Abstract
Mobile location technologies are able to locate points, objects or persons on or above the
earths surface by calculating the distances from one or more (usually at least three) reference
points. These can be satellites orbiting in space, ground radio stations, cell phone towers,
wireless LAN access points or RFID receivers.
Beginning with the successful completion of the global positioning system (GPS) in the mid-1990s,
other technologies for determining the geographical coordinates of moving or fixed objects have been
deployed or developed. This report refers to them collectively as mobile location technologies.
Each technology has its advantages and limitations. While they are, to some extent, competitive
with one another, each has applications for which it is especially well suited. Additional mobile
location technologies are being developed, many of them involving a combination of existing
technologies.
This BCC report identifies the latest applications and trends in the markets for GPS and other
mobile location technologies. It focuses on the impacts these new technologies will have on the
global mobile location market.
SCOPE OF STUDY
The report:
- identifies new mobile location technologies and applications, including those expected to be
commercialized in the 2005 to 2010 timeframe
- Identifies and evaluates the impact of economic, business, demographic, technological,
legal/regulatory and other factors that will drive the future market for each of these new
technologies
- Forecasts future (2003 to 2008) sales of each technology, including new products and/or
applications
- Analyzes the structure and competitive conditions in the global mobile location technology
market.
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