Findum – Consumer GPS Tracking, With Web Interface
Findum has just released their LBS services which tap both Sprint and Nextel’s networks. Findum works by authorizing phones which will then appear on the Findum web site (after logging in). A user can then track all the phones that they are authorized to, whenever they are on. The service costs $12.99/month and does not […]
Cingular to Shut Down mMode LBS Services
Cingular has stated that in early 2006 it will discontinue the first consumer wireless handset LBS services offered in the United States; Find Friends and Find Things Nearby. While much of AT&T Wireless’ mMode offerings have made the transition over to Cingular’s MEdia Net, these two services have remained absent. Cingular claims that the reason […]
Verizon Announces LBS for Q3
Verizon Wireless has announced they intend to deploy Location Based Services (LBS) in the third quarter of this year. RCR News later confirmed this with Verizon PR rep Jeffrey Nelson (who we’ve had to explain to what Sprint TV was when he stated in a press release that VCast was “the first 3G multimedia service”), […]