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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]
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]
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]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News L is for LBS Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. But they could just as well prove a network nightmare, warns industry analyst Berg Insight. [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News L is for LBS The WiMax Forum has issued its first certifications for mobile-centric products that operate around the 2.5GHz frequency, and said it will start certifying 3.5GHz products later this year. [20 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News L is for LBS Europe has taken to 3G faster than any other region in the world and usage is growing rapidly as networks proliferate, according to research commissioned by mobile operator body the GSM Association (GSMA). [11 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News L is for LBS Police across the UK will receive mobile data devices to be used on the beat as part of a £50m investment from the government. The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and will see around 10,000 handheld computers... [27 May 2008]
Google bigs up 'white space' wireless plans
News L is for LBS Google co-founder Larry Page was in Washington, US yesterday to promote the company's proposal for a new generation of wireless devices to operate on soon-to-be-vacant television airwaves. [23 May 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News L is for LBS BT will soon offer all its business-hub users the chance to become wi-fi hotspots for their visitors and neighbours, the company revealed on Wednesday. BT Business Open Wi-Fi will be an extension of the communications and IT company's... [22 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on web-based applications, super-fast search and location based services (LBS). L is for LBS The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time and... [13 May 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News L is for LBS There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed. Speaking at a roundtable discussion yesterday, Ashish Patel said the long-range wireless technology would... [09 May 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News L is for LBS Tomorrow's wireless world could be a better place to be ill, according to Ofcom which has published a report highlighting technologies that could make it outside the research lab over the next 10 to 20 years. [08 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News L is for LBS Cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections are set to rise by more than a third in the next four years, analyst Berg Insight predicts, driven by rollouts of vehicle telematics. Wireless from A to Z [06 May 2008]
