NEC Completes Successful A-GPS Interoperability Testing With QUALCOMM Using a “SUPL Version 1.0 Standard Location Protocol”

Accelerates Worldwide Availability of Location-Based Services for GPRS/WCDMA (UMTS) Wireless Networks
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) and NEC Europe Ltd. today announced the successful completion of assisted-GPS (A-GPS) interoperability testing (IOT) on a commercial GPRS/WCDMA network in Japan and London. IOT was conducted using QUALCOMM gpsOne(R)-enabled mobile phones and NEC’s proven location-information system built upon QUALCOMM’s QPoint(TM) platform to confirm the accuracy, protocol and end-to-end interoperability of Secure User Plane for Location (SUPL) Version 1.0.
SUPL Version 1.0, adopted by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), is a standards-based protocol that allows a mobile handset client to communicate with a location server and realizes a cost-effective way to provide higher-accuracy location-based services. NEC and QUALCOMM support the standard to meet the rapidly accelerating demand for higher-accuracy location-based services in Europe, North and South America and Asia.