U-blox

-blox
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u-blox Holding AG

Type
Public Company
Founded
1997
Headquarters
Thalwil, Switzerland
Key people
Thomas Seiler(CEO)Fritz Fahrni(Chairman of the Board)
Industry
Semiconductor positioning solutions provider
Products
GPS and GALILEO technology, chips, modules and services
Revenue
78,4 Mio. CHF (2007)
Employees
73 (2007)
Website
www.u-blox.com
u-blox is a fabless semiconductor positioning solutions provider for the automotive, mobile communications and infrastructure markets.
u-blox develops chips and complete modules based on the Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) including GPS and GALILEO. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Switzerland, the u-blox group is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange and has offices in the USA, in Singapore, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.
u-blox' product offering comprises GPS chips, GPS modules and A-GPS services. The company's fifth generation positioning engine, u-blox 5, simultaneously tracks GPS, GALILEO, WAAS, EGNOS and MSAS signals for improved coverage, positioning accuracy, reliability and availability. u-blox products support AssistNow A-GPS services for faster acquisition performance of online and offline applications and come with built-in technologies such as:
Dead reckoning for automotive applications, ensuring road coverage in tunnels and underground parking lots.
SuperSense Indoor GPS technology for (-160 dBm) weak signal tracking in challenging environments like urban canyons.
KickStart accelerated weak signal acquisition technology for mobile applications with small antennas.
Precision timing GPS technology for network synchronization of base stations and WiMAX femtocells.
u-blox GPS chips and GPS modules are used by major automotive, asset tracking and mobile device manufacturers worldwide.

IST-Plastic

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PLASTIC

Design by	Plastic consortium
Initial release	April 7, 2008
Latest release	0.0.1 / April 7, 2008
OS	Cross-platform
Type	?
License	?
Website	[1]

Plastic, acronym of Providing Lightweith & Adapatable Service Technology for Information and Communication, is a project that develops a design framework for mobile B3G services. The PLASTIC project adopts and revisits service-oriented computing for the B3G network, in particular assisting the development of services targeted at mobile devices.

The Plastic project belongs to the EU's Sixth Framework Programme for Research and Technology Development (RTD), inscribed into STREP Information Society Technologies (IST). The project started in January 2006 and will end in September 2008.

Contents [hide] 1 Introduction to Plastic 1.1 Development environment 1.2 Service-oriented middleware 1.3 Validation framework

[edit] Introduction to Plastic

Local number portability

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This article is about telephone number portability on landlines. For telephone number portability on mobile phones, see mobile number portability.

Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability (FMNP), for mobile phone lines, refers to the ability to transfer either an existing fixed-line or mobile telephone number assigned by a local exchange carrier (LEC) and reassign it to another carrier. In most cases, there are limitations to transferability with regards to geography, service area coverage and technology.

In the United States and Canada, mobile number portability is referred to simply as WNP or WLNP (Wireless LNP). In Japan and Pakistan it is referred to as mobile number portability, (MNP)^[1].Wireless Number Portability is available in some parts of Africa, Asia, Australia, and most European countries including Britain; however, this relates to transferability between mobile phone lines only. Iceland, Canada, and the United States are the only three countries in the world that offer full number portability transfers between both fixed lines and mobile phone lines ^[2] because mobile and fixed line numbers are mixed in the same area codes, and billing wise are identical for the calling party, the mobile user usually pays for incoming calls; in other countries all mobile numbers are placed in higher priced mobile-dedicated area codes and the originator of the incoming call to the mobile phone pays for the incoming call, not the mobile phone owner.

Some cellular telephone companies will charge for this conversion as a regulatory

Wireless signal extraction

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Wireless Signal Extraction is a new term in the Intelligent transportation system industry. Wireless Signal Extraction is a technology that pulls or extracts data from a wireless carrier’s network, after the data has been anonymized. The data is then used to provide traffic information. The resultant information can be used to provide drivers with real-time traffic conditions, to build historical databases of traffic information for planning purposes, and to give emergency response agencies both historical snapshots and real-time conditions to aid in their evacuation and emergency response management.

WiSE technology provides traffic information on highways and arterials, which is an advantage over other technologies. Another advantage of WiSE technology is that it doesn’t rely on equipment that has to be installed and maintained, such as sensors. This term was initially used by AirSage to describe its technology.

Wireless Informatics

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Wireless Informatics describes the evolution of traditional customer support practices within the mobile industry from problem management to problem prevention. Wireless Informatics 'methodologies' are being adopted by mobile operators, device manufacturers and service providers as a means of overcoming the negative impact of service and technology complexity on both operating costs and customer/brand loyalty.

Because added complexity across mobile technologies coupled with a rise in market competition makes managing the mobile user experience through traditional support channels an increasingly complex and potentially costly business, Wireless Informatics supports the notion of using collating, validating and disseminating knowledge, best practices and experiences throughout the mobile value-chain as a means of mitigating end-user support requirements. For example, trends analysis made within an existing customer care center can be applied 'upstream', perhaps within the organisation's product management or retail division to eliminate a troublesome component, service etc before the problem erupts and drives a costly spike in support calls.

Wireless Informatics is supported and promoted as an industry best practice by the Wireless Informatics Forum (run by WDSGlobal), a non-profit organisation dedicated to linking all parties in the mobile landscape and aiding the cross-sharing of knowledge and best-pra References

W-SIM

W-SIM
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W-SIM
（RX420AL）W-SIM (Willcom-SIM) is a SIM card developed by Willcom which, in addition to standard SIM functions, also has the core components of a cellular telephone (PHS), such as the radio receiver/transmitter, built inside. It is currently used in some terminals (listed below), which do not have radio modules.

The W-SIM core module is an extended version of a SIM card, containing not only user data but also all the transmission technology needed for a mobile device to work.

A terminal device developer can build a customized terminal without the design and development of a radio module, and users can change to a different radio module W-SIM without changing the terminal itself.

Similar to traditional handsets made by WILLCOM, W-SIM terminals can be used in Japan, including global roaming with Taiwan and Thailand.

Transatel

Transatel
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Transatel
Type Private
Founded 2000
Headquarters 55 Quai Marcel Dassault
92210 Saint-Cloud
France
Key people Jacques Bonifay, CEO
Industry Mobile telecommunications
Products Offer MVNO (Easypass, Easyborder, Equilibre) et offer MVNE
Revenue 13 million EUR (2010) estimation
Employees 80 (August, 2008)
Website www.transatel.com
Transatel is a pan European company which positioned itself, with success, on the MVNO market in Europe. Its headquarters is located in Paris, France, and it has offices in United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxemburg and the Netherlands. The company is directed by Jacques Bonifay.


[edit] Activities
Transatel has 2 activities:

A mobile phone service provider dedicated to crossborders and frequent travellers (MVNO) or non-European mobile phone companies specialized in the rental of mobile phones
An activity for companies which want to launch a mobile service under their own brand (MVNE)
1st activity

Transatel, Transatel, Multi-Country Operator dedicated to Crossborders and Frequent Travellers (MVNO) www.transatel-mobile.com

In order to avoid roaming, Transatel invented a solution: the multi-country mobile phone offer, allowing users to cut substantially their mobile phone expenses.

This innovation has been possible thanks to a new SIM card technology and thanks to agreements with operators from each country of Transatel zone: France, Belgium, Luxemburg and The Netherlands.

An exclusive technology: