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8th February 2005 - Trimble and Cambridge Positioning
Systems Limited (CPS) today announced plans to jointly
develop new products to deliver Enhanced Global Positioning
System (E-GPS) location solutions for the wireless network
and mobile device markets.
E-GPS is a technology that addresses the problem of
providing quality timing assistance to GPS-enabled devices
in asynchronous networks such as GSM and WCDMA. The
lack of a common synchronization source means that devices
take longer to provide a location. E-GPS brings together
two independent positioning methods, CPS’s Matrix
and GPS technologies, to provide a single solution for
location “everywhere” applications to achieve
faster location fixes and lower power consumption.
CPS offers location technology known as Matrix, which
comprises Matrix Client Software and Matrix Server Software.
Trimble is a leading GPS provider offering boards, modules,
chipsets and GPS-based software solutions. The companies
intend to work together to demonstrate how E-GPS will
improve in-building and urban canyon operation, permit
significantly faster location fixes and reduce costs.
The joint solution will combine device and server software
intelligence to provide optimal accuracy, optimal coverage,
and minimum latency for GPS-enabled handsets and other
mobile devices, providing an excellent user experience.
The objective of the joint development is to establish
E-GPS as the technology of choice for mobile handsets
and other GPS devices.
“The combination of CPS Matrix and Trimble’s
world leading R&D in GPS creates a very powerful
proposition for GSM and the rapidly emerging 3G markets,”
said Chris Wade, CPS CEO. “Combining complementary
technologies to create E-GPS is very much what the CPS
‘Matrix Everywhere’ vision is about. We are
delighted to work with Trimble in developing new and
improved ways of delivering solid, cost-competitive
location solutions. Trimble’s long history of technology
innovation and its leadership position in GPS makes
the Company a perfect development partner.”
“Deriving accurate timing for mobile stations
using GSM and WCDMA radios has very positive implications
for the use of GPS in both these environments. Without
an accurate knowledge of time, GPS sensitivity is constrained
by acquisition time and computational resources. The
combination of Matrix and GPS technology has the potential
to produce a low cost and very capable positioning solution
for GSM and WCDMA handsets,” said Dennis Workman,
vice president and general manager of Trimble's Component
Technologies Division.
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