Yingda has tested the system over the past two years on the operators’ mobile networks, to provide tracking of secure items, such as laptops belonging the government employees.
The enhanced GPS technology is based on triangulation from base stations and claims a short time to first fix and location accuracy that works indoors.
This main reason that CSR bought CPS and NordNav Technologies was to develop a positioning system that could run on its existing Bluetooth silicon and offer GPS technology at $1 a unit, compared with a current market price of $5 to $10 for competitive GPS silicon.
