate a missing pet, follow the path of a stolen car, find a skier buried in an avalanche and rescue a hiker lost in the woods. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, USA
Russians Willing to Pay Most for Smartphone-based Navigation and Telematics
The nascent Russian navigation and telematics market is witnessing a reversal of trends, with global positioning system (gps)-enabled smartphone technology gaining ground over traditional portable navigation devices (PND). In 2009, the smartphone-based navigation market already exceeded 350,000 units sold in Russia, while the PND market failed to register even half that amount. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, Russia
Openwave Introduces New Location Offering for Operators in Emerging Markets
Openwave Systems has launched a location-based services platform with offers both basic and advanced location-based services (LBS) and is compatible with GSM/UMTS mobile phone and network standards. more
Related Tags: openwave-systems, location-based-services, a-gps, cell-id
Motorola Deploys Location Based Services for NTT DoCoMo
Motorola has announced that Japan's NTT DoCoMo will deploy its Mobile Advanced Location System (MALS) to power DoCoMo's new location based services. Motorola MALS is compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) 1.0 standard, allowing faster and more accurate detection of the position of DoCoMo's users, even when using base stations of overseas carriers in the roaming areas. more
Related Tags: motorola, location-based-services, docomo, a-gps, base-stations, Japan
Lost teen's emergency calls prove futile
Seven times, teenage hiker David Iredale used his cell phone to call Australia's equivalent of 911, pleading for rescue after he became lost in tough scrubland and ran out of water in 100-degree (37 C) heat. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, e-911, Australia
Operators Lose Prime Position for Location Based Services
Wireless carriers are increasingly losing control of location-based service provision to Internet companies such as Google and Yahoo, and to handset vendors like Nokia, according to Strategy Analytics. more
Related Tags: location-based-services, google, yahoo, nokia, skyhook
Game-Changing Moves Strengthen Consumer LBS in North America
The consumer location-based services (LBS) market has steadily evolved over the past few years, always promising significant revenue generation, but never quite delivering the critical mass of subscribers that were expected. Now, a number of factors - including the development of third-party location databases and technologies - are poised to finally drive real LBS market growth on mobile phones. more
Related Tags: google, , wi-fi, microsoft, nokia, iphone, sms, apple, itu, tim, ovi, skyhook, e-911, skyhook-wireless, a-gps, USA
Global PND Shipments Will Stagnate at 39 Million Units in 2009
The once booming personal navigation device market is grinding to a halt in 2009 with little or no growth expected in most regions. With the European PND market forecast to decline and the North American market remaining flat, Asia-Pacific remains the only growth market. more
Related Tags: nokia, smartphone, eu, abi-research, ovi, personal, touchscreen, pnd, pnds, tomtom, tomtom, personal-navigation-device
E112 and A-GPS will revive the LBS platform and middleware market
According to a new report from the telecom analyst firm Berg Insight, the market for LBS platforms and middleware in Europe will return to growth in the coming years, with demand driven by E112 requirements and increasing adoption of A-gps. more
Related Tags: google, smartphone, smartphones, a-gps