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To: arun gera who wrote (2724)	9/2/1998 8:45:00 PM
From: Jamse	of 3506

911 position location Arun, finally had some time to do some more research on the 911 position location market. Your question "Snaptrack - Will it take the wireless positioning market?" is a good one. It appears that the market is divided into two segments for 911 position location. The first is a handset based wireless location determination. SnapTrack and Sirf are using this approach to solve the problem. The second is network overlay technology (TDOA). Trimble and True Position are teaming together to use this method. I have not been able to find any documentation from Trimble on a handset solution. Skip Paul says it is available. If someone could point me to it I would appreciate it. It is difficult to tell how the technology is going to unfold but here are the basics as I see them. There are approximately 60 million cell phones in use now with PCS just coming on line. Trimble's network solution can get all the existing phones (there are approximately 77,000 cell sites in the US) working with the 911 mandate. It appears Sirf and SnapTrack only have handset solutions, and therefore, cannot address the existing phones. The Trimble-True Position solution is up and running in Houston. I could find no design wins for either SnapTrack or Sirf. There is, however, significant testing going on around the country with their systems. I don't think Trimble is the only company with a network solution. I'm sure Datum and some others are chasing this money maker. From the conference call Charles seemed to feel that he had a lock on it. David, thanks for the link to the NY Times. There were a lot of good links to other sites from there. From what I read, the additional ground stations will not be needed to meet the Federal requirements. Although, as you say, it may be needed for greater accuracy for things like location and monitoring services. I can post more on the subject later if anyone is interested. How low can Trimble go? jamse

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