CSR and Motorola intend to create an open industry forum to evaluate and foster enhanced global positioning system technologies. The EGPS Forum is expected to advocate improvement to location technologies in mobile devices and will meet consumer and regulatory needs for precise and consistent levels of location information. The EGPS Forum will be open to participants from the telecommunications industry including handset manufacturers, location technology companies, network infrastructure providers and mobile network carriers. Initial activities of the forum will focus on evaluating hybrid technologies that enhance GPS by combining satellite measurements with timing measurements taken from mobile networks and on establishing the underlying infrastructure to ensure full interoperability of this technology. CSR and Motorola expect the procedure for EGPS field trials and performance testing to be in place in the first half of 2008.
