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CSR and Motorola aim to orchestrate development of next-gen GPS tech

Written by Sam Fountain

Tuesday, 29 January 2008

CSR has joined forces with telecoms giant, Motorola, announcing its intention to create an open industry forum to evaluate and foster enhanced global positioning system (EGPS) technologies. The EGPS Forum is expected to strive for improvements to location technologies in mobile devices and is committed to meeting consumer and regulatory needs for precise and consistent levels of location information. EGPS technologies augment GPS to provide timely and accurate position information in demanding environments. Although current technologies meet the basic needs of consumers and regulatory requirements, high value commercial services require location technologies that provide prompt, consistent and reliable position information, even indoors. The intended goal of the EGPS Forum will be to ensure that technologies that enhance GPS are put in place to meet these more advanced requirements, such as operating within the limited power budget of a portable device and delivering accurate indoor positioning for emergency services. "CSR is committed to delivering embedded location technologies that meet the needs of consumers and portable device makers," said CSR's Location Business Unit Vice President, Stuart Strickland. "By working as part of the EGPS Forum with industry leaders such as Motorola, we expect to be able to extract the full potential out of our own enhanced GPS technologies."

 

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