Mobile carrier US Cellular will use the Loopt Location Platform to provide assisted location services to its subscribers, providing them with more frequent and accurate location updates.

According to Juniper Research, the value of presence based Mobile Web 2.0 services will increase to more than $6 billion by 2012, driven by increasing smartphone penetration in developed markets and rising global usage of both on-net and off-net mobile instant messaging.

Croatives is launching a beta release of Terrestrica - a free location-triggered service for GPS-enabled mobile phones.

There has been a surge of interest in location-based services (LBS) over the last year or so, according to Ted Morgan, founder & CEO of Skyhook.

Hotels and restaurants from The Michelin Guides and tourism listings from The Michelin Green Guides will soon be available on Nokia mobile phones equipped with the latest version of Ovi Maps.