India's Tata Teleservices has announced that it will commercially deploy a new location-based service that is the first to use Qualcomm's Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology in the Indian market.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. -- When Martin Barbre got his first look three years ago at a system that would drive his tractor for him, he didn't buy the device -- or the premise that it would cut costs on his farm.
The Global Positioning System that helps us navigate the highways was a brilliant idea. So brilliant that industry watchers at ABI Research Inc. in New York say there will be 900 million such devices in use worldwide in another five years.
GPS devices are among the hottest gadgets on the market, enticing both legitimate customers and a growing number of thieves who see gold in the navigation tools.
Increasing customer interest and availability of W-CDMA and GSM handsets are pushing mobile location-based services from the realm of hype into the world of reality.A new report from ABI Research predicts LBS revenues will grow from $515 million last year to $13.3 billion worldwide...
You know that contest where a person stands in a glass booth and tries to grab dollar bills as they fly around? That's sort of like the mobile social networking space. Except there are dozens of players. And nobody knows how much money is...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Ambient: Vicis Capital Master Fund invested $3 million into Newmont, Mass.-based Ambient Corp. The financing deal called for Ambient...
Vantage Communications, a company providing hosted unified communications, has announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has chosen its Vantage IP Service (VIP) as a finalist for the 23rd annual CODiE Awards, in the "Best Communications Solution"
SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) -- McLaren's Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were penalized five grid places Saturday for impeding other drivers and rival Ferrari took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced a new Bluetooth GPS phone accessory that will bring location services to Nokia phone owners. The move is notable as Nokia has so far shied away from adding GPS capabilities directly into most of its phones. "Location based services, such...
To the Editor, I just read the article, "Emergency alert tests with cell phones expanded," by Jeffrey Silva, in your July 11 edition and found it very interesting. I do believe that the U.S. needs a system similar to the one used in Kuwait....
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The popularity of in-vehicle navigation services vs. handset-based vehicle navigation services in East Asia varies from country to country, according to a report from ABI Research titled "Handset-based Navigation and Location Based Services in Asia."The study examines features and fee schedules, company...
TORONTO-NAC Geographic Products Inc. introduced a new location service the company said simplifies the use of wireless location services across a variety of locales and languages.NAC's technology uses the company's Natural Area Coding System, which integrates information from postal codes, GPS information, building addresses...
NEW YORK-Canadian users of Web-enabled wireless phones and two-way pagers can get walking or driving directions to any location within the country, under an agreement announced Nov. 22 between Maptuit Corp. and Sympatico-Lycos Inc.Sympatico-Lycos, an Internet service provider, is jointly owned by Lycos Inc....
