The case has been made for the use of femtocells in future mobile networks. In reality, however, there are some important obstacles to overcome before femtocells can come into wide use. Christopher Backeberg continues his overview of this promising area of mobile technology...

Recent leaps in technology, ease of installation, the worldwide hunger for bandwidth and the hard economics of the mobile industry all point towards a central role for femtocells in the full roll-out of 4G networks, reports Christopher Backeberg...

Vodafone's Wayfinder location-based services (LBS) software is set to become available as an open source platform.

Foursquare is extending its marketing reach with more widely-based services and may even tie in with hardware makers to become a direct part of the shopping experience.

I meant to write a very exited blog about the new iPhone 4 having a gyro, which I thought would really advance the options to get indoor nav on your smartphone. It turns out there are $1 gyros and $7 gyros. Guess which one is in the iPhone and which one is useful for navigation…

The demand for gyros pushed by the iPhone4 definitely means that the prices are coming down, but let's wait a few years to see how quickly and strongly mobile gyro nav is adopted. In the meantime, trust Layar to show us what gyros can enable on a smartphone (and on the forthcoming Nintendo 3DS).

In response to research carried out by TheWhereBusiness, this year's Navigation and Location Summit Europe will look closely at indoor positioning and pedestrian navigation. Helen Raff and Christopher Backeberg check in...

Revolutionary advances in mobile technology and web use have added enormously to the importance of location intelligence in sensible business planning, reports Christopher Backeberg...

Layar, the Dutch pioneer of commercial augmented reality (AR) apps, has launched in-app shopping. Layar's first partner in AR e-commerce is PayPal.

Is Foursquare really for sale? According to a Bloomberg Businessweek report, the mobile industry will have an answer within weeks.

Clue Trust has announced the first mobile version of its Cartographica family of geographical information system (GIS) products.