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Verizon unveils Hyper Precise Location service in more than 100 markets

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Verizon announced it has launched its Hyper Precise Location (HPL) service in more than 100 major U.S. markets. It could fix the location of a mobile device or appliance with centimeter-level accuracy.

It’s a cool technology that could have real implications for game developers and gamers, but could also raise some privacy concerns as it might be more accurate than some people want it to be.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.