NEC to Introduce Assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) Solution in Global Market - World's First Commercial OMA SUPL-based System Deployment.Tokyo, Japan, Oct 31, 2005 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NIPNY)(FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : NEC.IL)today announced that it will start delivery of its recently launched new Assisted Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (A-GPS A-GPS Assisted Global Positioning System (used in mobile communications as a positioning system) ) solution that boasts global roaming capability. The A-GPS solution is compliant with an early version of the Secure User Plane for Location (SUPL SUPL Secure User Plane Location (wireless standard) ). SUPL, a standards-based interface that enables a mobile handset client to communicate with a location server where inter-connection is realized by a network independent U-Plane, is a standard promoted by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). NEC's new system realizes the world's first commercial deployment of an OMA SUPL-based system, and is already drawing significant attention in Europe and other continents worldwide. NEC's A-GPS solution works on a network-assisted basis to combine location information of both GPS and base stations, realizing highly accurate positioning. This network assistance achieves a significant decrease in positioning time and mobile handset power consumption. The advantages of the SUPL-based A-GPS solution toward deployment of location-based services include the following: 1) Employment has only a minimal effect on existing mobile infrastructure 2) Quick and easy deployment 3) Realization of global roaming of location services In collaboration with other services, this A-GPS service platform solution enables creation of new value-added services for consumers, mobile operators and business users who utilize mobile GPS in daily business. Vodafone K.K. in Japan is the first user of NEC's premium A-GPS solution, which complies with an early version of SUPL, and employs it as the core system of their newly launched GPS navigation service, "Vodafone live! NAVI." "We will continue to promote our OMA SUPL-based A-GPS solutions to the global market and develop new solutions that provide even greater added value to telecom carriers." said Yasushi Yoshikawa, General Manager of NEC's Mobile Business Development Division. Copyright [c] 2005 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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