60 per cent of WCDMA handsets shipped worldwide will have integrated GPS/Galileo receivers by 2010, says a report by market research firm Berg Insight.
The EU, however, remains vague about future regulations regarding positioning of emergency calls and some member states have not even introduced the common emergency number 112. André Malm, telecom analyst at Berg Insight, however believes that new regulations will be considered once the European Galileo satellite positioning system becomes operational in circa 2010. ‘A future EU directive calling for Galileo positioning of all mobile emergency calls would at the same time improve public safety and create a mass-market for European high technology.
[via digital-media-asia]