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	<description>charting the spread of mobile phone location technology</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Debunking The Myth Of GPS Accuracy</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/08/09/debunking-the-myth-of-gps-accuracy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/08/09/debunking-the-myth-of-gps-accuracy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 22:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[A-GPS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/08/09/debunking-the-myth-of-gps-accuracy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today Online has posted a pretty good article that explains in layman&#8217;s terms the difficulties in getting accurate location measurements from GPS: Debunking That All-Seeing Myth


  Here&#8217;s why, even with the latest GPS tech, you may lose your way in Shenton Way

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		<title>(USA) FEMA to Introduce Digital Emergency Alert System</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-fema-to-introduce-digital-emergency-alert-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-fema-to-introduce-digital-emergency-alert-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-fema-to-introduce-digital-emergency-alert-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New 8 Austin has a write-up of FEMA&#8217;s Digital Emergency Alert System: FEMA to Introduce Digital Emergency Alert System.

The idea behind this system is to be able to send messages to all cell phones and internet-connected  PDAs and computers within a specific geographic area in order to warn of large-scale emergencies and disasters.

&#8220;You could [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(Europe) Enabling Mass-Market Use of Galileo</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/europe-enabling-mass-market-use-of-galileo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/europe-enabling-mass-market-use-of-galileo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[A-GPS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/europe-enabling-mass-market-use-of-galileo/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Five European organisations have set up a consortium named GREAT (Galileo Receivers for mass market) to develop enabling technologies for mass market receivers for Galileo services.

The GREAT project is developing the advanced technologies required for the next generation of positioning receivers - to be used with the new Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System.

The project is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) Biker Dies When Cell Calls Can&#8217;t Be Traced</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-biker-dies-when-cell-calls-cant-be-traced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-biker-dies-when-cell-calls-cant-be-traced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[A-GPS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[E-OTD]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TA/NMR]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TDOA/U-TDOA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/20/usa-biker-dies-when-cell-calls-cant-be-traced/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a tragic story from the Chicago Tribune about a motorbike rider who died because his mobile phone calls to 911 couldn&#8217;t be traced: Biker Dies When Cell Calls Can&#8217;t Be Traced.

Unfortunately, the technical aspects of the article are quite poorly researched. For example, the article claims that in order to be located, &#8220;a cell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Funding For Australian Location Services Developer</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/funding-for-australian-location-services-developer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/funding-for-australian-location-services-developer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/funding-for-australian-location-services-provider/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pivotel, the company behind Globalstar Australia, has announced a strategic investment in Location-Based Services developer Tenzeng. Globalstar, which offers a unique dual-mode cellular/satellite phone service in Australia, plans to offer asset and personnel tracking services based on the Tenzeng technology.

Tenzeng needs the Pivotel funding to launch suite of `finder solutions&#8217; based on its Location-Based Services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review: LG VX8300 (Verizon Wireless)</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/review-lg-vx8300-verizon-wireless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/review-lg-vx8300-verizon-wireless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[A-GPS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Handsets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/review-lg-vx8300-verizon-wireless/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A review of the A-GPS equipped LG VX8300 from Verizon Wireless has been posted over at Top Tech News.

Features of the handset include:


dual-band EVDO-capable radio
Bluetooth radio
GPS navigation chip
28 MB of internal memory
1.3-megapixel camera with flash and self-timer
micro-SD expansion card slot
full duplex speakerphone

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		<title>(USA) Study on LBS Consumer Interest and Satisfaction</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-study-on-lbs-consumer-interest-and-satisfaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-study-on-lbs-consumer-interest-and-satisfaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-study-on-lbs-consumer-interest-and-satisfaction/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[C.J. Driscoll &#38; Associates has released a nationally projectable marketing research study on consumer interest in a wide range of GPS-based applications and wireless services. The study assesses interest and willingness to pay for vehicle-installed and portable navigation systems, traffic information and other telematic services, and location-based services delivered to cell phones. It also quantifies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) Cablevision&#8217;s Optimum Voice(R) Surpasses One Million Customers</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-cablevisions-optimum-voicer-surpasses-one-million-customers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-cablevisions-optimum-voicer-surpasses-one-million-customers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:14:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VoIP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/usa-cablevisions-optimum-voicer-surpasses-one-million-customers/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Cablevision Systems Corp. has announced announced that its Optimum Voice VoIP service has just passed the one million customer mark. Optimum Voice includes enhanced 911 access for every customer.
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		<title>LBS In Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/lbs-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/lbs-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/19/52/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article from the Australian IT section of The Australian newspaper, We Know Where You Live, looks at the business side of location-based services in the Australian marketplace.
]]></description>
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		<title>Back To School With Sprint Family Locator</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/17/back-to-school-with-sprint-family-locator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/17/back-to-school-with-sprint-family-locator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 05:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/07/17/back-to-school-with-sprint-family-locator/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a back-to-school article looking at gadgets for students, the Miami Herald is recommending the Sprint Family Locator service for tracking childrens&#8217; phones.
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		<title>Garmin Awarded Location Patent</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/garmin-awarded-location-patent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/garmin-awarded-location-patent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/garmin-awarded-location-patent/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Garmin moves to open path for new uses for software - Imagine a real estate agent being able to download listings into a car&#8217;s navigation device, which would plot a route to see all the properties complete with arrival times.

Such applications are possible if Olathe-based Garmin Ltd. follows the thinking behind a patent it received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) Towns face deadline on 911 dispatch</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/usa-towns-face-deadline-on-911-dispatch/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/usa-towns-face-deadline-on-911-dispatch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/27/usa-towns-face-deadline-on-911-dispatch/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Towns face deadline on 911 dispatch -  Several southern Maine communities must decide this week who will handle their emergency phone calls.  State officials set July 1, 2006, as the deadline for communities in four counties to decide who handles their Enhanced 911 calls. If everything runs as planned, the state will reduce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Report On Microsoft As An LBS Company</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/new-report-on-microsoft-as-an-lbs-company/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/new-report-on-microsoft-as-an-lbs-company/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reports]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/new-report-on-microsoft-as-an-lbs-company/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Research and Markets has added a report titled LBS Company Analysis: Microsoft to their commercial report offerings.
]]></description>
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		<title>Profitable European LBS Applications</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/profitable-european-lbs-applications/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/profitable-european-lbs-applications/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 04:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Applications]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/profitable-european-lbs-applications/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Personal Navigation and Tracking Lead Profitable LBS Applications in Europe, Says Berg Insight - Berg surveyed more than 200 LBS professionals, asking which applications they have already deployed and which positioning technology they think will be the most important in coming years. The most common applications today are information services like yellow pages and weather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Andrew Wins Middle East Geolocation Contract</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/andrew-wins-middle-east-geolocation-contract/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/andrew-wins-middle-east-geolocation-contract/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Corp]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/andrew-wins-middle-east-geolocation-contract/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
  Andrew Corporation has been awarded the second phase of a strategic multiyear contract from a Tier 1 operator in the Middle East for a major geolocation system deployment.
  
  The phase two contract award is valued in excess of $10 million, bringing the total contract value to date to more than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) More Counties Grapple With E911</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/usa-counties-e911/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/usa-counties-e911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2006 03:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2006/06/26/usa-stephens-county-laments-lack-of-e911/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Minutes Count - an article about the need for rapid response and accurate information when dealing with an emergency services call. Stephens County is one of only two counties in Oklahoma without enhanced 911 coverage.

Macon County Enhanced 911 Audio Report - Macon County&#8217;s Legislature is contemplating approving changes to allow enhanced 911 even without voter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) NENA VOIP E911 Solution for Review</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/08/24/nena-voip-i2-draft/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/08/24/nena-voip-i2-draft/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:15:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NENA]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[VoIP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/08/24/nena-voip-i2-draft/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[NENA announced the start of the 20 day public review period for NENA’s Interim Solution standard (short name I2) on August 22, 2005. This is NENA’s first major standard on VoIP and E9-1-1 system interface, and is an interim solution for VoIP telecommunications service providers to provide full Enhanced 9-1-1 service through current E9-1-1 infrastructure. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) VoIP Providers Have 120 Days to Provide 911</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/06/01/voip-911-120-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/06/01/voip-911-120-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2005 04:38:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[E911]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[FCC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[USA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[VoIP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/06/01/voip-911-120-days/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
  Companies offering internet-based phone services in the US have been given just 120 days to ensure that their lines provide access to the emergency services, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ruled last week.


Source.

There are going to be a lot of problems with this mandate, and it&#8217;s likely to stifle the development and deployment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next GPS satellite launch delayed to mid-June</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/05/11/gps-satellite-launch-delayed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/05/11/gps-satellite-launch-delayed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2005 00:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[A-GPS]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/05/11/gps-satellite-launch-delayed/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A handful of worries spawned by problems found in the factory have prompted the Air Force to delay launching the next Global Positioning System satellite.]]></description>
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		<title>(USA) APCO Accuses Vonage Of 911 Subterfuge</title>
		<link>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/04/20/apco-vonage-complaint/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/04/20/apco-vonage-complaint/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 12:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Administrator</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mobloc8.com/2005/04/20/apco-vonage-complaint/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International (APCO) has complained to the FCC about Vonage's proposed interim method of handling E911 VoIP calls.]]></description>
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