Tag Archives: Assisted Global Positioning System

The need for a Telco Handset API: Using SUPL (Secure User Plane Location) and its failure to revolutionized LBS (Location Based Services) as a case study

Secure User Plane Location (SUPL, pronounced supple) in essence enables applications to directly talk to the AGPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) unit on the mobile phone, without the need to pay the operator for a location dip.  SUPL potentially side-lines the operator out of providing location information; without the need for a costly, complex and […]

Is there resurgence in LBS (Location Based Services)?

Growth in LBS (Location Based Services) customers in North America (NA) last year (’05 to ’06) was roughly 150%, from 1.5M to 3.8M customers.  In ’05 NA LBS revenue was roughly $450M with Sprint accounting for 70% of that revenue.  Today Verizon and Sprint account for over 80% of operator LBS revenue in North America.  […]