Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/39zp64/chips_and_salsa) has announced the addition of the "Chips and Salsa XV Disparately Seeking Satellites" report to their offering.

In order to pull off this highly-differentiated study Signals Research Group collaborated with Spirent Communications to get access to their widely-regarded 8100 Location Technology platform and engineering support in order to obtain highly objective results.

In total, the report includes results for five different A-GNSS chipset suppliers (Broadcom, CSR, Qualcomm, ST-Ericsson and Texas Instruments) and ten different smartphone/chipset configurations, including smartphones from HTC, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony.

Key Findings

- Very Consistent Platform Performance

- Dramatic A-GPS Performance Differences Exist in Smartphones

- A Protective Case can Severely Degrade A-GNSS Performance

- It is Time for an Industry Wake-up Call

- A-GLONASS can Meaningfully Improve Geo Location Capabilities

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Signals Ahead is a research-focused product that is published on a periodic basis. Its clientele include all facets of the wireless ecosystem, including some of the largest mobile operators, the top handset suppliers, the major infrastructure vendors, subsystem suppliers, semiconductor companies and financial institutions, including Wall Street, Private Equity and Venture Capitalists, spread across five continents.

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