GPS

WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to announce as early as next month a dramatic improvement to global positioning system accuracy, a move with enormous public safety and commercial implications for …

TORONTO-Paradigm Advanced Technologies Inc., a worldwide licensing agent for a broadband wireless location patent, reported it completed the acquisition of PowerLOC Technologies Inc., a global positioning system company. In addition …

WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

XYPoint made several enhancements to its wireless phone location services last week through partnerships with Vicinity Corp. and GeoVector. XYPoint partnered with Vicinity to provide wireless customers with location-based information …

IBM and AT&T announced an alliance to offer wireless data services to their business customers. Financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. The companies said they expected significant opportunities …

Handsets Philips Philips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon …

BETHESDA, Md.-Comsat Corp. reported its mobile communications business unit received a five-year extension for satellite services supporting the Federal Aviation Administration’s space-based aircraft navigation system. The extension expands the previously …

WASHINGTON-Prospects for the widespread development of ultra-wideband technologies were dealt a blow last week when the aviation community-associations representing both airlines and air travelers-expressed concern that UWB technologies will interfere …

I came to the wireless communications industry several years ago from the world of geographic information systems-an industry I thoroughly enjoyed because of its vast applications but which I always …

Qualcomm Inc. took a major step last week to expand its patent and technology portfolio to include mobile location-based services and wireless Internet systems, announcing it acquired San Jose, Calif.-based …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo unveiled its DokoNavi Global Positioning System-based mobile personal location service. Using a cellular phone linked to a personal digital assistant from Denso, called Naviewn, and GPS technology from …

Alain Rossmann, founder of Phone.com, told the opening session audience at CTIA’s Wireless I.T. conference last week in Santa Clara, Calif., that the wireless data industry has moved beyond the …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Following up its widely acclaimed NeoPoint 1000 smart phone, NeoPoint Inc. last week at Wireless I.T. introduced a location-based wireless portal called myAladdin.com. The portal is positioned as …

WASHINGTON-Lost in the hoopla over the enactment of wireless 911 legislation last week is the growing prospect that the rollout of position location for the nation’s 80 million mobile-phone users …

Agilent Agilent Technologies debuted the SQL server 7.0 database scanner and HP SFCommand. HP SFCommand will help network operators integrate all security applications, such as monitoring and the implementation of …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should begin to have rules in place for using ultra-wideband wireless technologies before the end of 2000, said FCC Commissioner Susan Ness. Ultra-wideband radio frequency technologies …

MADRID, Spain-Telefonica Moviles began technical testing of SnapTrack Inc.’s enhanced global positioning system location technology. The goal of the trial is to consider future applications and services that GPS and …

NASHVILLE, Tenn.-NovAtel Inc. launched its latest global positioning system receiver-OEM4-specifically targeted to systems integrators in markets including machine control, mining, agriculture, marine navigation and surveying. NovAtel’s proprietary chip, the MINOS4, …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Symmetricom Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. announced they successfully demonstrated the ability to synchronize and maintain time and frequency between Code Division Multiple Access base stations using handset message …

SnapTrack Inc., a wireless location solution provider, was awarded a key patent that is part of the foundation of its Wireless Assisted GPS system. SnapTrack’s system uses information from both …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-SiRF Technology Inc. announced an alliance with location technology product and services provider Integrated Data Communications. The two companies plan to develop complementary product offerings that will enable …

TOKYO-Since last year, Japan’s three Personal Handyphone System carriers have provided location services. This year, such services are expected to gain more accuracy because some carriers and venders are launching …

By almost all accounts, the market for in-vehicle wireless communications and information services-called telematics-is going to explode in the next few years. Studies by consulting firms Strategis Group and Allied …

NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Spyglass Inc. said it licensed its Spyglass Prism product to Seiko Epson for use with a new wireless device specifically designed to target the Japanese market. Spyglass Prism is …