Intermec, USA has announced a cooperative research effort with NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center to investigate new automatic identi?cation tracking (AIT) technologies, to qualify machine-readable symbol markings and RFID devices for use on spaceborne vehicles. Intermec will evaluate markings that have been exposed to low earth orbit environments during the third and fourth Materials International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) missions, and will also prepare additional marked samples and soft and rigid RFID tags to be included in MISSE 6, scheduled for July 2007.
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ESRI has been awarded by ScottishPower plc, Glasgow, Scotland, a contract valued at £750,000 to ESRI (UK) Ltd. to provide a mobile GIS. It will enable up to 800 engineers, working across 70,000 miles of ScottishPower's United Kingdom electricity networks, to access and record map-based information while in the ?eld. The GIS will enhance the capabilities by giving ?eld engineers immediate access to accurate information such as the location of cables and other remote equipment.
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Nokia, has introduced the new Nokia 6110 Navigator, a navigation-enabled mobile phone bringing together GPS and AGPS functionality with alwayson mobile connectivity. It features full personal navigation experience with integrated maps, routing and navigation.
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Travroute Australia Technologies announced the launch of CoPilot FleetCenter, a GPS based low-cost fleet management solution. The system can be viewed from any internet connected computer, managers can access its secure web site and view their fleet in real-time, receive automated exception alert reporting, delivery status information.

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Motorola, USA has announced its new Phone-based Navigation System T805based Navigation System T805 and T815. The T805 uses Bluetooth
wireless technology to add satellite navigation to a compatible Bluetooth
enabled phone
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ALK Technologies, USA unveiled CoPilot Live 7 GPS navigation for
mobile phones and PDAs. Supporting Windows Mobile 6 devices it is simple and intuitive, new clearer 2D/3D map views, and compelling mobile data services.
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Etisalat, UAE has announced the launch of LBS which is now accessible
by all Etisalat mobile customers across the UAE, without the need
for subscription. This service will enable them to know their locations
visually over the map and the location of places of interest around them.
http://business.maktoob.com

Germany-based SatconSystem Ltd. is shipping a Windows Mobile 5-
powered PDA/phone aimed at agricultural applications. It has builtin
GPS and wireless connectivity, and includes a suite of specialized
software intended to assist farmers with surveying, navigation, and tracking tasks.
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Mainnav, Taiwan is offering up a GPS wristwatch with built-in
Bluetooth and a SiRF Star III LP chip. The device can track current The device can track current position, operate as a standalone
GPS receiver, and also handle heart-rate monitoring, speed and
distance tracking, and sense the temperature whilst frolicking in the
great outdoors.
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SiRF Technology Holdings and Skyhook Wireless, Inc. has announced
that SiRF has licensed the WPS to create a single positioning
system for wireless carriers that combines the best of both GPS and
Wi-Fi technologies. This system promises to boost the availability
and adoption of location-based services.
www.skyhookwireless.com

Global Locate Inc., USA announced the availability of an
A-GPS reference design based on Freescale Semiconductor’s popular
i.MX31 applications processor and Hammerhead assisted GPS chip. It
patented signal processing techniques and host-based architecture reutilize existing resources in the i.MX31 applications processor
resulting in significant cost reduction, sensitivity of -160dBm and position fix times as fast as one second.
www.globallocate.com

Novatel Wireless, Inc., announces the availability of the Novatel Wireless Rev. A ExpressCard for the Sprint Power Vision Network. It offers A-GPS location-based capability and higher data speeds. home.
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A harmonising decision of the European Commission has been
adopted outlining the mandatory conditions for the use of ultrawideband
(UWB) technology across the 27 member states of the
EU. UWB