Shanghai launches platform for location-based services

The municipal government of Shanghai launched an integrated development and testing platform for location-based services on the China International Industry Fair, which will last five days from Wednesday.

The municipality's move is an attempt to make location-based services one of the building blocks of the information technology industry.

Initiated by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the testing platform was jointly built by China Mobile Shanghai, Huawei Technologies Shanghai and Sobey, a Chengdu-based broadcast solutions provider.