Location-Based Services
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70 million mobile navigation users by 2014
GPS to fuel growth
The number of mobile subscribers downloading navigation routes using their mobile handsets is expected to grow from 16 million users in 2008 to reach 70 million users in 2014, according to a new research report by Berg Insight t. Revenues from subscriptions and advertisements are expected to reach €597 million by 2014 from €177 million in 2008, a CAGR of 22.4 percent.
Sony Ericsson handsets to incorporate Mobile Commerce’s new search service
Sony Ericsson today announced that the new 8.1 megapixel Cyber-shot C905 phone will come preloaded with Mobile Commerce's ‘NearMe' application. Mobile Commerce is the UK provider of location-based services (LBS) and mobile content integration, and ‘NearMe' will alsoPersonal navigation to remain most popular LBS application over next five years - but enterprise apps will generate most revenue, says research
While many Location Based Services applications, such as friend finders and location-based search, will be launched by carriers in the next few years, personal navigation will remain the most important LBS category providing high value and clear benefits
GyPSii and Garmin sign global multi-year agreement for location-based services and social networking
GyPSii, the geo-location and mobile social networking provider, has today announced it has entered into a multi-year worldwide agreement with Garmin, the specialist in satellite navigation.
Nokia and ARC Transistance to deliver real time traffic reports
Nokia and ARC Transistance, the European network of automobile clubs, have announced that they are working together to provide Real Time Traffic Information to users of Nokia mobile devices. Nokia will offer the service as a premium offeringMore than 100 million users of mobile LBS in Europe by 2012, claims report
According to a new report from telecom research firm Berg Insight, more than 100 million mobile subscribers in Europe will use location-based services by 2012. Mapping, navigation and search are believed to become the top applications, followed by
Mobile Location Based Services revenue to reach $13.3 billion worldwide by 2013, claims ABI Research
According to a new report from ABI Research, Location Based Services (LBS) revenue is forecast to reach an annual global total of $13.3 billion by 2013, up from an estimated $515 million during 2007.
Advanced mass data handling and location based services technologies launched on Symbian OS
Symbian, the provider of the open operating system for smartphones, has announced Symbian SQL and an advanced Location Based Services (LBS) architecture - two new technologies that are claimed to herald the next generation of mobile computing by