Location-based services to boom

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Mass-market GPS phones will reach 1.5 billion people by 2014, says analyst

By 2014, the market for GPS services will be worth $12.7bn worldwide Companies should be looking to exploit an upsurge in consumer demand for location-based search and information services, says ...

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