IRVINE, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Networks In Motion said it released its new AtlasTrack location-services product through Nextel Communications Inc. The company said the Java application allows mobile workers to track tasks and update their work status with location information gleaned through the global positioning system functions in Nextel handsets.
“The AtlasTrack solution expands the mobile workforce management options available to Nextel customers by allowing those in service, sales and fleet management to communicate with each other while in the field,” said Stephen Petilli, head of Networks In Motion.
Indeed, the number of such products may greatly increase in the coming years, according to new research from Allied Business Intelligence. The firm said GPS technologies could find a home in mobile phones, but the cost of adding GPS receivers into handsets must come down from $8 to less than $5. Nextel, Verizon Wireless and Sprint are installing GPS receivers into their handsets to meet the Federal Communications Commission’s E911 mandate, and some in the industry believe other carriers will do the same.
