GPS

Airtel Announces GPS Navigation: Bharti Airtel, in collaboration with Sweden-based Wayfinder Systems, today launched its GPS-based Navigation Application on compatible mobile handsets.

Affordable GPS Tracking Solution Launched: Auckland based company VeriPay Ltd announced today that it has launched an ultra low cost GPS tracking service, VeriFind®.

GPS Mobile Phone Shipments in China to Increase Tenfold by 2011: iSuppli Corp. of the United States has reported that demand for navigation services is rising among Chinese consumers, and mobile phone carriers expect such services to play an important role in slowing down the drop of ARPU (average monthly revenue per unit) in the future.

Navizon turns Mac into 'virtual GPS': Mexens Technology has announced the availability of its Navizon service for any Wi-Fi or Bluetooth-equipped computer. Navizon is a positioning system that works by triangulating signals from wifi hotspots and cellular towers. It creates what the company calls “virtual GPS” (Global Positioning Satellite), even on devices that don’t include GPS information.

Cruise America Announces GPS Giveaway at RV Sales Centers Nationwide: RV enthusiasts could get more than their money's worth on their next motorhome purchase this summer. From now through August 31, Cruise America is giving away a free Magellan RoadMate 2000 GPS unit to everyone who purchases a motorhome at any of the company's nationwide RV sales locations.

Samsung patents technology for single-click GPS direction information: Sure it’s nice having a GPS unit built into your mobile phone, but what good does it do you when you’re driving along at (just over) the speed limit? Try looking up your destination, committing it to memory, and entering it into the GPS’s map-routing software - all while keeping one hand on the wheel (and hopefully one eye on the road).

Handheld GPS units help solve mysteries : Eight teens used handheld Global Positioning System units to solve mysteries and learn about literature Thursday afternoon at the Lincoln County Fairgrounds.

Garmin: GPS Giant Keeps People On Track: It's almost impossible to get lost in Olathe, Kansas. Why? Because that's the home of global positioning system (or GPS) giant, Garmin. The publicly-traded Garmin, founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Dr. Min Kao (Gar, as in Gary, Min as in Min, make 'Garmin') one of the fastest growing 'personal technology' companies in the world.

Fast's car's GPS record leads investigators to Skyway: MANATEE - Investigators have gathered information from the location-tracking unit in the vehicle of a missing woman, leading them to search two more areas for clues to her whereabouts.

GPS error 'blamed for Black Hawk crash': THE co-pilot of a Black Hawk helicopter believes a GPS error was responsible for a crash which killed two people last November.

LOCATION BASED SERVICES

Location Based Services Spending in 2007 Nearly $1.5 Billion, Says Insight Research: BOONTON, N.J. - July 12 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The worldwide market for location-based telecommunication services is expected to reach nearly $1.5 billion in 2007 as an ever increasing number of cellular and other wireless carriers provide customized services based upon a location-awareness of their end-users.

Nokia: GPS will be in every phone: Once, phones with MP3 players and cameras included were considered high end. Today, such devices have become ubiquitous. Now, Nokia believes GPS functionality will soon follow the same path. 

Navizon turns your PC or Mac into a navigation system: NEW YORK -- Mexens Technology today announced the availability of Navizon for any Wifi or Bluetooth enabled computer. Navizon is a positioning system that works by triangulating signals from Wifi and/or Cellular towers. 

In-Stat Foresees High Demand for Mobile LBS in China: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--China’s mobile Location-Based Services (LBS) market is still in an early stage, but a recent survey shows there is a high demand for these services, reports In-Stat (http://www.in-stat.com).

Location-Based Services Arrive In India: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd scores an ace by successfully launching location-based services (LBS) on Telenity's Canvas LES, Location Enabling Server. With the launch, BSNL has become the first operator to make available the personalised value added location-based services to its mobile customers in India through Telenity's location solution.

Value-Added Offerings to Spur Growth of Location-Based Services: Singapore, -- Location-based services (LBS) which have largely remained untapped in Asia-Pacific are expected to show promising growth in tandem with the introduction of mash-up services and increase in mobile advertising.

Location-Based Services Market To Reach $447 Million By 2009: Location-based services (LBS) which have largely remained untapped in Asia Pacific are expected to show promising growth in tandem with the introduction of mash-up services and increase in mobile advertising.

RFID TRACKING & RTLS

ROI-Based Adoption of RFID Middleware Brings Cheer to Market Vendors: DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets  has announced the addition of the new Frost & Sullivan report “North American RFID Middleware and Software Markets” to their offering.  

BT lite system set to stimulate RFID again: BT reckons the new smaller scale version of its asset tracking system will provide a stepping stone to RFID deployment for many more manufacturers.

Active RFID's Growing Role in Overall Market: Research firm IDTechEx of Cambridge has released an update to its annual report on the current and future state of the active RFID industry, with projections out to 2017.

RFID gives shrimp-exporter the edge: A group of local software and radio frequency identification (RFID) companies - IE Technology, Silicon Craft Technology and FXA Company - has joined with a large local shrimp-exporter, Chanthaburi Frozen Food, in a pilot project for the use of RFID in frozen-food production.

Healthcare RFID market forecast at $1.2B: CAMBRIDGE, UK – The healthcare sector represents three percent of the global active RFID market, according to new research from IDTechEx, a UK-based consulting firm.

Heathrow to trial RFID tags: In September, Heathrow Airport will become the largest in Europe to trial RFID-based tags for tracking passenger luggage, comparing accuracy and read rates against their existing barcode-based systems.

RFID Reader: Tracient Sets New Standard For Bluetooth Enabled RFID: Tracient Technologies has recently launched another trend setting RFID product. Tracient’s new "credit card" sized portable RFID reader, the Explore-R, is an ultra compact device featuring both Bluetooth and USB interfaces.