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ABI Research was founded in 1990 to assist manufacturers of wireless semiconductor components in understanding and entering new markets. As tech-driven emerging markets proliferated during the 90's, ABI Research expanded its analytical coverage to a broader base of manufacturers and service companies participating in the technology market revolution.

Automotive Industries (Ai) is devoted to providing a global coverage on all aspects of the automobile marketplace, with an emphasis on the people, products and processes that shape the industry. Automotive Industries provides more than 50,000 manufacturers and suppliers with in-depth news, information, insight and analysis on the global events that affect the auto industry.  Automotive Industries receiving "quality" information for the purpose of sharing - "Ai" - What's in it for you? - Better cars - Better trucks - Better planet.  For over 100 years Automotive Industries is the # 1 publication that serves automotive original equipment manufacturing (OEM).

Join Ai's voice, video, internet and magazine network to connect & communicate with manufacturers and leading suppliers worldwide, with access to - Every Supplier - Every Website - Every Interview - "How can Automotive Industries help you?"

Publisher: John Larkin jal@autoindustry.us USA: +1 313 262 5702

Auto Focus Asia, a quarterly B2B magazine published by Ochre Media Pvt. Ltd., focuses predominantly on the latest happenings in the Asian automotive industry and emerging automotive technologies and processes across the globe. The magazine features contributions from industry experts, consultants, designers and analysts which make the content relevant, genuine and informative. With a global circulation of over 10,000 copies, Auto Focus Asia reaches to a majority of C-level executives in the OEMs, Tier1s, Tier2s, engineering services and automotive research companies across the globe.

Berg Insight offers premier business intelligence to the telecom industry. We produce concise reports providing key facts and strategic insights about pivotal developments in our focus areas. Our vision is to be the most valuable source of intelligence for our customers. To date we have provided analytical services to hundreds of clients in 50 countries. Our customers range from many of the world’s largest mobile operators, IT companies and telecom vendors, to venture capitalists, technology start-ups and specialist consultants. Our present focus areas are wireless M2M, location-based services and mobile VAS. In June 2006 we launched the online media site LBS Insight that is dedicated to the global LBS industry.

The Connected Vehicle Trade Association (CVTA) is a non-profit business league established to facilitate the interaction, and advance the interests, of the entities involved in the vehicle communication environment. The Connected Vehicle Trade Association enables the collaboration of companies, organizations, and governmental bodies engaged in developing bidirectional vehicle communications. Membership is open to any corporation, public entities, standards and specification organizations, educational institutions and qualified individuals.

The European Parliament has voted almost unanimously in favour of the Commission’s Intelligent Car Initiative, which aims at safer, greener and smarter road transport, but what could this mean for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) and citizens during times of emergency? EENA will lead an expert panel of political, emergency service, association and industry leaders to address the likely challenges. Set up in 1999 as a non-profit association registered in Belgium, EENA encourages efficient, interoperable and harmonised emergency telecommunications through “112,” the European emergency number, also used when launching an eCall in the European Union.

FierceWireless:Europe is a free, twice-weekly email service that will keep you up to speed on the latest trends, technologies, and developments in the European mobile industry. Sign up today to receive your "insiders only" European mobile industry briefing.

Frost & Sullivan, founded in 1961, has 31 global offices with more than 1700 industry consultants, market research analysts, technology analysts and economists. Our mission is to research and analyze new market opportunities for corporate growth. We are the world leader in growth consulting and the integrated areas of technology research, market research, economic research, corporate best practices, training, customer research, competitive intelligence and corporate strategy.

GeoBusiness is published for the 7th year on the Czech and Slovak markets.

Its monthly circulation is 10,000. It is the only local magazine focused on practical aspects of informatics and geoinformatics in all branches (e.g. logistics, crisis management; public sector: urban planning, agriculture, local government; academic).

Our main objective is to write in such a way that non-users will understand what is described in an article.

This is how GeoBusiness differs from the other magazines about geoinformatics.

Next to GeoBusiness, we also publish Zeměměřič (=Surveyor). It is magazine for professionals, and it is focused on cadastre of real estates, cartography, GIS, surveying.

We have also other titles, you can discover them all at our website.

A leading geospatial publisher worldwide, available in two editions - International and UK - GEOconnexion is the leading publication for geospatial professionals in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and beyond. Published in both hardcopy and online versions, both titles come with a full complement of features, news and comment.

GIS Development, the Global Geospatial Network Media under its Location Division addresses the LBS, Positioning and Navigation industry. Location Division hosts a portal http://location.net.in which is a resource portal for these sectors. It also comes out with a Bi-Monthly magazine that covers the issues and development in the areas of LBS, Positioning & Navigation.

The Location division is organizing the First Global Summit on Position & Navigation – Location Summit 2.0. The theme of the summit - "Towards Collaborative Building Model", brings together the early adopters, industry leaders and developers who are setting the direction for the future of location technologies and markets to guide the development of new applications for the rapidly growing market and to discuss on the challenges and way forward in making LBS ubiquitous. It has been designed to provide an opportunity for the industry, sharing a common interest and goals, to come together on a platform to discuss, network and benefit from analysis and debate on critical market trends and issues. The Summit will reflect the direction in which the location industry is moving, taking in, among other subjects, the potential of emerging markets, opportunities, selling solutions into businesses, and the future of the market. www.locationsummit.com

GPS BUSINESS NEWS is the only online media providing business news on the consumer GPS industry. We cover the entire value chain of this market, providing news on semiconductors, software, hardware, OEM, mapping and content, manufacturer's brands, wireless operators, distributors and retailers on a global scale. We focus on mass market geo-positioning applications such as automobile and outdoor navigation, sport and fitness monitoring, people and pet tracking, geo-gaming and mobile social networking.

GPS BUSINESS NEWS believes that in a converged and connected world, GPS consumer electronics, telematics and wireless location-based services are now forming one market. This market is experiencing a two to three digits growth but decision makers are facing scarce, unreliable and fragmented information sources. Our aim is to provide them with up to date, in-depth and verified information.

GPS BUSINESS NEWS has over 23,000 readers in 46 countries.

GPS Publishing LTD, is an independent analysis and publishing company with offices in London UK and Lillehammer Norway. The company specializes in delivering targeted news, feature articles, and background research about GPS, Navigation, and Location Based Services to printed and on-line publications as well as to journalists worldwide.

Inside GNSS is a business-to-business publication covering the policies, programs, engineering, and most challenging applications of GPS, Galileo, GLONASS and related technologies. The magazine goes to a carefully targeted international audience of product designers, system integrators, technical managers, manufacturers, and service providers as well as military, government and corporate procurement professionals. The magazine’s managing director, Glen Gibbons, was the founding editor of GPS World, GPS World Newsletter, and Galileo’s World as well as a number of other geospatial publications

iSuppli Corporation is the global leader in technology value chain research and advisory services. iSuppli provides market intelligence services for the EMS, OEM and supplier communities in addition to servicing consumer electronics and financial concerns. Services afforded by iSuppli range from electronic component research to device-specific application market forecasts, from teardown analysis to consumer electronics and from display device and systems research to custom services. More information is available at www.isuppli.com

LBS360.NET will provide information on the technology and applications of location-based services in both the commercial and consumer market segments. A monthly newsletter will include feature articles and the latest news in this emerging location technology sector.

Land Mobile magazine is unrivalled in its application-driven approach to wireless technology and services.  Every month, it provides essential reading for business users and industry professionals who need to keep up to date with the widest possible range of wireless connectivity solutions.

For more information or to request a copy of the magazine please visit www.landmobile.co.uk

Mobile Electronics News is the UK’s monthly trade-only magazine and on-line resource. It’s the central point of contact for specialist dealers, distributors and manufacturers. We deliver the latest technology, from car audio, multimedia and digital music sources to hands-free and communication devices. M.E.N. has the latest ground breaking developments, the hottest new product reviews and news from the world’s mobile electronics industry.

The Mind Commerce® mission is to provide customized research, consulting, training, and writing services for the telecommunications and IT industry within our areas of expertise.  Mind Commerce clients include manufacturers, developers, service providers, industry organizations, and government. Mind Commerce partners include various leading firms in the telecommunications industry.  Mind Commerce differentiates itself from its competition by meeting the unique needs of its clients through customized product development and service delivery.

MobileIN.com strives to help educate and inform industry professionals through focusing on a balance of wireless and mobile technology and applications as well as regulatory and business issues. MobileIN.com is dedicated to professionals engaged in the wireless and mobile network profession, including product and service providers, infrastructure and software developers, consultants and analysis, and the investment community.  Come visit us at www.MobileIN.com

The OSGi Alliance is a worldwide consortium of technology innovators that advances a proven and mature process to assure interoperability of applications and services based on its component integration platform. The OSGi Service Platform is delivered in many Fortune Global 100 company products and services and in diverse markets including enterprise, mobile, home, telematics and consumer.

The alliance provides specifications, reference implementations, test suites and certification to foster a valuable cross-industry ecosystem. Member companies collaborate within an egalitarian, equitable and transparent environment and promote adoption of OSGi technology through business benefits, user experiences and forums.

SBD is an independent company, providing specialist consultancy services to the automotive industry worldwide.  The company is one of Europe’s leading industry experts and provides customers with detailed technical and market information in the areas of Vehicle Security and Cost Of Ownership and Vehicle Telematics and Intelligent Transport Systems.

Our services include:

• Strategic & product planning – helping you make the right decisions
• Competitor benchmarking & product development – supporting your product development with experienced engineers
• Market intelligence & end user surveys – keeping you up to date with the latest market and technical trends

SBD provides its customers with the knowledge, insight and understanding they need to develop leading products for world markets that meet consumer demands.

Strategy Analytics, Inc., a global research and consulting firm, provides timely insights and strategic business solutions to companies operating at the convergence of information, communications and entertainment technologies. With worldwide headquarters in Newton, MA and principal offices in England, France and Germany, Strategy Analytics focuses on market opportunities and challenges in the areas of Automotive Electronics, Digital Consumer, Telematics, Wireless Strategies and Enabling Technologies.

SupplierBusiness is a business research company focused on automotive supply base issues. We provide the most comprehensive coverage of the global automotive supplier community, adding between twenty and thirty original stories to our archives on developments every week. All editorial coverage is originally researched by SupplierBusiness, and most appears exclusively in SupplierBusiness' weekly Insight or monthly Analysis newsletters, both of which are published both on this website and in PDF format. In addition to these subscription products, we also publish and compile reports and databases on the global supply base.

TelematicsPRO e.V. – The German Telematics association is the national branch for telematic application and technologies (www.telematicspro.de). The national association offers to suppliers and to customers an open platform for complex and integrative telematic services and products.

Events, meetings, participation at fairs are the options for promoting member activities. The activities of TelematicsPRO are put into action within 5 panels, mobile parking (www.mobil-parken.de), GNSS-telematics, smart home, tourist navigation and traffic telematics. TelematicscPRO action line, the application initiative, counts 38 member companies; the head organisation has 71 member companies.

TelematicsPRO understands its role in project coordination as those of a virtual warehouse.

TelematicsPRO is located in the European TelematicsFactory in Berlin-Charlottenburg (www.telematicsfactory.de). This is the place to run events, conferences, project meetings in the centre of Germany’s capital.

Telematics Research Group, Inc. (TRG) is global provider of business intelligence services to the automotive and mobile electronics industries. Through a proprietary database and methodology, TRG is able to collect, analyze, and forecast the global demand for a multitude of automotive and mobile electronics technologies.

Telematics Valley is a non-profit organisation made up of over 50 company members from several countries around the world.

Through organising meetings of different kinds, Telematics Valley brings together the major telematics players in the private and public sector to share information and exchange ideas, in order to create new opportunities.

Telematics Valley is a primer telematics cluster. Development is achieved through collaboration amongst the members. We work together with the academia, R & D test facilities to share knowledge, attract investment as well as generate more jobs. 

Through working with the whole value chain for telematics, we can help companies move from product to implementation and service delivery.

WorldDMB is an international, non-governmental organisation whose role is to promote the awareness, adoption and implementation of Eureka 147 based technologies worldwide. The organisation’s name refers to ‘digital multimedia broadcasting’ including radio, mobile TV and broadcast new media services.  Its members include public and commercial broadcasters, receiver manufacturers and other companies and bodies committed to the promotion of services and equipment based on the Eureka 147 family of standards.