Saturday, March 18, 2006

Teydo and GSM refinement of LBS

Teydo just opened up their new US headquarters. This is an interesting company - FleetOnline, MobiSpot etc are their products. Teydo's work in GSM will assist the refinement of LBS with GSM.
All GSM operators are installing Location Based Services due to the E112 regulation that requires positioning from Mobile Phones. Depending on the exact technology implemented by your operator the accuracy of the position varies. Since most technologies are based on Cell-id the quality is best in cities (50-100 m) and less accurate in rural areas (>100 m).
  • Positioning works with every GSM mobile phone
  • Switching your phone off disables positioning
  • Positioning works inside buildings
  • Only opt-in services are supported by Teydo
  • International roaming is currently not possible
Next to the existing Cell-ID based positioning Teydo is involved in projects testing A-GPS based handsets and GPS/GPRS enabled handsets in order to increase positioning accuracy and reduce positioning costs. Since we connect to all LBS enabled European GSM Operators we understand the possibilities and hurdles of LBS extremely well which enables us to assist third parties in their development and launch of position oriented services.

The MobiSPOT™ aggregator platform of Teydo enables third parties to enhance their applications and services with positioning, messaging and billing functionality.
Read more on their website.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

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Alex
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