Archive Category: LBS
May 30, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Orange offers 2-way SMS 'find nearest' service
By Ken Smith | Editor, SmartTravelNews.com
LONDON -- Let's say that you're new to the city, or lost, or too far into the evening, and you are trying to find just one more place to party. If you are a subscriber to the UK's Orange mobile phone service, all you have to do is send the one-word text message "pub" to the Orange SMS short code 300, then a wireless navigation and location-based services system powered by Webraska will fix your location and reply with a text message telling you of the nearest pub.
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April 29, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Navman launches Pocket PC navigation device
LONDON -- Navman-Europe is launching its Navman PiN Pocket PC, a GPS (Global Positioning System) device with integrated Pocket PC capabilities. This Personal Interactive Navigation device was described by the company as "where personal organisation meets state-of-the-art navigation, delivering everything you will ever need to coordinate your life and get from A to B without any hassle." The cable-free PiN comes with PAN European mapping, navigating the user throughout Europe whether driving in a car or walking city streets.
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February 12, 2004 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Survey finds 50% of cellular users want LBS
BOSTON -- While application developers and the service provider community are focusing their resources on the deployment and marketing of infotainment services, "What Mobile Consumers Want," a new report from Strategy Analytics, indicates that the voice of the consumer -- and consumer demand for more practical services such as step-by-step directions -- is being overlooked. This information emanates from the Wireless Internet Applications (WIA) Service of the Strategy Analytics Global Wireless Practice, and is based on its latest end-user survey analysis.
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June 11, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Motorola, Nextel announce location services
Motorola and Nextel Communications have announced several location-based services, ranging from voice-enabled driving directions to asset tracking solutions, that can now turn Motorola's GPS (global positioning satellite) enabled iDEN mobile phones into sophisticated workforce management and navigational devices for Nextel customers.
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January 29, 2003 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Maporama offers digital street maps of Taiwan
PARIS -- Maporama, a French company providing location-centric applications, now has detailed street level maps of cities in Taiwan, covering more than 4,500 miles of digitally mapped roads, including Taiwan's capital city, Taipei, as well as T'aoyuan and Chun. In addition to its exclusive coverage of Hong Kong and Singapore, Maporama also becomes the only global provider of location-centric applications to offer detailed street-level maps of cities of Taiwan.
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November 13, 2002 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Glick replaces Durocher as Webraska CEO
PARIS -- Webraska, a global provider of location-based services (LBS), has announced that co-founder and CEO Jean-Michel Durocher is being replaced as CEO by Barry Glick. Durocher will remain a member of the company's board of directors. Glick has served as chairman of Webraska for the past six months.
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October 28, 2002 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
New telematics product offers voice capability
CALGARY, Canada -- CSI Wireless has introduced Driver-Link, described as a new one-touch calling device that combines wireless and GPS technology to offer drivers valuable telematics and road assistance services, plus hands-free voice communication for enhanced safety and security.
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July 22, 2002 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Traveldoo adopts Maporama's location services
PARIS -- Traveldoo Technologies, a European provider of electronic travel management systems, has announced the integration of Maporama's online location-centric services into its software solutions Traveldoo ShopSite, Traveldoo Portal and Traveldoo Mobile. Maporama is a leading provider of online location-centric solutions.
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July 12, 2002 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
Maporama joins UDDI e-commerce standards
PARIS -- Maporama, a leading provider of online location-centric applications, has joined the Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration project (UDDI). This project is an industry initiative working to enable businesses to quickly, easily and dynamically find and transact with one another using a preferred application.
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July 1, 2002 | Permalink | m-Travel.com
10Best launches LBS content on AT&T's mMode
GREENVILLE, S.C. -- 10Best, an online and wireless travel content provider, is launching its 10Best Explorer on AT&T Wireless' mMode service beginning this week. AT&T's Wireless' mMode subscribers will receive a free 30-day trial to preview 10Best's recommendations for 309 cities worldwide.
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