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11th February 2005 - Nokia is introducing the Nokia
intelligent Gateway Mobile Location Center (iGMLC) 4.0,
a new cost-efficient platform for location-based services
(LBS) as part of the Nokia mPositionTM System. The Nokia
iGMLC platform is highly flexible and simultaneously
supports both GSM and WCDMA 3G location based services,
giving operators a future-proof and cost-effective solution
for providing mobile services based on the location
of the user.
In the new iGMLC platform, Nokia is also combining its
competencies in positioning systems with technology
from Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) to provide
a comprehensive state-of-the-art solution. The platform
supports a variety of positioning technologies for both
GSM and WCDMA 3G, including new support for enhanced
Cell Identity and Mobile Station-based A-GPS, based
on the Secure User Plane (SUPL) protocol. In addition,
it supports Cambridge Positioning Systems' SUPL Matrix
for 2G. Secure User Plane Location (SUPL), which is
mobile network agnostic, does not require additional
investments in the core and radio network.
The Nokia iGMLC 4.0 platform, including support for
enhanced Cell Identity, will be available in the second
quarter. Support for MS-based SUPL A-GPS and CPS' SUPL
Matrix for 2G will be available as a software upgrade
in the third quarter.
"The new platform offers our customer a cost-efficient
means of deploying location based services, as well
as excellent scalability and flexibility in terms of
capacity and choice of positioning technologies,"
says Heikki Hemmi, General Manager, Location Business
Program, Networks, Nokia. "The platform supports
the entire range of complementing positioning methods,
from low-accuracy to high-accuracy technologies. Also,
our collaboration with Cambridge Positioning Systems
enables the smooth introduction of totally new position
determination technologies, such as Matrix for 2G."
"Nokia and CPS both understand very clearly operator
demands for choice and flexibility as they drive towards
high accuracy location deployments. The integration
of Matrix into a major vendor platform like the Nokia
iGMLC 4.0 underlines the role our technology can play
in meeting both current and future needs to support
profitable location based services," said Chris
Wade, CPS Chief Executive Officer. "CPS believes
SUPL is the simplest and most cost-effective route to
high accuracy. Matrix is particularly suited to this
new open standard due to its ability to offer high and
robust accuracy, all-area coverage and fast location
fixes in a software-only implementation."
With the Nokia mPosition System, mobile operators can
build a complete end-to-end system for Location Based
Services, while supporting both legacy and LBS enabled
handsets. The Nokia mPosition System offers a modular,
extensible and scalable platform that operators can
use to provide their mobile customers with managed access
to LBS services.
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