| Report: The need to redirect China's GPS market
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2007-09-24 |
| CCID Consulting has recently released its report analyzing the current status of China's GPS operations market and the development direction for GPS operations in the country |
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| Keeping track of GPS' rosy future
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2008-01-02 |
| Initiatives from wireless operators and a U.S. government mandate are set to more than quadruple the global shipments of mobile handsets equipped with GPS capability from 2006 to 2011 |
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| GPS stays strong in sport, fitness markets
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2009-09-02 |
| While shipments of dedicated sport and fitness hardware are suffering from the recession, smart phone fitness applications such as MotionX-GPS are booming, with 1.2 million downloads in 2009 |
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| Marvel inks GPS licensing deal with Trimble
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2008-08-27 |
| Marvell and Trimble have entered into a GPS software technology licensing agreement |
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| GPS goes beyond navigation to video games
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2008-02-28 |
| By combining GPS and a digital compass with accelerometers, HP Lab's Mediascape platform lets gamers 'become a mouse and a gamepad,' said Patrick Goddi, a senior researcher at HP Labs |
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| Atmel, Thales to jointly develop GPS chipsets
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2004-12-17 |
| Atmel Corp. and Thales have signed a technology agreement, under which the two companies will partner in the development and marketing of GPS chipsets, sub-systems and associated software |
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| SiRF pays $20 million for Motorola GPS chipset lines
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2005-06-06 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc., a provider of GPS-enabled location technology, has paid $20 million in cash to acquire GPS chipset product lines from Motorola Inc |
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| GPS to see huge market in 2013, reports ABI
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2008-01-24 |
| The use of GPS in consumer, business and industrial environments such as telematics and asset tracking will continue to grow, driving the market to grow to over 900 million units by 2013 |
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| Chips work on improving GPS signal levels
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2008-08-01 |
| As mobile handset providers include GPS functionality into their phones at more promising levels, attention is turning to the design and drop-in capability of its functions. Although presently much attention has been directed toward GPS DSPs, they are only part of the GPS success story |
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| Actions Semi teams up with GPS map provider
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2008-09-23 |
| China fabless IC company Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd has signed a strategic software agreement with GPS map provider, Ritu Information Systems Inc |
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| A-GPS service arrives in India
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2008-06-03 |
| India's Tata Teleservices will commercially deploy a new location-based service that is the first to use Qualcomm Inc.'s Assisted GPS (A-GPS) technology in the country |
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| Mobile computing, CE apps propel GPS growth
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2009-05-04 |
| Although mobile handset are set continue to dominate shipments of devices with integrated GPS, the next growth spurt will come from mobile consumer electronics (CE) and mobile computing applications, according to a new In-Stat report |
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| SiRF powers Samsung GPS handsets in China
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2008-11-18 |
| SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. is powering Samsung handsets with GPS-enabled location services for GSM mobile phone subscribers in China |
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| Ceva divests GPS technology, product line
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2006-06-29 |
| Ceva announced the divestment of its GPS technology and associated product line to GloNav, in return for an equity ownership of 19.9 percent in GloNav on a fully diluted basis |
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| Honeywell licenses GPS technology to LG Electronics
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2005-12-28 |
| Honeywell has licensed LG Electronics to use two patents relating to GPS and to grant sublicenses for certain automotive OEM and aftermarket apps |
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| Trimble, u-Nav Microelectronics to develop GPS chipsets
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2004-04-30 |
| Trimble and u-Nav Microelectronics Corp. have forged an alliance to jointly develop and market integrated GPS chipsets and software solutions |
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| Broadcom enters GPS market with Global Locate purchase
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2007-06-14 |
| Broadcom has entered the GPS market with the purchase of chip and software provider Global Locate Inc. for $146 million |
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| Renesas taps Epson A-GPS tech for SH-Mobile G3 LSIs
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2008-10-28 |
| Seiko Epson has licensed Renesas Technology its A-GPS reception technology for the SH-Mobile G3 single-chip LSIs used in mobile phones and portable information terminals |
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| HTC packs 3G, GPS in new Touch smart phone
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2007-11-14 |
| Taiwan smart phone maker HTC has unveiled the Touch Cruise with built-in GPS for personal navigation and 3G technologies for high-speed Internet access |
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| Report: Another China GPS satellite takes off
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2009-04-17 |
| China's space administration has announced the launch of its navigational satellite, the second in a series of up to 30 orbiters to comprise a GPS network, according to the AFP report |
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| CSR solution adopted in Navman GPS navigation system
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2004-01-12 |
| The BlueCore Bluetooth silicon from CSR has been selected by Navman for its GPS 4400 in-vehicle system |
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| Chip integrates GPS function into handsets
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2007-04-16 |
| Targeting the nascent market for GPS services on cellphones, SiRF Technology rolls out its latest GPS chip—its smallest, lowest-power and most sensitive device to date |
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| Flextronics to develop CDMA GPS phones for Wherify
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2004-07-22 |
| EMS provider Flextronics Int. Ltd will develop and manufacture Wherify Wireless Inc.'s next-generation CDMA GPS locator phone |
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| CSR allies with Samsung on mobile GPS modules
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2008-01-23 |
| CSR announced that it has halved the cost of embedded GPS solutions through a collaboration with Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co |
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| u-blox gets China handsets GPS-enabled
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2009-06-11 |
| China mobile phone solutions provider Gionee Communications has selected u-blox's GPS receiver chip for their new series of GPS-enabled feature phones |
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| A-GPS gets boost with Rx, ST cooperation
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2008-02-13 |
| Rx Networks and STMicroelectronics are developing a modular extended ephemeris solution based on Rx Networks' GPStream technology and optimized for ST's GPS chipset portfolio |
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| Report: GPS sector to become $1B market in 2012
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2008-04-22 |
| GPS unit sales will hit $1 billion in 2012, according to the 2008 Semiconductor Applications Report from Future Horizons |
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| ITC affirms SiRF's GPS patent infringement
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2008-10-14 |
| the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed an Initial Determination that SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. infringes three GPS-related patents held by Global Locate, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom |
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| GPS turns cellphone into handy navigation device
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2008-02-08 |
| As an alternative to pricey personal navigation devices, you might consider upgrading your cellphone to one with a built-in GPS and paying as little as $4.16 per month to have it give you directions |
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| MEMS find place GPS, mobile apps
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2009-06-04 |
| MEMS sensors are increasingly being integrated into phones, MP3 players, GPS units, mobile Internet devices (MIDs), portable medical scanners and all sorts of greentech products |
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