DUBLIN, Sept. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Mobile LBS Market in Western Europe 2014-2018" report to their offering.
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Mobile location-based services are services offered through mobile phones and other portable devices in which the geographical location is taken into account in the provision of those services. It is a software application for IP-capable mobile devices that requires knowledge about the location of the device.
LBS make use of GIS technology and the internet to track the location of users. User-initiated LBS require an internet connection to gather the user's location and provide search results. LBS are used for tracking and to discover places and routes, obtain traffic updates, real-time directions, routes to landmarks, information about ongoing local events, and find friends, as well as for location-based advertising, location-based shopping, location-based gaming, location-based social networking, and location-enabled searches. They are also used for location-based entertainment and infotainment.
The analysts forecast the Mobile LBS market in Western Europe to grow at a CAGR of 44.61 percent over the period 2013-2018.
Key Topics Covered:
01. Executive Summary
02. List of Abbreviations
03. Scope of the Report
04. Market Research Methodology
05. Introduction
06. Market Landscape
07. Market Segmentation by Application
08. Buying Criteria
09. Drivers and their Impact
10. Market Challenges
11. Impact of Drivers and Challenges
12. Market Trends
13. Trends and their Impact
14. Vendor Landscape
15. Key Vendor Analysis
Companies Mentioned:
- HERE
- Orange Group
- Telefonica Group
- T-Mobile US
- TomTom
- Vodaphone Group
- 3Friendfinder
- Bouygues Telecom
- British Telecommunications
- Creative Workline
- Creativity Software
- EE
- MECOMO FRIENDS
- Microsoft
- Mopius
- Novasys
- Oxford Softworks
- SFR
- SharpMind
- Telekom Italia
- Teliasonera
- TikGames
- t-info
- YDreams
- Informatica
- YellowMap
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/562vqd/mobile_lbs_market
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