By Tony Hallett, 18 March 2002 14:50
NEWS Nortel is to offer mobile network operators location-based technology from Cambridge Positioning Systems when selling them GSM infrastructure. Although financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed, it is a significant one for the UK-based firm, which is among the leading companies worldwide for location-based services (LBS) technology. CPS will supply its Cursora LBS product, which uses a location technology known as E-OTD (Enhanced Observed Time Difference). It is accurate to within a 100m range. The initial beneficiaries of the deal are likely to be emergency services in the US who will see operators use the technology to comply with the federal mandate known collectively as E-911. Other providers of LBS technology have criticised the use of E-OTD as an E-911 solution.
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