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Europe moves closer to eCall in-car emergency phone system

The UK still hasn't signed the EU's Memorandum of Understanding to implement eCall across Europe… but it looks as though we're moving closer.

Today the GSM Association signed the MoU, emphasising the commitment of the mobile phone industry to the scheme.

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Europe wants cars to phone for help after an accident

The European Commission today has urged the UK and a number of other EU countries to implement eCall, an in-car mobile phone service that automatically calls 112 after an accident.

eCall then transmits its location to the emergency services.

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Podcast - 27th May 2009

Iain Graham, James Rosewell and Mark Bridge take a look at mobile news headlines from the last seven days - including new mobile application stores from Sun and Carphone Warehouse, Apple's existing application store and we'll even discuss some news stories not related to application stores at all like GPS, Vodafone's tax challenge and termination rates.

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New mobile service allows time-limited location sharing

With the tagline “Share Your Where”, Glympse Inc has revealed the public beta of its mobile location service.

It lets users share their current location on a detailed map without requiring friends and colleagues to register.

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