Anyone seriously looking at the potentially giant Russian mobile market will have to go with GLONASS, the Russian counterpart of GPS, or they may be left out in the cold, reports Christopher Backeberg...

The US, the EU and its Member States have concluded an initial phase of consultations affirming user interoperability and enhanced performance of combined GPS and Galileo receivers.

Thomas Hallauer, roving editor for TheWhereBusiness, has been immersing himself in a research study of location technology. He pauses for a few minutes to see how much you know about what he's been gleaning from top brains in the business...

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...

ABI Research forecasts that system shipments relating to the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) will reach more than 500 million worldwide in 2010 and continue growing to 1.1 billion in 2014.

Precise location of your mobile phone to within a single metre, regardless of weather conditions or urban clutter. That has been one of the prime goals in mobile navigation - and another great stride has been taken in achieving it, writes Thomas Hallauer...