Russia has threatened to block imports of GPS enabled mobile phones unless they are able to connect to its own satellite navigation system - known as GLONASS. The chief executive of oil-to-telecoms holding company Sistema, which is developing GLONASS, said the firm had held conversations about the technology with manufacturers such as Nokia, Siemens and Motorola.

The transcript of the phone call earlier this week with Google's chief reveals the real signals he's sending out: Android wants to be the Windows of mobile phones Android is getting too big to ignore. Photo by mathrock on Flickr. Some rights reserved Below is a transcript (taken with shorthand, contemporaneously) of a conference call with Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google, on 23 June ...

Rakon Limited, which manufactures crystal oscillators used in navigation systems and mobile phones, reined in its 2010 loss as a pick-up in demand for global positioning systems (GPS) increased in the second half of the year.

Boom in smartphones has helped microchip designers The boom in smartphones mobile phones that can access the internet and download applications has helped British-based microchip designers CSR and Wolfson Microelectronics report strong first-quarter results. But two other British technology firms, FTSE-listed accounting-software developer Sage and IT services firm Logica, revealed lacklustre ...

There has been an influx of portable technology over the last two decades with mobile phones, laptops, global positioning systems (GPS), e-readers and gaming devices coming into common use.