Hat jemand sich mal Gedanken darum gemacht? Wednesday 28th September 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 08:45 Registration and refreshments -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09:30 Introduction from the chair Mike Gubbins, Editor Screen International -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 09:40 Keynote Address: How will digital cinema change the film industry – and who benefits? Digital cinema – what are the implications? Can digital cinema reverse the slide in admissions? Is there a win-win situation for both studios and the independents Looking at the impact of initiatives pioneering the rollout of digital cinema A forecast of the digital future of film Thomas Hoegh, CEO Arts Alliance Media -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:10 Predicted growth rates and time-frames for the rollout of digital cinema in the next decade and beyond The global digital rollout: When, where and how? How will the cost of digital projection technology be driven down to boost commercial benefits for the film industry? What are the key catalysts for the roll-out of digital cinema? Is the rollout of digital dependent on Hollywood? David Hancock, Digital Expert Screen Digest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10:40 Opportunities for distributors in digital cinema: Taking the initiative in the digital revolution How significant are the cost-savings associated with digital distribution? What needs to be done to restructure conventional distribution models for a conversion to digital distribution? DIGITAL CLASSICS PLC - Acquisition(s) Immediate Release: 09 December 2005 Digital Classics plc ('Digital Classics' or the 'Company') Acquisition of Box TV Limited ('Box TV') and NBD Holdings Limited ('NBD') Digital Classics plc is pleased to announce that it has today signed agreements to acquire two profitable companies as the first steps of a strategy to transform the Group into a television production and distribution powerhouse. These acquisitions are designed to give the Group critical mass and to exploit the recent legislative changes in the UK TV industry. Breach Universal Pictures announced that production has started on Breach based on The Eleventh Hour Universal Pictures is shooting for a 2006 release. Watch Mein Bester Freund und Ich - 16 Pics at xHamster.com! Sex mit dem besten Freund ist immernoch der beste Sex:-). Dating Dein Bester Freund S Bruder Garbage. Sex mit einem besten Freund meines Bruders. Er ist mein bester Freund Mein. Up till the 1700’s. Filming will take place in Toronto and Washington D.C. Production Companies / Studios: • Intermedia • Outlaw Films Distributors: • Universal Pictures » This film was Previously Known As: 'Hanssen' & 'The 11th Hour' Cast: Chris Cooper, Ryan Phillippe Director: Billy Ray Screenwriter: Billy Ray, Adam Mazer, Bill Rotko Genre: Thriller SOURCE: Universal Pictures. Wireless Corporation Receives Notice From Nasdaq SAN RAMON, Calif., June 11 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. Wireless Corporation (Nasdaq: USWCE; Frankfurt: USP) announced that it has received Nasdaq Notice of Staff Determination that the Company is not in compliance with continued listing requirements as set forth in Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 4310(c)(14), relating to the filing of all required Securities and Exchange Commission reports. As a result of the Company`s previously announced investigation into various irregularities involving two former executive officers and the fact that certain previously filed SEC reports will need to be amended accordingly, Nasdaq has determined that the Company is not in compliance with listing rules pending filing of amended reports. The Company has filed an appeal of Nasdaq`s determination and intends to take all steps within its control to seek to return to compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements. The Company is working with its independent auditor, BDO Seidman, LLP, to amend all previous filings and disclosures that require amendment. Additionally, the Company is working diligently with regulatory agencies, independent auditors, legal counsel and the Audit Committee of its Board of Directors to complete its investigation and to make the appropriate restatements and disclosures. Nasdaq, taking into consideration the Company`s submissions and any other factors that it may deem relevant, will make the ultimate determination concerning the continued listing of the Company`s stock. Until the conclusion of this review, the Company`s previously issued historical financial statements for these periods should not be relied upon. The Company expects to file amended Securities and Exchange Commission reports containing the required restated financial statements and related party disclosures by July 16, 2001. Pending resolution of the proceedings before Nasdaq, the Company`s symbol will be listed as ``USWCE.`` SOURCE: U.S. Wireless Corporation. Bloomberg news '.VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Cellular Corp. Urged federal officials to delay by at least one year.' 06/14 17:20 VoiceStream, U.S. Cellular Seek Delay of Wireless Phone Plan By Jonathan Cox Washington, June 14 (Bloomberg) -- VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Cellular Corp. Urged federal officials to delay by at least one year a plan that requires mobile-phone carriers to upgrade networks or handsets so emergency calls may be located. The companies said technology isn`t ready to meet an October deadline set by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, and moving ahead may waste money. Within the next four months, carriers are supposed to install equipment in their networks or begin selling handsets with satellite-based global positioning- system (GPS) hardware so customers calling 911 can be found. Since wireless callers move around, it`s difficult to know where they are at any given time. Emergency operators are unable to pinpoint 40 percent to 50 percent of callers for that reason. They have pressed the government and carriers to move ahead with the wireless 911 plan as quickly as possible. ``The technology is not yet ready for full national commercial deployment,`` said James Nixon, senior manager of regulatory affairs at VoiceStream, now owned by Germany`s Deutsche Telekom AG, at a House Telecommunications Subcommittee hearing. ``A rushed deployment could waste hundreds of millions of dollars, without actually delivering a workable`` wireless 911 system. Rural phone companies ``are literally stuck between a rock and a hard place,`` said Steve Clark, vice president of network operations at U.S. Upgrading the phone networks will cost too much because towers are often spread far apart and handsets with the GPS hardware aren`t available yet. Nixon said trials are needed and, provided the equipment works, the system may be implemented beginning in late 2002 or early 2003. The FCC has waived some of the installation requirements for VoiceStream. AT&T Wireless Group and Nextel Communications Inc. Have waiver requests pending. ``We are committed to working with the stakeholders to resolve problems and speed deployment,`` Thomas Sugrue, chief of the FCC`s Wireless bureau, said at the hearing. ``But we are also committed to enforcement of our rules if, for example, parties simply ignore their obligations or fail to make good faith efforts to comply.`` As companies and regulators work through the issue, each carrier should designate a central contact that emergency operators can dial when they have trouble locating callers, said Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican and chairman of the House Telecommunications Subcommittee. Some Make The Grade, Others Fall Short BY ALLYSON VAUGHAN JUNE 18, 2001 WIRELESS WEEK WASHINGTON—The latest update on wireless enhanced 911 readiness resembles a report card with wildly fluctuating grades, and in this case, Congress is the concerned parent. Last week, witnesses from industry and public safety testified before a House telecom subcommittee. Their message: Carriers have made some progress toward meeting the October FCC phase II E911 deadline, but more carriers are expected to ask the FCC for compliance delays before fall. That doesn`t sit well with certain members of Congress. In fact, Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., sent a letter to CTIA President and CEO Tom Wheeler seeking improved communications between CTIA`s member carriers and 911 centers. Upton, who chairs the subcommittee, wants carriers to supply 911 centers with contact information so that if a 911 center needs to reach a carrier for assistance in locating an E911 call, the center will have someone to contact. Last year, the FCC granted a waiver to Voice-Stream Wireless Corp., and waiver requests are pending for Nextel Communications Inc., AT&T Wireless, Hawaiian Wireless and AT&T affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless. Leap Wireless, Alltel and Cingular Wireless also are expected to file waivers. Tom Sugrue, wireless bureau chief at the FCC, said the FCC won`t grant waivers merely for corporate convenience. Carriers have to provide good reasons and alternative implementation deadlines to get a waiver. He stopped short of saying the FCC would push back the October deadline. By October, carriers are supposed to provide more precise location information on callers to public safety answering points. Many consumers purchase wireless phones for safety purposes, unaware they often cannot be located in emergencies. About 120,000 911 calls are made daily from wireless phones. The core problem is that in testing solutions, vendors make promises, but carriers often doubt the technology claims. Sugrue, who praised Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless for compliance, says he expects the Big Six carriers will have E911 implementation plans in place on time. But the compliance price stings more for rural carriers, which should get an exemption because of a lack of cost recovery options, says Steve Clark, vice president of network operations at U.S. Cellular, which was denied a waiver last June. Ed Markey, D-Mass., says carriers should devote the same aggressiveness to E911 as they do to third-generation services. Carriers have made technology strides ranging from Internet access to paging capabilities in the past five years, but not many E911 advances, notes Steve Souder, administrator of a 911 Emergency Communications Center in Arlington, Va. He says Congress should do what it takes to enforce compliance. Until then, a reliable nationwide wireless 911 system remains elusive. The industry contends that additional testing is necessary before wide deployment is possible. Carriers won`t be ready until late 2002 or early 2003, says James Nixon, VoiceStream`s senior manager of regulatory affairs. 'Let`s do it right, rather than just fast,' he says. Tuesday June 19 5:53 PM ET Qualcomm Ships Chips to Pinpoint Wireless Callers By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc. (NasdaqNM:QCOM - news), the wireless technology giant, said on Tuesday it had begun to ship a new generation of chips designed to pinpoint a caller`s location in an emergency. The chips will start showing up in phones in Japan this summer and in the United States by Oct. 1, a deadline set by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (news - web sites). Jonas Neihardt, vice president for federal government affairs, told a forum organized by an industry-led advisory committee to the Congressional Internet Caucus that the new chips were outperforming accuracy standards mandated by the FCC (news - web sites)`s wireless Emergency 9-1-1 rule. ``As we refine this technology we will be able to deliver results in many cases down to a couple of meters,`` he said, referring to the so-called automatic location identification handsets. To meet FCC requirements, such devices must test accurate to within 50 meters 67 percent of the time, and to within 150 meters 95 percent of the time. Similar requirements apply to mobile phone companies that opt to meet the FCC mandate by deploying position-location technology in their networks that works on signal strength. The handsets use the Global Positioning System (GPS), the Defense Department-operated satellite navigation tool, as well as cellular towers to zero in on locations anywhere in the United States no matter what the terrain. The idea is to help the authorities save lives since many wireless callers cannot describe their location to an emergency operator. Over a regular land line, the existing technology typically flashes the caller`s address. PRIVACY ISSUES San Diego, Calif.-based Qualcomm said its chips support an ``opt-in`` approach to protecting wireless phone users` privacy. This means the GPS processor embedded in the chip is pre-set to the ``off`` position. To activate it, a consumer must either dial 9-1-1, the U.S. Emergency number, or punch a request for a position fix into the keypad. The rollout of such technology augurs a host of new targeted marketing opportunities over the next generation of the Internet, including the possibility of sending advertisements or electronic coupons to mobile phones carried near a shopping center. But James Dempsey of the Center for Democracy & Technology, a non-profit group that monitors civil liberties issues on the Internet, said new laws were needed to prevent any erosion of constitutional rights against unreasonable search and seizure. ``As technology evolves, the government gets whatever you have,`` he told the forum, referring to evidence law enforcers might seek in a criminal case from a mobile telephone company`s records. Under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, prosecutors do not have to establish probable cause that a crime has been or will be committed to get wireless phone records, Dempsey said. (NYSE:T - news), Sprint PCS (NYSE:PCS - news) and Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ - news) and Britain`s Vodafone Group Plc (VOD.L), have told the FCC it is premature to adopt rules governing location privacy practices. American Tower Expects Greater Q2 Loss BY KRISTY BASSUENER JUNE 21, 2001 American Tower revised its second-quarter outlook today, and now expects to lose 52 to 58 cents per share on revenue of $251 million to $276 million. Previously, American Tower predicted it would post a loss of about 38 to 45 cents per share on sales between $263 million to $291 million. Sales from its Verestar satellite unit were lower than expected, a company statement says, driving down overall figures. Also, the Boston-based company will record an impairment charge on its preferred stock investment in US Wireless Corp. American Tower invested $22.5 million in U.S. Wireless last year. Despite this news, the company affirmed revenue outlooks for its tower rental and services segments. At midday, American Tower shares fell 7.3 percent to $17.75 per share. 8:00am 06/21/01 American Tower warns of Q2, 2001 miss (AMT) By Tomi Kilgore American Tower (AMT) revised its financial outlook for second quarter and full-year amid expectations of an impairment charge on its equity interest in US Wireless. American Tower now expects revenue of $251 million to $276 million and losses per share of 52 to 58 cents. Analysts surveyed by Multex had been expecting revenue of $272.5 million on losses of 40 cents a share. For the year, operator of broadcast and wireless communications sites expects revenue of $1.10 billion to $1.21 billion and losses of $1.77 to $2.03 a share, compared with expectations of $1.16 billion and $1.55, respectively. 'While our ownership in US Wireless is in the form of preferred stock and we are the only preferred shareholder, US Wireless` public common equity valuation has dropped significantly, and the decline appears to be other than temporary,' said Steve Dodge, American Tower`s chairman and chief executive. 'Accordingly, recognition of an impairment charge on the investment appears likely in our second quarter financial statements.' The stock closed Wednesday up 16 cents at $19.15. June 22, 2001 American Tower Increases Loss Estimate By BLOOMBERG NEWS OSTON, June 21 — The American Tower Corporation, an operator of about 14,000 wireless communications and broadcasting towers in North America, said today that losses for the second quarter and the year would be larger than expected because of lower revenue at its Verestar unit. The loss will be 52 cents to 58 cents a share on revenue of $251 million to $276 million, the company said. That would be more than the company`s projection last month of a loss of 38 cents to 45 cents on revenue of $263 million to $291 million. The Verestar unit, which links satellites to land-based networks, will report lower revenue than expected for the quarter and the year because of problems integrating its InterPacket and U.S. Electrodynamics Inc. Acquisitions, and because of hardware malfunctions that caused customer disruptions, the company said. 'One of the reasons for the acquisitions is the ability to cross- sell services through Verestar,' its chief executive, David Garrison, said in a conference call. 'The technical issues took the wind out of the sales force.' Shares of American Tower fell 80 cents, to $18.35. Analysts expected American Tower to lose 41 cents in the second quarter. The company now expects a loss for the year of $1.77 to $2.03, wider than its previous loss estimate of $1.50 to $1.73. Analysts expected American Tower to lose $1.56 for the year. Aus: July/August 2001, Wireless Beltway Developing such a map is precisely the job of a white Ford E-150 van that regularly cruises a 30-kilometer stretch of the Washington, DC, Beltway, one of the nation`s epicenters of both traffic and talk (60 percent of area residents own cell phones). The van is owned by San Ramon, CA-based U.S. Wireless, a leader in the nascent business of generating traffic information. As the van tools down a congested stretch of I-495 from Springfield, VA, to Andrews Air Force Base, MD, a passenger talks on a cell phone. Every nuance of the signal fingerprints from that conversation is captured by a network of antennas and computers the company has installed on office and industrial rooftops lining the highway. Then, thanks to a GPS receiver system in the van, each fingerprint is matched with an exact spot on the route. Later, when cars with cell-phone-chatting occupants drive by, the U.S. Wireless computer picks up the fingerprint, finds a match from its database, and—presto—spits out a location. By gauging how the fingerprint changes over time, the system`s algorithm can calculate direction and speed, too. 'Wherever we set up the network, we`ll be able to monitor vehicle density, speed and acceleration, and provide that information to anyone that`s willing to pay us,' says Howard Blank, U.S. Wireless`s vice president of technology. To help support this grand experiment in cell-phone-signal cartography, the Maryland and Virginia transportation agencies are ponying up a combined $400,000. Initial results are encouraging, says David Lovell, assistant professor of transportation engineering at the University of Maryland, who is evaluating the test for the state of Maryland. The technology 'tracks the trajectory of the vehicle continuously, which allows you to get a better feel for the pattern of congestion on the highway' than is provided by magnetic-loop sensors, he says. The test is continuing, but a report assessing its results is not due until December. Lovell says, however, that 'everything appears to be working well so far.' Still, not everyone is convinced by the tests. 'It`s really a bizarre way to do this,' says Paul Najarian, director of telecommunications at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, a research organization based in Washington, DC. 'Every time a building comes up or goes down they have to recalibrate it. And the local topography changes according to the seasons. They basically have to run their van through the coverage areas over and over again to keep it all up to date.' Wireless officials counter that recalibration costs are trivial compared to loop detector installation and maintenance. But while the company labors to perfect its technology, chief competitor TruePosition of King of Prussia, PA, is developing an alternative approach that never needs recalibration. TruePosition`s scheme is based on triangulation—determining cell-phone location from the times it takes signals to reach three or more stations. By also analyzing the angle at which a signal arrives, the company can accomplish this feat using just two towers, says Matthew Ward, TruePosition`s manager of strategic product development. Speed is calculated from changes in location over time, as with the U.S. Wireless technology. TruePosition is currently focusing on providing technology for 911 phone-finding. But Ward says the company plans to test its technology for traffic applications. Beyond cell phones, there`s another wireless technology already beefing up traffic reports in some areas: those increasingly common toll-paying, windshield-mounted radio tags. Normally, a special tollbooth 'tag reader' senses the passing device, records the code number associated with the owner`s account and subtracts the toll—and that`s it. But the E-ZPass tags used by more than four million New York-area drivers now double as speed and traffic detectors. To use the tags for this new purpose, the Transcom coalition of regional transportation agencies mounts readers at regular intervals (ranging from 0.4 to 2.4 kilometers) along a highway. By analyzing the time it takes for a tagged car to pass between the readers, special software can calculate the speed of traffic along key arteries, with the results displayed in a regional traffic-management center in Jersey City, NJ. Just as Sam Mendoza does in San Antonio, operators publicize any snarls on electronic roadside signs or by alerting the news media. By the end of this year, more than 300 kilometers of highway stretching from Hartford, CT, to Trenton, NJ, will bristle with tag readers for speed detection, with Massachusetts and Pennsylvania eyeing the idea. Ultimately, it might be possible to complement—or even replace—this growing arsenal of sensors with a third wireless device: the GPS receiver showing up in more and more cars, mainly as a navigation aid (see 'The Commuter Computer,' TR June 2000). GPS could, in theory, provide a means of continuously tracking a vehicle`s location. But although traffic planners would love to collect all those rolling position figures and squeeze the numbers for speed and traffic data, it will be hard to pull off, at least for now. That`s because GPS receivers are just that—receivers, which determine position from incoming satellite signals—and don`t send position data unless a driver initiates a link, as when calling police for help or looking for directions. Such calls are relatively rare compared to cell-phone chatter; besides, reading a car`s position would involve eavesdropping on the content of a call rather than just sensing a signal. Aus dem Yahoo-Board: (Ein seeehr langer Artikel) From Wireless Review, Jun 1, 2001 Location-based services are making money for carriers in Europe and Asia while the U.S. Market is stuck in E-911 implementation. But first to startis not always first to finish. Five years ago, when the FCC (www.fcc.gov) mandated E-911, the U.S. Market was the likely leader in the location space. Right now, though, 'location is happening faster everywhere in the world than it is in the United States,' according to J.F. Sullivan, AirFlash vice president of marketing (www.airflash.com). Indeed, location-based services are off the shelf in Europe and Asia with several carriers. (See sidebar on page 36.) Better yet, they are making money for carriers without any more data than is required for E-911 Phase I. For all of their location-based problems, hope remains for U.S. With changes in their attitudes and adherence to the E-911 mandate, carriers can conquer the uphill battle. Carriers will come armed with best-of-breed location technologies. 'The American market will have the most precise location technology deployed,' said Bill Dyer, Alcatel director for new ventures, intelligent network division (www.alcatel.com). 'You`ll see services really accelerate here before you do elsewhere in the world just because of the pervasive availability of that technology and the carriers` high interest in being able to market that capability.' Over There Julie Robson, Analysys analyst (www.analysys.com), said current location-based services in Europe are fairly primitive. The most rudimentary require the user to input his location, and the most advanced use cell ID data. European carriers have shown some reluctance to roll out more accurate location-based services, she said. 'Advanced services (are) available from the application developers, but those aren`t in place commercially,' Robson said. 'In the current climate, the operators are unwilling to make large investments in the services until they are convinced that there is money to be made from them.' If European carriers are waiting for a better sign that location-based services will generate revenue, perhaps they don`t know how lucky they already are. 'We must be upwards of 10,000 (users added) a week,' Sullivan said. 'Then it`s at least two uses a week, and the average use is four minutes. That`s 80,000 minutes a week of new usage. Let`s say it`s 10¢ a minute, then it`s only $5 million. It`s still $5 million bigger than zero,' which is what the U.S. Has right now. In general, the most popular European location-based services revolve around weekend night life. Sullivan said that there is an almost hysterical correspondence between time and types of location-based services. He said it starts off with pub finders at the beginning of the evening. Then restaurant searches start hitting the system. About 10 p.m., it goes back to nightclubs or branded searches, where customers want to find someplace specific. Sullivan added that late in the evening, the most popular service is always taxis. Carriers offer location-based services: BT Cellnet (www.btcellnet.net), Orange (www.orange.co.uk) and Vodafone (www.vodafone.com). Both BT and Vodafone use cell ID, and Orange relies on user input. Chris King, Orange spokesperson, said the carrier is considering an upgrade to cell ID technology but added that issues need to be clarified, privacy paramount among them, before doing so. With its reach, Vodafone can bring location-based services to nearly every corner of the globe. In May, the world`s largest carrier launched location-based services in its Australia and New Zealand markets. That`s just the beginning. Within two years, a platform including location-based services should be available to Vodafone affiliates in 30 countries, said Ray DeRenzo, Vodafone Global Platform Group director, Internet content and applications. Vodafone Global Platform is the division of Vodafone chartered to develop mobile data services. Vodafone Global Platform isn`t looking simply to offer location-based services, the plan is to make all data commerce, communications and location-enabled, DeRenzo said. 'So rather than just looking up a restaurant, you`ll be able to get a review of the restaurant, make a reservation and then take that information and send it as an e-mail or SMS to a group of friends,' he said. French carrier SFR (www.sfr.fr) rolled out location-based services two years ago with its initial wireless Internet product. Adding location services was easy, as the carrier only had to download the application to the SIM cards in its handsets. 'We use the SIM toolkit to process signal-strength information from the tower, pass that information to the location server via SMS, and the location server then runs the algorithms on that to determine the user`s location,' Dyer said. 'That is generally accurate, particularly in the denser metropolitan areas in Europe, within about 300 meters.' Without mandates for location technology, foreign carriers have not faced the rigid accuracy requirements thrust upon U.S. It`s no surprise that freedom makes developing location-based services easier for carriers; what may be a surprise, though, is that lack of accuracy hasn`t been an inhibitor of applications. Accuracy is more important when locating widely dispersed things such as ATMs, but pinpoint accuracy is not critical for finding the nearest movie theater or Italian restaurant. 'Probably 85% of the applications that you can think of today are doable on an accuracy level of cell sector,' Dyer said. Japan`s first location-based service didn`t come from the carrier you might expect. J-Phone (www.j-phone.com) was first to market with a location-based yellow pages and maps application. Developed by Xmarc (www.xmarc.com), the J-navi service uses cell ID and, if necessary, prompts the user for landmarks to determine greater accuracy. The application had a return on investment in six weeks of operation, according to Rich Neville, Xmarc product marketing manager. 'Usage did peak on the third day; we did 1.6 million map transactions,' Neville said. 'After that it`s been fairly even, from half a million to 1.2 million a day.' Repeat usage has been a consistent trait of location-based services. 'People are coming on, starting to use the stuff and continuing to use it, which is probably the biggest statistic that flies in the face of people who don`t believe in this market,' Sullivan said. Coming to North America Without E-911, U.S. Carriers would have waited even longer to launch location-based services, said Robert Hegblom, The Strategis Group senior analyst, mobile wireless data (www.strategisgroup.com). 'They see it as something they wouldn`t want to ordinarily deal with at this point,' he said. 'The E-911 mandate is becoming a bit of a burden on them, and it`s coinciding with their data services.' He said data services are not as mature as carriers would like them to be before raising the price of handsets to cover GPS integration or before raising the price of the service to pay for costly network upgrades to handle the location element. Carriers may find it advantageous to offer simple location-based services before delivering those with more accurate technologies. 'For us to sit here and only develop a set of services that are predicated on precise coordinates of the end user, we could be missing huge market opportunities, or we could be designing services that are so far afield that nobody is interested in them,' DeRenzo said. 'You get something out, and you can learn more about the service than you ever could through focus groups or any other research.' Jennifer Wirth, Alltel product manager for location-based services (www.alltel.com), disagrees. “It would look like you are trying to use it for profit rather than safety,” she said. Canadian carriers don`t have an E-911 mandate, but the Canadian Wireless Telecommunication Association (www.cwta.ca) has initiated a cooperative effort to develop location technology for public safety, said Kelly Dixon, Bell Mobility general manager (www.bellmobility.com), wireless Internet and data. There`s no time frame, but there soon will be cell ID-based location services, followed by more accurate public-safety services. “We are committed to rolling out location-based services by the end of the year,” Dixon said. It`s All in the Attitude Key differences between the United States and foreign markets create drastically different attitudes about location-based services. As foreign carriers actually witness wireless-data adoption, location-based services don`t seem so far away. Carriers focus too much on trying to catch up to overseas markets in a single bound, Sullivan said. “Think of it like a basketball game,” he said. “Even if Duke is down by 18 points with seven minutes to go, they don`t suddenly start throwing up 3-pointers. They systematically attack what`s wrong with the game, and they do all the myriad little things to help themselves. It`s very difficult to be that disciplined in business.” Regardless of when American carriers launch commercial location-based services, their attitudes about the space have come a long way. Sullivan said that six months ago, carriers across the board demanded 95% to 99% of profits from potential content partners. In one meeting, Sullivan heard a paradox of an offer. “I (said) ‘Listen, I`ve got this really cool technology, and with this technology you can build the neatest wireless data applications in the world, especially around location-based services.’ And the carrier turned to me and (said), ‘That`s great, it`ll be $50,000.’ (And I asked) ‘For what?’ (And he said) ‘For us to use your technology.’” That attitude has come about-face, and once carriers survive the E-911 ordeal, it will be easier to see how important location-based services are going to be. “There may be make-or-break services they will offer, and this (location) will be among them,” Hegblom said. According to the ARC Group (www.arcgroup.com), global location-based services users will number 748 million by 2004. To capture their share of that market, U.S. Carriers need to simplify their mindsets about location-based services. “Carriers in this country need to focus on the user,” Sullivan said “What does my dad, your brother, her sister, want to pay for? If you go build it, I guarantee they will come.”. @traumsuse Inhalt ist ok. Danke fuer deine klasse Unterstuetzung dem Board gegenueber!!! Public Safety, Carriers Meet Over E911 Mandate BY ALLYSON VAUGHAN MAY 25, 2001 Officials from Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are meeting today in Washington with public safety officials, including Thera Bradshaw, first vice president at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials. The topic: compliance with the FCC’s October Phase II E911 mandate. The meeting comes on the heels of reply comments filed with the FCC May 21 on AT&T Wireless’ waiver request. AT&T Wireless requested a waiver in April to deploy a hybrid network and handset solution. But sources say that AT&T Wireless’ most recent filing, in which the carrier had to supply more information to the FCC on tests it has conducted to meet the mandate, supplies little additional information. At the commission’s request, Nextel Communications Inc. Also submitted a filing - more than 200 pages - on testing the carrier has conducted to meet Phase II requirements. If the FCC grants AT&T Wireless’ waiver, it would have a “profound detrimental effect on America’s ability to provide emergency medical care,” says John Brown, medical director with the emergency medical services section at the public health department for the city and county of San Francisco. Speculation also is mounting that Cingular will file an E911 waiver request with the commission, but nothing has been filed yet with the FCC. Sources say Cingular’s timing couldn’t be worse because of the commission’s crackdown on Nextel and AT&T, crushing the carriers’ assertions that testing information is proprietary and should not be made public. “They certainly need to take into consideration the commission’s response to the AT&T and the Nextel waivers and need to address those issues in their own filing,” says one public safety representative who requested anonymity. “They need to give the commission the information they indicated they’re looking for.”.
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