Trimble Teams with Cambridge Positioning Systems

Trimble (CA, USA) and UK-based Cambridge Positioning Systems Limited (CPS) have announced plans to jointly develop new products that will deliver Enhanced Global Positioning System (E-GPS) location for asynchronous networks such as GSM and WCDMA.
The lack of a common synchronisation source in a network means that devices take longer to provide a location. E-GPS is a technology that addresses the problem of providing quality timing assistance to GPS-enabled devices. It combines CPS's Matrix client and server software with Trimble’s GPS positioning technology. The companies intend to demonstrate how E-GPS will improve positioning within buildings and in urban canyons at reduced costs. The objective of the joint development is to establish E-GPS as the technology of choice for mobile handsets and other GPS devices.