Location-Based Services

CPS Receives Investment From Andrew Corporation

Andrew Corporation is investing an undisclosed amount in CPS (Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd), a mobile location technology developer. The investment strengthens the relationship between the two companies and their joint development of innovative high accuracy mobile locating solutions

GPS/GSM phone to provide location to within five metres

Precisa to embed Sarantel GPS antenna in new GSM/GPS combination mobile phone

LBS gaining some ground, report finds, but...

There are more questions than answers...

The last three years have been a bumpy ride for Location-Based Services (LBS) as WAP and mobile data have failed to raise much enthusiasm from cellular subscribers. "That has changed", said Jake

Location in Demand

Excellent white paper from TruePosition on the need for versatility in location services, as well as looking at their value to operators and the likely drivers for demand.

CPS introduces standalone device LBS mechanism

Mobileoperators and enterprises seeking to deploy high accuracy location based services can now move more rapidly to market – and to revenue – with a new breakthrough feature of CPS’ Matrix high accuracy location technology.

LBS is not all about technology, and legislation may not help

112 won't necessarily be a boost for LBS

Oranges launch of its "Find Nearest" SMS service is evidence that operators are far from giving up on location based services (see link at the bottom of this page for

Orange launches "Find nearest" text service

Webraska the power behind the phone

Orange, the UK’s most popular mobile phone service, is pleased to announce that its customers can now use SMS messages to locate businesses or services, with the launch of the Orange "Find

Location Based Services making a humble comeback, declares ABI Research

Location Based Services (LBS) – a pre-bubble technology once touted as the next "killer app" – is poised to make a comeback – albeit without the flash and hype. So-called E112 or E911 legislation – named for the