Noting that the arena in which cellular emergency calling (E911) and location-based services (LBS) must be delivered has grown significantly more complex, Spirent Communications has expanded its LBS LTE test solution to support long-term evolution (LTE) positioning protocol (LPP) and observed time...More>>

At the Mobile World Congress, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski did not specifically mention the LightSquared controversy, but made a remark that could be interpreted as expressing regret over the episode. Meanwhile, GNSS manufacturer Javad Ashjaee wrote Genachowski a letter, in the form of an FCC...More>>

Cell-phone users are often more concerned about the speed of positioning than the accuracy, making time-to-first-fix the most important factor in a GNSS mass-market receiver’s perceived performance. However, TTFF is generally difficult to characterize and optimize because of the need to encompass...More>>

TransCore has introduced ROVR, a GPS device with GSM communications that allows infrastructure-less tolling and includes an optional driver safety monitoring feature shown to dramatically reduce accidents, improve fuel economy, and decrease Greenhouse gases (GHG). As forms of tolling or road user...More>>

GPS World has learned that several federal agencies have written official statements to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration regarding the operational and economic impacts of the LightSquared terrestrial signal on GPS services, and has filed a Freedom of Information Act...More>>

TruePosition, a provider of wireless location technologies and solutions and a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation, announced Release 4.0 the TruePosition Location Intelligence Management System (LIMS). TruePosition LIMS is a multi-dimensional database that uses probes within mobile networks to...More>>

Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., the U.S.-based mobile technology arm of Telit Communications, announced today the debut of the DE910-DUAL module, allowing M2M developers to leverage the strength of 3G CDMA networks for applications such as consumer electronics, mobile health devices, as well as...More>>

Interference, detection, and mitigation — these have become topics of paramount importance to the GNSS community recently, surpassing at times even those old familiar standards accuracy, availability, and integrity. In March, a large expert audience attended a GNSS Interference, Detection, and...More>>

The new potential threat to GPS signals across the United States finally emerged as a topic of discussion at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, several thousand miles away from any near-term effects, and in front of an audience that will feel no pain — at first. But the European GNSS...More>>

The Federal Communications Commission has waived its own rules and granted permission for a potential interferer with the GPS signal to broadcast from powerful land-based transmitters. The company, Lightsquared, has already stated that it will help determine which GPS equipment needs "filtering so...More>>