http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc GPS World?s Utilities & Communications site offers professionals exclusive daily features, an e-newsletter, opinion pieces, and product information. Areas highlighted include Infrastructure, Indoor Positioning, Personal Tracking, Timing, Personal Navigation, and Survey/Mapping. 2008-07-09T00:57:53Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-June-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/525004?ref=25 Last year, 9 million U.S. households dumped traditional phones for the much less expensive VoIP communications, but current 9-1-1 systems have trouble with IP-based calls. Proof of concept tests for 9-1-1 systems that are IP-based and VoIP-friendly began this week. 2008-06-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252008/525004null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/Utilities-and-Communications-Pulse-mdash-June-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/524458?ref=25 Last year, 9 million U.S. households dumped traditional phones for the much less expensive VoIP communications, but current 911 systems have trouble with IP-based calls. Proof of concept tests for 911 systems that are IP-based and VoIP-friendly began this week. 2008-06-17T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252008/524458/janice_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252008/524458null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Trimble-Introduces-GNSS-Reference-Sensor-for-Infra/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/520225?ref=25 Trimble has introduced the NetR GNSS reference for infrastructure and network applications. Designed to seamlessly integrate into any Trimble VRS (Virtual Reference Station) network or other infrastructure application, it offers a new option for tracking and streaming data, expanding, densifying, or modernizing an existing network, and implementing sparse GLONASS capabilities. 2008-05-30T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/222008/520225null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Rakon-Sales-Revs-Climb-but-Outlook-Cloudy/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/519224?ref=25 New Zealand-based crystal oscillator supplier Rakon Ltd. has reported that its sales revenue for fiscal year 2008 was $174.3 million (New Zealand dollars; $137.3 million in U.S. dollars), up $68.4 million ($53.9 million) and 65 percent year over year. 2008-05-27T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/222008/519224null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Agilent-Spirent-Join-CSR-Moto-in-EGPS-Forum/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/518660?ref=25 U.K. Wireless tech supplier CSR today announced that Agilent Technologies and Spirent Communications are joining CSR and Motorola in the EGPS Forum, an open industry forum for evaluating and fostering enhanced GPS (EGPS) technologies. Working with CSR, Agilent and Spirent have created a single system that can simulate both GPS and cellular signals, CSR said. 2008-05-22T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212008/518660null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-May-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/518194?ref=25 We've come a long way since the advent of the paper map. We've even come a long way since the early days of digital mapping, when data collection concentrated on things like stop-light and street-sign location. These days Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ are expanding map data to include not only points of interest, but enabling 3D cities and advanced driver assistance systems. 2008-05-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212008/518194null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-May-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/517962?ref=25 We've come a long way since the advent of the paper map. We've even come a long way since the early days of digital mapping, when data collection concentrated on things like stop-light and street-sign location. These days Tele Atlas and NAVTEQ are expanding map data to include not only points of interest, but enabling 3D cities and advanced driver assistance systems. 2008-05-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212008/517962/janice_38736_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212008/517962null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Spirent-Providing-A-GPS-Testing-for-China/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/516715?ref=25 Spirent Communications today announced that it signed an agreement with Beijing based, China Telecommunications Technology Labs (CTTL) for assisted-GPS testing in China. 2008-05-13T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/202008/516715null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/ABI-GPS-Handset-Market-Poised-for-Huge-Expansion/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/516053?ref=25 The market for GPS-enabled handsets is set to boom over the next four years, with more than 550 million units shipping in 2012, market research firm ABI Research said today. 2008-05-09T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/192008/516053null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Nokia-Reiterates-35M-GPS-Devices-in-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515711?ref=25 Other players in the consumer GPS market may be getting nervous about forecasts, but not Nokia, at least when it comes to unit volumes. The European mobile phone giant's CEO confirmed today what the company said earlier in the year with regard to its GPS-enabled devices: it expects to ship some 35 million this year. 2008-05-08T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/192008/515711null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Help-Wanted-emGPS-Worldem-Unveils-Online-Career-Cl/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/515712?ref=25 GPS World magazine has opened a paid advertising section focusing on job opportunities in the GNSS field. 2008-05-08T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/192008/515712null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/513048?ref=25 Much of this year's CTIA revolved around the increasingly location-based social culture of the Millennial Generation. But LBS is finding its way into other walks of life, from bird-watching to emergency management. 2008-04-29T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/182008/513048null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-April-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/510412?ref=25 Much of this year's CTIA revolved around the increasingly location-based social culture of the Millennial Generation. But LBS is frequently finding its way into other walks of life, from bird-watching to emergency management. 2008-04-16T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162008/510412/janice_thumbnail_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/162008/510412null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/STMicro-NXP-Announce-Wireless-Joint-Venture/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/509727?ref=25 European chip makers STMicroelectronics and NXP Semiconductors — which recently acquired GloNav — plan to combine their wireless units within a joint venture company. 2008-04-11T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/152008/509727null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Live-Coverage-of-CTIA-Wireless-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507361?ref=25 Eric Gakstatter's blog from CTIA Wireless 2008 on the latest GPS-enabled cell phones on the market 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/142008/507361null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/CTIA-U-blox-5-based-Timing-Module-Debuts/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507300?ref=25 Swiss chip maker u-blox today introduced its LEA-5T, a GPS module capable of a compensated time pulse accuracy of up to 15 nanoseconds. 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/142008/507300null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/CTIA-Wireless-Growth-Bigger-in-Texas-says-Pitney-B/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/507306?ref=25 Location-based intelligence provider Pitney Bowes MapInfo and The Gadberry Group have released a list of the fastest growing wireless markets based on population growth, with Dallas and Houston at the top of the list. 2008-04-02T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/142008/507306null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/CTIA-mdash-Live-Coverage/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506027?ref=25 Live reports from Janice Partyka, Utilities & Communications Pulse editor, from CTIA 2008 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/132008/506027null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Business+News+%26+Outlook/Business-Outlook-mdash-UWB-Location-Tech-on-a-Roll/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/506345?ref=25 Ultra-wideband location applications envisioned or already created support emergency services, asset tracking, and manufacturing inventory management. 2008-04-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/132008/506345/BO-thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/132008/506345null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Symmetricom-Updates-GPS-Based-Network-Time-App/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/504577?ref=25 Symmetricom Inc. has rolled out SymmTime 2008, a free multi-zone desktop time utility that automatically synchronizes a user's system clock through the Internet to any accessible Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. 2008-03-21T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/122008/504577null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-March-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/503988?ref=25 Something interesting happened this month on a stretch of road between New York City and Long Island. The ITS World Congress VII demonstration committee successfully tested advanced vehicle communication technology along the 50-mile route as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation's Vehicle Infrastructure Initiative (VII). Both GPS and wireless Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) play key roles in these new traffic safety and mobility efforts. 2008-03-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/122008/503988/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/122008/503988null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/GITA-eSpatial-based-Verizon-Software-Wins-Innovato/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502134?ref=25 Verizon has won the prestigious GITA 2008 Innovator Award, with a web mapping application for network planning based on geospatial software supplier eSpatial's iSMART, according to eSpatial. 2008-03-11T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/112008/502134null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Infrastructure/Its-a-Wild-Wild-Wireless-World/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/502585?ref=25 Once we understand wireless carriers' structure, operating model, and financial drivers, then plans and prospects for location-based services will become more apparent. Much hinges on a spectrum auction now underway, expected to garner $20 billion. Carriers want LBS to drive a big return on this investment. 2008-03-01T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/112008/502585null XML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Business+News+%26+Outlook/UampC-Insights-mdash-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/493114?ref=25 Earlier this month, the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau held a summit on issues related to Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) technology and public safety's experience with the current 9-1-1 system, particularly its performance in large-scale disasters. 2008-02-21T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/082008/493114/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/082008/493114null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-February-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501781?ref=25 Unlike the current system, which is designed for telephone technology only, NG 9-1-1 "calls" can contain video, voice, images, and data from a variety of devices. NG 9-1-1 also easily enables PSAPs to move capacity to other dispatch centers. 2008-02-21T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/112008/501781null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Rakon-Enters-JV-with-Indias-Centum-Updates-Guidanc/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/492130?ref=25 New Zealand-based crystal oscillator supplier Rakon Ltd. has entered into a joint venture (JV) with Indian-owned and based Centum Electronics Ltd. to manufacture selected Rakon products alongside Centum's existing frequency control products (FCP) in Bangalore, India. 2008-02-15T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/072008/492130null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/MWC-TeleCommunication-Systems-Intros-SUPL-Server-3/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/491263?ref=25 TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has unveiled its Xypoint Secure User Plane for Location (SUPL) Server 3.3, which features an enhanced fallback capability, the company announced Monday. 2008-02-12T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/072008/491263null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Rx-Networks-St-Micro-Team-up-for-A-GPS-Development/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490845?ref=25 Canada's Rx Networks Inc., said today that it is working with European chip giant St Microelectronics to develop assisted GPS technology. 2008-02-11T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/072008/490845null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/LORAN-Saved-but-Money-Questions-Remain/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490245?ref=25 Everything old is eventually new again — that could be said of LORAN. Or perhaps, like clothing styles, proponents of LORAN just had to wait long enough, and it became fashionable again. 2008-02-08T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/062008/490245null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/CSR-Claims-Enhanced-GPS-Superior-to-A-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/490028?ref=25 Chip maker CSR has successfully integrated GPS with cellular measurements to create what it has termed enhanced GPS, or eGPS, capable of providing accurate position information on demand in all environments, the company said today. 2008-02-07T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/062008/490028null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/CSR-Motorola-Form-Forum-for-Enhanced-GPS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/487710?ref=25 The U.K.'s CSR and Motorola plan to create an open industry forum to evaluate and foster enhanced GPS (EGPS) technologies, the two companies said Monday. 2008-01-29T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/052008/487710null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Business+News+%26+Outlook/UampC-Insights-mdash-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484425?ref=25 Each year, it becomes harder to wade through the new product announcements from CES. This year was flooded with navigation offerings, although my attention was also caught by the projectors that 3M, Microvision, and Texas Instruments offered to handset or other mobile personal device manufacturers. 2008-01-16T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/032008/484425/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/032008/484425null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-January-2008/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/501780?ref=25 The volume of new GPS personal navigation devices shown at CES begs the question of market: Will handset-based navigation replace PNDs? 2008-01-16T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/112008/501780null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Flowfinity-Adds-Location-Tagging-to-Workflow-Softw/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/484229?ref=25 Flowfinity Wireless Inc. recently took the wraps off Flowfinity Actions 5.1, an adaptable mobile workflow software platform that offers ready-made geo-compliance; GPS-location information is tagged to every data transaction, the company said. 2008-01-14T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/032008/484229null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/NOAA-Forthcoming-Solar-Cycle-Could-Disrupt-GPS-Com/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/483210?ref=25 A new 11-year cycle of heightened solar activity, bringing with it increased risks for military and civilian communications, including GPS signals, showed signs it was on it its way with the appearance of the cycle's first sunspot, NOAA scientists said last week. 2008-01-09T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/022008/483210null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Secured-Digital-Sees-Revenues-Climb-Eyes-US-and-Ch/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481836?ref=25 Systems integrator Secured Digital Applications Inc. generated 2007 revenue of approximately $46 million, a 25.5 increase year on year growth over 2006, and expects growth to continue this year, the company said today. 2008-01-03T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/012008/481836null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481246?ref=25 Working Indoor Location Up and Down A new approach to the indoor location challenge uses a Bluetooth-equipped phone, or other device, to communicate with Bluetooth location tags — small modules installed within buildings. A major advantage is that this method provides the elusive z-axis: altitude. 2007-12-20T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/522007/481246null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-December-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/479988?ref=25 Working Indoor Location Up and Down Even here in Los Angeles, as we get to the last month of the year, we spend more time indoors. Our cell phone usage echoes our lives and as our indoor mobile usage increases, some of our thoughts can't help but turn to location, which is indoor-challenged. As the savvy know, voice signals provide stronger indoor signals than GPS 2007-12-19T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/512007/479988/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/512007/479988null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Atheros-Gets-into-GPS-Biz-with-u-Nav-Acquisition/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/479516?ref=25 Wireless chip and chipset provider Atheros Communications Inc. said today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GPS tech supplier u-Nav Microelectronics in a $54 million deal. 2007-12-14T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/502007/479516null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Kore-Telematics-to-Provide-Network-for-PocketFinde/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/477740?ref=25 Location Based Technologies Inc. today announced that Kore Telematics Inc. will provide network coverage for its locator devices throughout the United States and Canada, with roaming agreements on the networks of 290 wireless providers in more than 130 countries. 2007-12-06T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/492007/477740null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/LBS+News/Trimble-Debuts-Mobile-Software-for-Field-Service-T/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/477259?ref=25 Trimble today introduced mobile workforce management software for Microsoft-based mobile computers and designed for field technicians who perform maintenance, repairs, equipment installations and many other services, the company said. 2007-12-04T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/492007/477259null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/UampC-Insights-mdash-November-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/475161?ref=25 EU's eCall System Gains Speed Implementing an accident-triggered call system that comprises every new vehicle in the European Union is an impressive goal-but it depends on successfully instituting 112 as the EU's universal emergency number. 2007-11-27T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/482007/475161/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/482007/475161null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-November-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481247?ref=25 EU's eCall System Gains Speed Implementing an accident-triggered call system that comprises every new vehicle in the European Union is an impressive goal — but it depends on successfully instituting 112 as the EU's universal emergency number. 2007-11-27T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/522007/481247null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Trimble-Adds-to-Its-Enterprise-Software-Offerings/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/471636?ref=25 Trimble announced today that it has acquired the UtilityCenter software assets from privately held UAI Inc., a provider of GIS-based workflow automation and outage management for electric and gas utilities. 2007-11-09T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/452007/471636null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Norsat-Launches-Globetrekker-X-Band-Sat-Terminal/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470980?ref=25 Norsat International Inc. unveiled the Globetrekker X-Band satellite communications terminal today; as the name suggests, it operates in the X-band frequency range, as opposed to the Ku band. 2007-11-07T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/452007/470980null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Google-Open-Handset-Alliance-Unveil-Android/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/470655?ref=25 So is the long-rumored Gphone from Google finally here? Well, sort of—it really depends on how one defines "mobile phone." 2007-11-06T05:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/452007/470655null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Globalcom-Offers-GPS-BeaconSatellite-Messenger-Com/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/469825?ref=25 Globalcom Satellite Communications—the company that provides the Gobalstar satellite telephone service—today said that it´s rolling out its Spot Satellite Messenger, and that the device is now available. 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/442007/469825null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Indoor+Positioning/Lets-Go-Downtown-Lets-Go-Indoors/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/472622?ref=25 Firefighters, rescue teams, and other special workers need hybrid navigation to perform safely and efficiently in GNSS signal-denied areas. 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472622/indoors_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472622null XML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Timing/Innovation-Time-for-a-Better-Receiver/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/472623?ref=25 New marvels of miniaturization — the fabrication and performance of chip-scale atomic frequency references — will be moving from the lab to the factory any day now. 2007-11-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472623/timing_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472623null XML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Navman-Wireless-Unveils-Latest-Mobile-Data-Termina/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466534?ref=25 Navman Wireless´s OEM Solutions said today it has developed an advanced Mobile Data Terminal, the MDT 860, designed to integrate telematics and external GPS for both industrial and commercial applications. 2007-10-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/422007/466534null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-October-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466518?ref=25 Rabbit Ears, Anyone? Rosum Corporation seems to be well positioned (one leg up, perhaps) with its technology that utilizes broadcast television signals for position location. 2007-10-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/422007/466518null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-October-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466145?ref=25 Rabbit Ears, Anyone? Rosum Corporation seems to be well positioned (one leg up, perhaps) with its technology that utilizes broadcast television signals for position location. This is not news, but still noteworthy because the FCC will be issuing a ruling to include, among other things, improving E911 location technology, with specific interest in hybrid technology and indoor location performance. 2007-10-17T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/422007/466145/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/422007/466145null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Google-Mobile-Maps-Offers-Version-for-Symbian/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/466095?ref=25 Symbian, the operating system for mobile phones—commonly found on Nokia devices, for example—announced that Google Maps is now offering a mobile version of itself built on the native Symbian C++. 2007-10-17T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/422007/466095null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-September-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458602?ref=25 FCC Bolsters E911 Standards The FCC chose September 11 for its vote on an order to strengthen E911 location standards. The new order will require wireless carriers to test and comply with E911 location accuracy standards within a smaller geographic area: the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). The agency's choice of dates was lost on no one; it signaled a vote sympathetic to the demands of the largest public safety organizations. 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/382007/458602/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/382007/458602null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-September-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/459784?ref=25 FCC Bolsters E911 Standards The FCC chose September 11 for its vote on an order to strengthen E911 location standards. The new order will require wireless carriers to test and comply with E911 location accuracy standards within a smaller geographic area: the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). 2007-09-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/392007/459784null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Euro-Telematics-Based-Car-Insurance-Set-to-Boom/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458127?ref=25 The European market for telematics-based car insurance systems is poised for explosive growth, going from €2.5 million ($3.46 million) to €477.8 million ($662.23 million) in 2015, market research firm Frost and Sullivan said today. 2007-09-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/382007/458127null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/FCC-to-Require-Full-E911-Adherence-by-2012/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/456865?ref=25 The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday decided that U.S. wireless carriers must meet the Enhanced 911 (E911), Phase II location accuracy requirements at the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) service-area level by 2012. 2007-09-12T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/372007/456865null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/LBS+News/Skyhook-Updates-SDK-Includes-GPS-NMEA-Support/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/456312?ref=25 Wi-Fi positioning systems (WPS) supplier Skyhook Wireless is offering a major upgrade to its software development kit (SDK), the company said Monday. 2007-09-11T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/372007/456312null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/A-GPS-Chip-Maker-eRide-Turns-to-Synopsis-for-EDA/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/455450?ref=25 Privately held assisted-GPS chip designer eRide has adopted Synopsys' Design Compiler Ultra electronic design automation (EDA) software to design its next-generation Opus GPS chips. 2007-09-07T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/362007/455450null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/BSM-Wireless-Continues-with-Aeris-Wireless-Tech/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454659?ref=25 Machine-to-machine (M2M) and telematics wireless communications supplier Aeris and vehicle tracking and security provider BSM Wireless have signed a new agreement extending their business relationship. 2007-09-05T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/362007/454659null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Clarification-to-Acquisition-of-ArWest-by-Javad-GN/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/454389?ref=25 Javad Ashjaee, CEO and President of Javad GNSS, announced that he recently has acquired all assets of ArWest Communications Corp. 2007-09-04T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/362007/454389null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Indoor+Positioning/Its-a-Robot-Life/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/458586?ref=25 Robots helping with the housework may seem like science fiction, but Waseda University researchers are exploring ways that humanoid robots could live in harmony with humans. To enable robots to navigate household living spaces, the researchers are developing a seamless indoor/outdoor positioning solution using GPS technology with pseudolites. 2007-09-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/382007/458586null XML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Javad-GNSS-Acquires-ArWest-Communications-Corp/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/451872?ref=25 Javad Ashjaee announced that he recently has acquired all assets of ArWest Communications Corporation. Dr. Ashjaee, CEO and President of JAVAD GNSS, has since stated, "JAVAD GNSS can compete and sell in all markets from January of 2008, about four months from now." 2007-08-24T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/342007/451872null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Thuraya-Places-Hopes-on-Integrated-GPSVoiceDataGmP/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/451022?ref=25 United Arab Emirates-based Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. and several of its technology partners are working on specialized communication applications based on Thuraya´s multi-mode satellite modem, the company said earlier this week. 2007-08-21T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/342007/451022null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Geomatic-Tech-eSpatial-Team-for-Web-based-GIS/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/451023?ref=25 Ireland-based geospatial software provider eSpatial and Australia´s location-based products and services supplier Geomatic Technologies (GT) have inked a strategic partnership agreement. 2007-08-21T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/342007/451023null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Junxion-Releases-GPS-Enabled-Router-Management-App/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/450798?ref=25 Cellular router provider Junxion Inc. said today that it has released Junxion firmware version 1.6, a GPS-enabled remote management tool created for system administrators managing Junxion Box cellular router deployments. 2007-08-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/342007/450798null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-August-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/450538?ref=25 In June I wrote about telecom ignoring vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to- infrastructure communication efforts. Of course, as the winds of fate have my name and Social Security Number, one company made an interesting announcement just as my finger left the Send button. OKI Electric of Japan is starting trials of the first Dedicated Short-Range Communication (DSRC)-equipped cell phone that communicates automated warnings between vehicles and pedestrians. 2007-08-17T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/332007/450538/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/332007/450538null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-August-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/451070?ref=25 At the Intersection of GPS and DSRC In June I wrote about telecom ignoring vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to- infrastructure communication efforts. Of course, as the winds of fate have my name and Social Security Number, one company made an interesting announcement just as my finger left the Send button. 2007-08-17T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/342007/451070null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Symmetricom-Updates-GPS-Network-Time-Servers/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/449725?ref=25 Symmetricom Inc. today announced its high-performance GPS network time servers, the SyncServer S300 and S350. 2007-08-14T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/332007/449725null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/TechnoComacutes-LAM-Selected-by-Wireless-Operator/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/449316?ref=25 TechnoCom announced recently that its Location Assurance Manager (LAM) was successfully certified for a tier-one wireless operator´s nationwide network. 2007-08-13T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/332007/449316null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/NemeriX-Offers-A-GPS-on-NX3-Chip-Platforms/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/449315?ref=25 Swiss chip maker NemeriX said today that it is offering its NeX (NemeriX Extended Ephemeris) assisted-GPS technology for free on all its NemeriX NX3 GPS platforms, and that it is available immediately. 2007-08-13T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/332007/449315null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Trimbleacutes-Road-Intros-GPS-Capabilities-for-Tas/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/448615?ref=25 Trimble asset and resource management subsidiary @Road has integrated GPS location technology and new street-level mapping capabilities into its Taskforce 7.5 Field Service Management system, the company said today. 2007-08-09T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/322007/448615null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Feature/Are-We-There-Yet/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/472846?ref=25 Finding the ideal way to use GPS technology in tourism can be as tricky as booking the perfect vacation. Useful devices for visitors being offered at popular tourist attractions come in many forms, from handhelds that trigger to specific sites to three-wheeled mini-cars with programmed tours on board. 2007-08-01T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472846/tourism_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/462007/472846null XML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Nokia-Unveils-A-GPS-for-Its-Embedded-GPS-Devices/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442727?ref=25 Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia said today that it has put the infrastructure in place to offer assisted-GPS (A-GPS) to users of their mobile phones that utilize an embedded GPS receiver. GPS World´s cover story in the September issue features an innovative Multi-Mode Navigation Model defined by Nokia researchers and recently approved into new 3GPP A-GNSS standards. 2007-07-19T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442727null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/OEM-GPS-Clock/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442364?ref=25 The OSA 4500 provides higher-grade synchronization at minimal cost and minimal space. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442364null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Mobile-Time-and-Frequency-Receiver/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442370?ref=25 The mobile version of the PTF GlobalTyme GPS receivers provides the same functionality as the static version, with the added feature of being able to operate in mobile mode for both ground and airborne applications. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442370null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Network-GIS-and-Engineering-Design/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442367?ref=25 The Bentley Electric XM and Bentley Expert Designer XM are comprehensive network Geographic information System (GIS) and engineering design solutions for electric utilities. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442367null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-July-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442373?ref=25 In Washington last week, I started my day with pastries and coffee over at the E9-1-1 Institute. We were a diverse group: some wireless carriers, public safety representatives, technology vendors, and two stalwart chairs of the congressional E911 Caucus ? Congresswoman Eshoo and Congressman Shimkus. We were talking about changes afoot by the FCC to define location accuracy rules for E911. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442373/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442373null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/GPSDO-Frequency-Standard/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442353?ref=25 Fury is a 10 MHz GPS disciplined oscillator (GPSDO) that requires no calibration, delivers higher stability than typical rubidium clock references, and meets the requirements of a Stratum 1 frequency standard. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442353null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-July-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442386?ref=25 Location Accuracy for E911 Will there be tighter standards for E911 location accuracy? The FCC is about to nail down remaining issues. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442386null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/External-Tri-band-Antenna/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442365?ref=25 The External Mercury Tri-band GPS antenna keeps track of a fleet while providing AMPS and PCS wireless communication. 2007-07-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442365null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Broadcom-Completes-Acquisition-of-Global-Locate/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/441490?ref=25 Telecom chip maker Broadcom Corp. said Thursday evening that it had completed its acquisition of Global Locate Inc., a privately held provider of GPS and assisted-GPS chips and related software. 2007-07-13T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/282007/441490null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Navigation-Drives-Chinese-GPS-Handset-Boom/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/439911?ref=25 Domestic GPS-enabled handset shipments will increase 10-fold over the course of the next four years in China, from 1.4 million phones this year to 16.5 million in 2011, market research firm iSuppli Corp. says. 2007-07-06T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/272007/439911/China_thumb_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/272007/439911null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/ATampT-Psion-Tek-Deliver-Rugged-3G-GPS-Handset/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/436894?ref=25 AT&T Inc. and Psion Teklogix together are selling a version of Psion´s Workabout Pro, a rugged handset designed to work with AT&T´s BroadbandConnect and EDGE, the first such rugged device for 3G UMTS/HSPDA-based networks available in the United States, the companies claim. 2007-06-22T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436894null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/FollowUs-Introduces-GPS-Person-Locator/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/436141?ref=25 FollowUs has launched its latest GPS tracking device to the market ? the GPS Person Locator, which can give parents and lone workers peace of mind. FollowUs believes it is the first to offer a GPS location device with pay-as-you-go web based mapping that enables parents locate a family member through their WAP-enabled mobile or PC. 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436141null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Pulse+Newsletter+Archive/UampC-Insights-mdash-June-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/442375?ref=25 Where Was Telecom? Surprisingly, the telecom industry has been mostly absent from the conversations, demos, and standard-setting that will dramatically impact what information will be sent to drivers and vehicles, and how. 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/292007/442375null REMOTE http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/U%26C+Newsletter%3A+Editor%27s+Column/UampC-Insights-mdash-June-2007/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/436143?ref=25 I spent some very hot days in Palm Springs earlier in the month at the ITS America (Intelligent Transportation Society of America) Meeting and Expo. Wherever I went — from the convention center´s demo area to Palm Springs´ walkable downtown — I felt misty-eyed, as I was continually sprayed by water foggers that worked hard to take the edge off the heat. 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436143/janice_thumbnail.jpg http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436143null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/TomTom-to-Buy-Siemens-VDO-Navigation-Arm/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/436140?ref=25 The Einhoven Dagblad and industry sources confirm that TomTom will acquire a Siemens VDO navigation development arm in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436140null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/AirSage-Releases-TrafficWiSE/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/436142?ref=25 On June 4th at ITSA, AirSage announced the release of TrafficWiSE, a suite of products that utilizes the Wireless Signal Extraction, or WiSE, technology. 2007-06-20T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/436142null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Latest+News/Airbiquity-Says-Europeacutes-eCall-Trial-a-Success/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/435574?ref=25 Wireless modem software supplier Airbiquity Inc. announced today that a recent pan-European eCall feasibility trial was a success, prompting two governments to call for its adoption as the test exceeded expectations. 2007-06-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/252007/435574null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Honeywell-Real-Time-Locator-for-Manufacturing/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/433459?ref=25 Honeywell this week introduced its Honeywell Instant Location System (HILS), a real-time asset management application that integrates a number of technologies, such as Ultra-Wideband, GPS, Wi Fi and RFID, with Honeywell´s process automation system, Experion Process Knowledge System. 2007-06-12T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/242007/433459null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Broadcom-Gets-Into-the-GPS-Chip-Biz/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/433458?ref=25 Communications chip maker Broadcom Corp. today said it was acquiring GPS chip maker Global Locate Inc., a privately-held provider of GPS and assisted GPS (A-GPS) chips and software. 2007-06-12T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/242007/433458null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Guardian-Mobile-Secures-3M-in-Venture-Cap-Funds/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/432113?ref=25 Canadian startup Guardian Mobile Monitoring Systems Inc., said today that it had closed its Series B round of financing — to fuel sales growth and product development of Guardian´s GPS platform — with more than $3 million in investments from venture capital firms 2007-06-06T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/232007/432113null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/GPS-Convergence-Drivd-Mobile-Phone-Growth/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/431788?ref=25 Market research firm Forward Concepts confirms this week that incorporation of GPS functionality is helping to drive growth in the mobile phone market. 2007-06-05T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/232007/431788null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/GeoVector-CyberMap-Japan-Release-Mapion-Pointing-2/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/431467?ref=25 GeoVector Corp. and CyberMap Japan Corp. today rolled out their Mapion Pointing Application 2.0 for mobile phones in Japan, upgrading Mapion´s existing GeoVector pointing mobile search service into a fully-commercial application, the companies said. 2007-06-04T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/232007/431467null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Wireless-Access-Point-Maker-Adds-GPS-Antenna-to-Un/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/431465?ref=25 Wi-Fi technology supplier ArrowSpan Inc. said today it is adding a GPS antenna to its metro Wi-Fi access points. 2007-06-04T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/232007/431465null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/TeleCommunication-Systems-divests-mobile-asset-man/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/428847?ref=25 Wireless communication tech provider TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) said today that it has sold its Mobile Asset Management Division to a corporation formed by New Venture Partners LLC, an investment firm with more than $700 million in investments. 2007-05-23T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212007/428847null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Sierra-Wireless-picks-Sprint-for-debut-of-A-GPS-en/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/428501?ref=25 Canada´s Sierra Wireless said today that it will supply its new AirCard 597E ExpressCard, which features built-in A-GPS, for operation on the Sprint Mobile Broadband EV-DO Rev A network. 2007-05-22T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212007/428501null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Benefon-Sales-Up-but-Q1-Red/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/428500?ref=25 Finnish GPS-enabled mobile phone supplier Benefon Oyj is bullish about the market and its recent acquisition, but in light of the intense competition in the navigation-capable handset market, is looking at related markets and opportunities. 2007-05-22T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/212007/428500null HTML http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/Utilities+%26+Communications+News/Novatel-utilizes-Qualcomm-tech-to-offer-Internet-b/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/427834?ref=25 Wireless broadband hardware supplier Novatel Wireless Inc. earlier this week demonstrated Internet-based GPS capability on a notebook computer using Qualcomm´s gpsOneXTRA Assistance technology. 2007-05-18T04:00:00Z http://uc.gpsworld.com/gpsuc/data/articlestandard/gpsuc/202007/427834null HTML