What services does Location Based Service offers....?

Location-based services offers many opportunities. For the mobile users, some examples of location-based service are:

• Requesting the nearest business or service
• Receiving alerts, such as warning of traffic jam
• Finding a buddy

For the carrier, location-based services provide value add by enabling services such as:

Resource tracking 

       Taxis, service people, rental equipment, doctors, fleet scheduling

Finding Someone or something

       Person by skill(doctor), navigation, weather, traffic, room schedule, stolen phone

Proximity-based notification(Push or pull)

       Targeted advertising, buddy list, common profile matching (dating), automatic airport check-in

Proximity-based actuation(Push or pull)

       Payment based upon proximity(EZ pass, toll watch)