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Articles tagged with: Navteq and Google
Mobile Phones Get Smarter at CTIA with Touch Screen Tech
This month's International CTIA Wireless 2009 event in Las Vegas showcased in the mobile handset's industry increasing focus on smart phones, as illustrated by prevalence of announcements related to touch-screen technology, according to iSuppli. more
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Sprint to Offer Location Based Services on WiMAX Network
Sprint's WiMAX network, XOHM has signed a deal to offer location based services when the network debuts commercially in Baltimore this September. Other cities are expected to receive service in the fourth quarter and beyond - prior to the eventual merger of the network with Clearwire. more
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Eyes turn to Africa and Mid-East for telecoms M&A deals as private equity stalls
Africa and the Middle East are poised for increased M&A activity and consolidation in the telecoms industry following a global decline in deal value and volumes in 2007 - says a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report reveals that the total disclosed deal value globally fell from €332 billion in 2006 to €185 billion in 2007, while deal volumes declined from 1,260 in 2006 to 1,190 in 2007. more
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Is iPhone's Wi-Fi Based Location Finder Better than GPS?
This week, Steve Jobs announced that the iPhone will feature Skyhook Wireless' Wi-Fi location technology in a joint development with Google. It is easy to write this off as a stop gap solution for GPS, but for me, this is a first step towards the next generation of cellular location technology. more
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