WirelessAndGPS_WhitePaper_(GSM-X-09000)

The Promising

Marriage of

Wireless and GPS

Technologies

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WHITEPAPER

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locate, communicate, accelerate

Rado Sustersic,

Marketing Communications, Neonseven

November 2009

GSM-X-09000

Table of contents

Executive Summary 3

The Promising Marriage of Wireless and GPS Technologies 4

Early Adopters: Fleet Management 4

Personal Locators 5

Emergency Services 6

About the Authors 12

About u-blox 13

The Promising Marriage of Wireless and GPS Technologies / White Paper Published by u-blox AG | 2

Executive Summary

AsbothmobileserviceprovidersandGPSdevicemanufacturersstruggle

tofindnewprofitableservicestooffertheircustomers,theconvergence

ofGSMandGPStechnologiesisstartingtobearfruit.Byequippingglobal

positioningterminalswithaparallelwirelessback-channel,awholenew

realmofapplicationpossibilitiesemergethatwouldhavebeenimpossible

witheithertechnologyalone.Thiswhitepaperdescribessomerecentdeploy-