TOKYO-SnapTrack Inc. formed a Tokyo-based subsidiary called SnapTrack Japan Ltd. that will be responsible for expanding SnapTrack's presence in the Japanese telecommunications market and providing local marketing and technical support for its Japanese clients and partners.SnapTrack, a wireless location company, forged a partnership last...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. and SnapTrack Inc. signed an agreement calling for NEC to use SnapTrack's wireless location technology to develop a location information system that will be marketed to wireless carriers in Japan as a platform for value-added services, said the companies.NEC plans to develop...
Nine global wireless companies formed a focus group, called 3G.IP, to promote an Internet Protocol-based wireless system for third-generation technology. The group comprises AT&T, British Telecom, Rogers Cantel, Ericsson, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, Telenor and Telecom Italia Mobile.Motorola signed a 10-year, US$1 billion strategic...
WASHINGTON-A technical committee for Code Division Multiple Access technology development is working on an adjunct standard of the technology that could be used for Phase II enhanced 911.The specification would "put part of the global positioning system receiver in the phone and part on...
SnapTrack Inc. last week announced a strategic partnership with Motorola Inc. under which it will license its personal location system to Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector.Motorola will use SnapTrack's technology through a royalty-bearing license agreement to offer personal location services as a part of its...
TAMPA, Fla.-A group of Code Division Multiple Access carriers, handset vendors and technology providers completed a trial of SnapTrack's handset-based location system on two wireless networks in Tampa, Fla.The companies tested prototype handsets from Motorola Inc. and Samsung that used SnapTrack's enhanced global positioning...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision late last year to entertain waiver extensions of the October 2001 date for automatic location identification rollout has mushroomed into a huge controversy that pits wireless carriers, public-safety officials and E911 vendors against each other and threatens to further...
A recent Federal Communications Commission notice may give some momentum to vendors offering handset-based solutions for wireless enhanced 911 compliance.The FCC has mandated that wireless carriers by Oct. 1, 2001, be able to locate wireless 911 callers to within 125 meters 67 percent of...
Wireless carriers in the United States have been focusing a great deal of attention on a government mandate concerning emergency calls made from wireless phones.The United States has in place a three-digit phone number-911-that citizens can call to be connected with police, fire and...
Tom Wheeler, president and chief executive officer of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week opened the Location Technology Implementation Conference in San Francisco by calling for cooperation in the public-safety communications community in addressing E911 requirements."Our goal should be to develop a plan...
GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it signed an agreement to become a value-added reseller of Information Mechanics Inc.'s line of wireless data applications for smartphones and other handheld devices. Under the agreement, GoAmerica will feature IM's Web product line on its Web@Hand portfolio of wireless...
SnapTrack Inc., together with U S West Wireless, last week staged a live demonstration of its location technology designed to meet phase II requirements of the Federal Communications Commission's enhanced 911 mandate. SignalSoft Corp. and SCC Communications Corp. also participated in the trial.The FCC...
SEATTLE-Xypoint Corp. announced a new certification program designed to help wireless carriers comply with Phase II of the Federal Communications Commission's Enhanced 911 mandate.The mandate requires carriers to be able to provide public-safety answering points with information about a caller's location that are accurate...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-LG Information and Communications Ltd. will develop prototype handsets for widespread testing of SnapTrack's enhanced 911 solution, which is designed to meet the Federal Communications Commission mandate for wireless E-911 location services, said SnapTrack.LGIC joined seven Code Division Multiple Access wireless carriers-AirTouch...
SnapTrack Inc., headquartered in San Jose, Calif., is attracting attention from some industry heavyweights with its Global Positioning System-based method for providing location-based services, including enhanced 911 service.Seven Code Division Multiple Access carriers are taking a serious look at what SnapTrack has to offer....
