Nextel Mexico, a unit of US-based NII Holdings, recently announced to have come up with GPS value-added services, which lets the company’s push-to-talk (PTT) subscribers utilize the GPS services via an integrated GPS chipset available for the majority of its handsets. The services known as iFollow and iLocator make use of a platform given by location services company Openwave. Thus, now business users can automatically and accurately pinpoint the whereabouts of Nextel users: Exact position: Utilizing the assisted GPS platform with a Nextel GPS-enabled handset when the subscriber has proper coverage and signal. Approximate position: Utilizing the Nextel Network location system when the subscriber is indoors or unable to obtain a proper GPS determination. With the aim of making available A-GPS interface in the iLocator & iFollow services, plus latest location-based services in future, NII Holdings is functioning with Openwave Systems to run and manage a powerful GPS-enabled location service platform through a number of its Latin America properties, comprising Nextel de Mexico. The company is aiming mainly corporate clients with the tools. Nextel Mexico is NII’s leading unit with 1.69mn subscribers at the end of the Q1 of 2007. The company is also having subsidiaries in Brazil, Argentina, Peru and a limited test network in Chile. Read
