"Many people confuse two issues regarding GPS and LightSquared," writes Javad Ashjaee in a new post on his company's website. "There are lots of confusions, wrong conclusions, and misleading reports in the media. They are results of mixing questions 1 and 2. People test old receivers (Question 1)...More>>

A story that appeared last week on a Russian news website, "Russia's GPS rival to survive on private investments" apparently consists of journalistic exaggeration. The story claimed that government funding would be cut off, but official sources say that's not true, that it is merely a question of...More>>

News By: Fabio Dovis

On January 17, the E1 signal of the Galileo Flight Model 2 satellite (FM2, also known as GSAT0102) was successfully acquired and tracked by the researchers of the Navigation, Signal Analysis and Simulation (NavSAS) group (Politecnico di Torino / Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) for the first time...More>>

Article By: Alan Cameron

Last week’s Supreme Court ruling on GPS use for tracking criminal suspects makes U.S. law clear on this issue going forward, but it does not address tracking for commercial aspects. One U.S. newspaper editorialized, “the unanimous decision failed to resolve troubling questions about the privacy...More>>

Article By: Alan Cameron

Free downloadable software Toolkits at www.egnos-portal.eu can help cell-phone and handheld receiver developers enhance location and timing applications with GPS corrrection data from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite-based augmentation system. The Toolkits...More>>

Article By: Alan Cameron

Free downloadable software Toolkits at www.egnos-portal.eu can help cell-phone and handheld receiver developers enhance location and timing applications with GPS corrrection data from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite-based augmentation system. The Toolkits...More>>

Russian mobile company MTS has launched a GLONASS smartphone, called MTS Glonass 945, which the company states is the first mobile handset supporting GLONASS as well as GPS.More>>