LBS
RSS LBSInterference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News L is for LBS Field tests to determine whether the Federal Communications Commission should open up unused TV spectrum for wireless broadband services are getting mixed reviews as different methods for avoiding spectrum interference are being tested... [12 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News L is for LBS Massive growth in wireless broadband services is being forecast, with the market set to be dominated by cellular technologies. Telecoms analyst Analysys Mason predicts there will be a total of 2.1 billion wireless broadband customers... [05 Aug 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: New niche for 3G?
Comment L is for LBS Written poolside at my hotel in Rome and dispatched via a 3G HSDPA data service. The economic downturn and collapse of the dollar have resulted in a lot of my business migrating out of the US into the EU and south-east Asia. [05 Aug 2008]
'Star Trek' communicators free up doctors' time
News L is for LBS Belfast Health and Social Care Trust has saved the equivalent of 4,000 emergency department staff hours per year with an internal 'Star Trek'-style wireless voice communicator. Wireless from A to Z [29 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News L is for LBS Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. [22 Jul 2008]
Location-based services mean business
News Location-based services (LBS) are not just going to be big news for consumers - with the likes of friend finders and local search - but are set to play an increasingly important role in enterprise. ABI Research's principal analyst Dominique Bonte... [17 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News L is for LBS The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for... [10 Jul 2008]
Load Balancing for Network Based Multi-Threaded Applications
White Paper This paper presents present Lbs, a load-management-system for network based concurrent computing. The system is built on Pt-Pvm, a library based on the PVM system. Pt-Pvm provides message passing and process management facilities at thread and... [10 Jul 2008]
The Potential of Spatialised Audio for Location Based Services on Mobile Devices: Mediascapes
White Paper This position paper describes how spatialised sound can be used to guide users in Location Based Services (LBS) and poses future work not only on how spatialised audio can be advanced for mobile devices by discussing the effect it can have on the... [03 Jul 2008]
Location Awareness and Location Based Services Â- Part I: Positioning and Terminology
White Paper As mobile Internet devices and third generation mobile networks become reality, Location Based Services (LBS) are thought to be a major growth area. This document provides some background information, in order to clarify and discuss certain issues... [03 Jul 2008]
Driving Convergence
White Paper This white paper discusses about Location-Based Services (LBS) which have been identified as a key application to enable this. In an evolving wireless eco-system where the mobile consumer has become the Holy Grail, operators are on the constant... [03 Jul 2008]
British Gas Cuts Costs, Raises Productivity and Enhances Service with Intel Centrino Mobile Technology and Panasonic Toughbooks
White Paper British Gas is equipping its 6,000 service engineers and managers with powerful Panasonic notebooks based on Intel Centrino mobile technology and weighing just 2 kg (4.4 lbs). Mobile computers had already helped England’s largest residential gas... [03 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News L is for LBS European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, for the mobile industry to... [02 Jul 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment L is for LBS Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth of the very tech that could spare you a journey, says Stewart Baines. [30 Jun 2008]
Femtocells to speed arrival of next-gen mobile networks?
News L is for LBS Femtocells could help speed the arrival of next generation mobile broadband networks - such as WiMax and LTE (long term evolution), the future roadmap of 3G. Industry association body the Femto Forum and operator community group the... [30 Jun 2008]
