25% of WCMDA handsets to have GPS in 2008
Fact recorded on: October 18, 2006. Categories: 3G.
GPS in the GSM mobile phone has always seemed to be a year away. But 2007 may be the year that it finally arrives, and 25% of WCDMA handsets will offer GPS by the end of 2008, according to ABI Research.
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