CPS Positions TI

LONDON -- Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd (CPS) today announced it will integrate its Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD) high accuracy location technology into a range of TI GPRS chipsets for mobile handsets and wireless PDAs.Once the integration process is complete, TI will be able to offer a range of products from a complete GSM terminal solution to an E-OTD ready chipset, including platform reference design, partial platform and a baseband chipset. The complete solution offered by TI will give its customers rapid access to market for E-OTD-enabled terminals.The agreement with TI comes in response to growing demand from GSM device manufacturers seeking to launch E-OTD enabled handsets on the US market, in line with the FCC E-911 requirements for emergency call location. By the end of this year, all new GSM devices must be E-OTD enabled to meet the mandate.“TI is pleased to be working with CPS to provide location functionality technology for the US market, providing important safety and security benefits to mobile handset users," said Tom Pollard, TI worldwide Chipset Marketing Director. "The integration of E-OTD technology on our TCS chipsets and reference designs will accelerate time-to-market for our customers, and is an example of our strategy to provide complete chipset solutions to the market.”Integration and evaluation - expected to take three months - will take place at CPS’ integration facility in Cambridge, UK in conjunction with TI and its newly acquired software group TI Berlin, formerly Condat.Cambridge Positioning SystemsTexas Instruments Inc.