12 - 18 Dec 2007 Vol 2 Issue 43



Microsoft Buys Multimap
For Microsoft the move is another attempt to keep pace with competitors such as Google and Nokia, who are vying to offer various location-based services.


Atheros acquires u-Nav
The acquisition of u-Nav expands Atheros' growing product portfolio in mobile wireless communications which also includes mobile wireless LAN (WLAN), Bluetooth and PHS.


Intermap to Supply Outdoor Map Data to Magellan
AccuTerra map products will provide users with outdoor specific map data for the contiguous 48 states and Hawaii.







 
User-Generated Content Will Bring Greater Depth to Digital Maps and Points of Interest

Traditional map production technologies will no longer be able to generate and update the exponentially growing volume of required map details.
Nokia Pushes to Regain U.S. Sales in Spite of Apple and Google
GPS in 2008
GPS navigation system owners are highly satisfied

  2008 National Technical Meeting
28 - 30 January 2008
United States

CeBit Navigation Day 2008
7 March 2008
Germany



  GlobalSat launches mobile TV-enabled PND device

GlobalSat Technology launched its first mobile TV-enabled PND device, the NaTV-750, in the Taiwan market in cooperation of FlyVision.

u-blox GPS technology powers Navigon Porsche Design PND

TomTom LINK 300 for TomTom GPS Device

Nav N Go to Unveil 3D Navigation Software in North America at CES Las Vegas

ESRI Updates Tracking Server Software to v1.1

NavJacket from O’neill integrates GPS

Indoor satnav developed

Telogis Adds Vector Rendering Browser Support to GeoStream

CellCoach Technologies Introduces Effective In-vehicle Deterrent to Cell Phone Use
  SiRF Pledges to Help Make a SUPL Android

SiRF is actively working on the Android platform to include some of the features of Secure User Plane Location (SUPL).

Philadelphia Housing Authority Police First in City with GPS

Navteq expands speed limits database, launches road side warnings attributes

Traffic.com Helps Holiday Drivers Get to Destinations Faster

Fleet Management Solutions Launches GPS And Two-Way Satellite Asset Tracking Services In Australia

Columbus Announces Development Of Revolutionary System For Off-Road Navigation

AT&T Steps into RFID Student-Tracking Minefield

GPS-based System May Improve Air Travel

Cell Phones Let Motorists View Near Real-time Traffic Tie-Ups

  Cobra Calls it Quits on Mass-Market Sat Nav

The competitive environment for portable navigation devices has intensified and thus further pushed out prospects for positive returns on their investment.

NAVTEQ Signs as Founding Member with Wavefront

U.S. Air Force exercises $50.7 million contract option with Rockwell Collins for next-generation GPS technology

Navteq Approves Nokia Merger

Secured Digital Wins Contract to Install GPS Fleet Tracking Management System in China

ITT to Design Prototype of Next-Gen GPS

NavStar Teams With China's Audex for Voice Navigator

GeoVector Scores U.S. Patent, Eyes U.S., Euro Markets

Boeing Selected to Help Develop New U.S. Air Force GPS Ground System
  Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Poised for Liftoff From Cape Canaveral Launch Pad

The spacecraft, designated GPS IIR-18M, is a modernized version of the Block IIR series designed to enhance the GPS constellation for military and civilian GPS users.

Tele Atlas Names Finalists in LBS Innovators Series Event

HP iPAQ310 Travel Companion: Mobile Innovation Award Winner 2007

Indian Business Leader Nominated to List of World's Top 10 GPS Businessmen for 2007

AT&T Introduces RFID/GPS-Based Tracking for Schools

Toshiba launching 920T mobile phone in Japan

Epson’s GPS Technology to be Incorporated in NTT DoCoMo’s 905i Series Mobile Phones

BSM Integrates with Trans+Plus Systems Corp.'s Fleet Manager
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