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Article: Motorola Tapped to Extend China Unicom's Location Based Services Network; New US$10 Million Contract for Phase II of the CDMA LBS Project to Reach 1.65 Million Users in 20 Provinces.
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- PR Newswire
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- September 10, 2003
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China Unicom, operator of China's sole Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network, has awarded Motorola Global Telecom Solutions Sector (GTSS) a $10 million contract to build Phase II of its value-added location based services (LBS) network. Motorola will provide equipment, network support and optimization services.
LBS allows China Unicom's subscribers to access a range of location-based information, including nearest public facilities, restaurants and entertainment outlets. It also allows customers to play location-based games. The contract includes deployment of GPSOne position determining equipment (PDE), which can accurately determine the user's ...