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High-Accuracy Location-Based Services Key To Offsetting Federally Mandated E911 Costs For Carriers
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
The U.S. Federal Government has mandated automatic location identification for cell phones as a means for emergency responders to quickly locate 911 dialers. Fortunately, the billions of dollars required to implement this mandate can be leveraged by U.S. carriers to produce commercial Location-Based Services (LBS). LBS promises a lucrative revenue stream and presents carriers with a way to diffe ... read more

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    Vettro Unveils Mobile SaaS Application For Utilities And Excavation
    New York NY (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Vettro has announced a new mobile workforce application for underground utility operators, excavators, and locators. The Vettro 360 for Damage Prevention application suite will allows the utility industry to adopt mobile dispatch and ticket management processes as well as advanced GPS capabilities to dramatically accelerate communication of accurate jobsite information between various organizati ... more

    Tele Atlas Logistics To Power Micronet Commercial Routing And Navigation
    Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Tele Atlas and Micronet have announced that Micronet will utilize Tele Atlas Logistics in its fully autonomous mobile based routing and navigation system providing a commercial navigation solution specifically designed for the trucking and transportation industries. Micronet's enhanced WinCE based Net960-CE series of MDTs are available in multiple configurations and are all designed to sup ... more

    Garmin Navigation Standard Equipment In Suzuki SX4
    Olathe KS (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Garmin International has announced that it would provide an integrated navigation system for the new 2009 Suzuki SX4 as standard equipment. The program marks the first time in America that a vehicle under $16,000 will include GPS navigation as a standard feature. "We're delighted to work with Suzuki to make Garmin navigation standard equipment on the Suzuki SX4," said Dan Bartel, Garmin's ... more

    Atheros Provides Advanced Navigation And Low Power In Handsets, PNDs And PMPs
    Santa Clara CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Atheros Communications has announced a new member of its Radio-on-Chip for Mobile (ROCm) family of GPS solutions -- a hardware and software GPS combination that targets mobile phones, Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs) and Personal Media Players (PMPs). Atheros' new solution consists of its second-generation, single-chip GPS receiver, the AR1511, and companion ORION 3.0 software suite. Thi ... more

    NGC Receives Multiple Contracts For F-22 Program
    San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Northrop Grumman has received multiple contracts totaling $252 million from Lockheed Martin since Jan. 1, 2008 for the communications, navigation and identification (CNI) subsystem of the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter program. The awards include F-22 Production Lots 7, 8, 9 and spares, and modernization efforts for the CNI systems. Northrop Grumman's integrated CNI system provides ... more

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    Lockheed Martin Joins Northrop Grumman Team Competing For GPS OCX Phase B Contract
    Reston VA (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    Northrop Grumman has announced that Lockheed Martin has joined its team competing for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract. The OCX modernization effort will provide mission enterprise control support for the nation's existing GPS Block II and future Block III satellites. The current OCX contract for Phase A of the ... more

    First Interactive Location Aware Sports Application Is Launched At The 112th Boston Marathon
    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    GTX has announced the successful launch of its first application for the competitive athletics marketplace during the 112th running of the Boston Marathon. Deemed one of the world's most prestigious and oldest annual road racing events, the 2008 Boston Marathon attracted over 25,000 runners from around the world. MyAthlete, licensee of the gpVector GPS Personal Location Service ... more

    Are Ice Age Relics The Next Casualty Of Climate Change
    New York NY (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) recently launched a four-year study to determine if climate change is affecting populations of a quintessential Arctic denizen: the rare musk ox. Along with collaborators from the National Park Service, U. S. Geological Survey, and Alaska Fish and Game, Wildlife Conservation Society researchers have already equipped six musk ox with GPS collars to better ... more

    Arianespace plans bid to launch Galileo satellites: CEO
    Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) April 26, 2008
    The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace said Saturday it would make a bid to launch 26 satellites from French Guyana to kickstart the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation programme. The European Parliament on Wednesday signalled its green light for the deployment of Galileo, seen by space experts as a challenge to the US-administered GPS global positioning system ... more

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    LIONAX And T-COMM Tracking And Tracing Jointly Launch New Solution For Tire Pressure Monitoring
    Paris, France (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    LIONAX and T-COMM Tracking and Tracing, a Dutch company, launched their new TPMS P-eye product at the UK Commercial Vehicle Show, Birmingham. This patented device makes commercial vehicles safer and contributes to reducing their fuel consumption. LIONAX has licensed T-COMM Tracking and Tracing to commercialize in Europe a patented solution for an efficient tire pressure check designed for ... more

    Digital Angel's McMurdo Unit Receives Order To Equip Swedish Pilots With Personal Locator Beacons
    St. Paul MN (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    Digital Angel has announced that it has received a significant order through its Signature Industries subsidiary from exclusive Swedish distributor Cordland Marine AB. Digital Angel will initially supply 600 of the new McMurdo FASTFIND MAX G Personal Locator Beacons to KSAB, part of the Swedish private pilots association, KSAK . As of July 1, 2008, it wi ... more

    Andrew Compatibility Testing For Handset Vendors Supports New Caller Location Apps
    Hickory NC (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    As new mobile devices come to market that support location-based services, network operators increasingly favor solutions that are based on Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) protocols. Helping ensure compatibility, Andrew Wireless Solutions, the CommScope division that is a global leader in communications systems and products, is successfully supporting handset vendors' SUPL-capable device ... more

    Australia Orders MACS, XM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Projectiles
    Washington DC (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Australia of Modular Artillery Charge Systems and XM982 Block Ia-1 Excalibur Projectiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $58 million. The Government of Australia requested a possible sale of 2,400 Modular Artillery ... more

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