Microsoft Taps Navizon To Power Mobile Geolocation

Microsoft will use geo-positioning startup Navizon to power geolocation for mobile users. Navizon said today in a statement that it had signed a licensing agreement with Microsoft to allow the tech giant to use Navizon’s global location database for its mobile technologies. Navizon crowdsources GPS positioning with its community of more than 1 million registered users from all over world. The startup's users build a dynamic database of Wi-Fi access points and GSM, CDMA and 3G towers. Navizon's software triangulates signals broadcast from Wi-Fi access points and cellular towers to determine geolocation. Navizon also has the ability to run in the background, allowing the user to open other applications on a device at the same time.