Telmap and BlueSky Positioning announced today a cooperation to bring for real-time search, mapping and navigation to mobile phones, with A-GPS SIM.bBlueSky Positioning’s A-GPS technology, embedded into a phone’s SIM card, together with Telmap’s solution enable in-car navigation with 3D moving maps, multi-lingual turn-by-turn directions with street names using text-to-speech, as well as traffic and speed camera information (where available).
Telmap’s solution also includes unique pedestrian navigation, guiding users through pedestrian-only areas such as parks, squares, passages, and stairs, tracking user’s progress as they walk. The Telmap – BlueSky Positioning cooperation allows smart and mid-range phone users to access real-time location information without the need to invest in location-aware hardware.
Velipekka Kuoppala, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at BlueSky Positioning, added, “The collaboration with market leader Telmap strengthens the confidence in our A-GPS technology for SIM cards, and proves that GPS is not only suitable for high-end phones, but can be made available to all consumer segments with both basic and enhanced phones. Most importantly, this SIM centric solution gives value chain control to mobile operators and opens up wider opportunities for their marketing teams to create location based services.”
