Location Information: A Tool for Optimizing Networks

Martin Feuerstein discusses location information as a tool for optimizing networks.
Wireless Innovator
November 28th, 2005

Wireless network operators around the world are simultaneously deploying new 3G networks while maintaining existing 2G and 2.5G networks. It's a challenging task, but nearly all service providers across the globe are now engaged in the transition to offering 3G services.

By unlocking location information in second-generation systems, operators can more rapidly and economically achieve success with the move to 3G. They can also derive location information directly from third-generation networks.

Location information is a diagnostic tool for network buildouts. Think of it this way: X-rays, CT scans and MRIs arm doctors with precise pictures of what is going on inside their patients. It is hard to imagine a doctor performing surgery without first seeing an image of what's inside.

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