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Locate mobile phone with GPS-ready SIM-card

GPS for all mobile phone users?  The chip manufacturer Sagem Orga and BlueSky Positioning, a developer of localization systems and services, plan on making this possible in the future.

The two companies are jointly releasing a SIM-card with A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) onto the market, said Sagem Orga in a press release.  This card is outfitted with a GPS-receiver and an antenna, making accurate pinpointing easy.

According to the manufacturers, the main purpose of the A-GPS SIM-card, is to accurately locate the position of the phone in an emergency and transmit this to Search and Rescue units. However the use for LSB (Location Based Services) can also expand. As Francois Blanchard, Global Accounting Manager at Sagem Orga, explained in the press release, this product marks the beginning of a new era for the SIM-card, offering it a real new service platform.

The manufacturers have not yet released the date of the SIM-card’s launch and its projected cost.

Locate mobile phone with GPS-ready SIM-card

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