Location-Based Services (LBS) Resource Center

With positioning services becoming increasingly important for the mobile world, we've provided a brief tour through some of the better Location-Based Services (LBS), Location-Enabled Business (LEB), Enhanced 911 (E911) emergency services and Mobile Positioning resources on the net.

Also see our GPS Resource Center for Global Positioning resources.


Books
Visit our Wireless Bookshop for the latest LBS, Mobile Positioning publications.
Consultants
Specialist LBS and Mobile Positioning consulting organisations.
Development Tools
Tools for implementing Location Based Services.

Enhanced 911 (E-911)
Introductory E911 information and technical details.
Events
Wireless Events, Conferences, Seminars and Trade Shows.
Forums
Discussion forums, groups, mailing lists and soapboxes.

Jobs
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Market Research
Latest market reports, research and other publications.
Mobile Phones
Looking for a state-of-the-art handset? Shop online.

News
Recent news headlines and articles.
Resources
Useful and interesting sites, other resources.
Subscribe
Subscribe to our LBS and Positioning newsletter.

Tutorials
Introductory information and technical details.


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Featured Market Research
Mobile Local Government - Opportunities & Strategies for Wireless Technologies & Applications

This report provides comprehensive coverage of mobile & wireless activity & related market opportunities in the public sector field of local government.It considers the functionality & capabilities of wireless systems & handheld devices that provide the technological basis for mobile government (coined 'mGovernment'). Primarily, wireless and mobile broadband connectivity & interoperability across a range of network standards, that emerge as essential to existing & projected deployments of mGovernment.
Principle Technologies: Include 2G & 2.5G, 3G, WiFi & WiMAX; Functional capabilities discussed to establish their suitability to a range of mGovernment deployments.

Published Date: January 2006
Published By: Juniper Research Limited
Page Count: 91

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U.S. Consumer Location-based Service Markets - Enhancing Carrier ARPU Through LBS

This Frost and Sullivan research service provides insights into the U.S. consumer LBS markets and the enhancement of carrier average revenue per user (ARPU). It performs an in-depth survey of the competitive landscape of these markets and provides detailed technology assessments. Assisted global positioning system (A-GPS), enhanced observed time difference (EOTD), uplink time difference of arrival (U-TDOA), advanced forward link trilateration (AFLT), cell ID, and dueling architectures such as control plane and user plane are discussed in detail. This study includes analysis of market forecasts, mobile data usage trends, and carrier profiles.

Published Date: November 2005
Published By: Frost & Sullivan