Look out, Apple. The GSMA World Congress began the week with a bang. Twenty-four telecom operators with a customer group of about 3 billion announced the formation of the Wholesale Applications Community. The goal is to create one open industry platform for mobile app developers that can be used on...More>>

Even with the economy still in the doldrums, the new year lit up with impressive announcements and new product entries. For me, the highlights were Google (yet again) pushing the boundaries of the established order and Ford’s in-vehicle technology carnival.More>>

Google's free ad-supported navigation offering was the talk at every event I attended this month. Ad revenues, TeleCommunication Systems' (TCS) grab of Networks in Motion (NIM), and mapping superiority claims by Tele Atlas also made buzz. Perhaps pigs do fly — it looks like the Federal...More>>

After turning the navigation application world upside down, Google created more drama with the pending purchase of AdMob; rumors persist about a worldwide iPhone to be offered by Verizon; Microsoft is dumping MSN Direct; in a crossover, Dell will introduce a smartphone, while AT&T will offer a...More>>

Location was at the forefront in San Diego at CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment. Darren Koenig of Tele Atlas summed up the bravado often heard at panels: “Location is the ultimate context for mobile social networking. Without the ‘L,’ LBS is BS.” More>>

This month, we cover a new location solution from Andrew Solutions, Motorola’s Android launch, a buzz of activity at the FCC, a preview of the upcoming CTIA show, and a story about the relationship among college, donuts, bears, and GPS.More>>

Journalists expect relief in the dog days of August when the heat and vacations slow down the news and we can recycle earlier material that we put in the “use when desperate file.” No dog days this summer. Easy distribution channels are key to the proliferation of location applications.More>>

In past columns, I covered Skyhook, TruePosition, WirelessWERX, and Andrew Corporation's efforts to produce indoor location positions for E9-1-1 or commercial location-based services (LBS). The spotlight today is on Wireless Location Signature (WLS), a multipath fingerprinting location technology...More>>

Last month I covered indoor location technology provider Skyhook and their relationship with Qualcomm. This month I'm on the track of WirelessWERX, TruePosition, and Andrew Corporation, and have some good news for Long Term Evolution (LTE), fourth-generation mobile broadband.More>>

With Qualcomm owning the U.S. CDMA telecom market through its gpsONE solution, and a total worldwide distribution of more than 400 million gpsOne-enabled handsets, their approach to indoor positioning matters. Advanced Forward Link Trilateration, AFLT, is their fall-back technology for CDMA2000...More>>