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Bell Mobility’s Finder Services use Assisted GPS (AGPS) and Cell Site Location Technology to provide our customers with increased safety and convenience. As a leader in North American Location Based Services deployment, Bell Mobility can provide access to these technologies through a standards based platform that is commercially available today. AGPS is currently available through a wide variety of wireless phones and PDAs and will continue to be supported in all new Bell Mobility wireless phones and PDAs going forward.
The Benefits of developing applications using Bell Mobility’s Location Technology
Leverage the investment customers have made in their Bell Mobility wireless device by developing applications using Bell Mobility’s Location Technology. Bell Mobility currently offers a wide variety of AGPS wireless devices and will continue to provide support in all new devices. Today, nearly 25% of all Bell Mobility customers own an AGPS wireless device.
Access to wireless device positioning within a few seconds - Use Cell Site location technology to locate any Bell Mobility wireless device.
Access to Location Technology that is more reliable and precise than traditional GPS solutions – AGPS combines GPS, CDMA Network Triangulation (AFLT) and Cell Site Location Technology to offer :
- Unmatched availability providing location fixes in a wide variety of environments (i.e. urban, indoors)
- Faster time to first fix than traditional GPS (within 10-30 seconds for all fixes)
Simplified access to a variety of location technologies by specifying the degree of accuracy in the location request – the LBS platform will determine the appropriate technology to provide the best possible location fix to meet your needs.
How does Cell Site technology work?
Today’s technology narrows down the location of a wireless device using the cellular transmission site in contact with the customer’s wireless device. The position of the wireless device is provided in a latitude & longitudinal coordinate along with the accuracy of the result. Accuracy in urban areas is typically between 400m to 2500m and will vary by location.
How does Assisted GPS (AGPS) work?
AGPS combines the accuracy of GPS technology, CDMA Network Triangulation (AFLT) and Cell Site Location Technology. This ensures wireless devices can be found with more reliability than traditional GPS services, even in the most challenging environments. Bell Mobility’s AGPS solution will first attempt to use GPS satellites to locate the Assisted GPS Ready wireless device (within 150m in most circumstances) and if unsuccessful will begin to fall back on a variety of network based location technologies.
What about Privacy & Security?
Bell Mobility has taken all necessary steps to ensure our customer’s personal and location information is subject to strong privacy protection as established in the Canadian Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This act outlines what steps must be taken to ensure :
- companies are responsible for personal information under their control
- express consent is obtained before using or disclosing their location information, and;
- customers are informed about the purposes for which personal information is being disclosed and/or collected and that collection of this information is limited to that which is necessary for the purposes identified;
- personal information is protected with the necessary security safeguards (i.e. data encryption, SSL or VPN connections);
- customers have options to address a challenge concerning compliance with PIPEDA.
Express consent must always be obtained either electronically, or in written form. To manage electronic consent, Bell Mobility’s Platform has a secure online privacy profile that can be extended to users to manage their individual privacy preferences. For more information regarding Bell Mobility’s Finder Services privacy, please visit www.bell.ca/finderservices.
More About Bell Mobility Finder Services
Bell Mobility’s Software Development Kit (SDK) and White Papers are available for download by registration through this website. For free registration, click on the ‘Need to Register?’ link on the left of the screen.
For more information on how a Developer can pursue a Teaming agreement or Marketing Alliance agreement with Bell Mobility, please submit your application through the Application Submission area of this web site and a Bell Mobility representative will contact you shortly.
If you are a Customer interested in enrolling for Bell Mobility’s Finder Services, please contact our Customer Service department, or your Enterprise Sales representative.
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