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Today: 1.2B+ smartphone users rely on GPS for location-based services. The problem, satellite-based GPS has a high battery drain, does not work in indoor environments and creates inaccurate results. Wi-Fi and cellular network localization does not solve this problem. In today‘s world indoor location services are non-existent. Outlook: Beacon technology – a radio transmitter broadcasting a position to a nearby smartphone – provides a precise location in indoor and outdoor environments. Both Apple and Android announced full support in 2013. 250M+ iPhones already support this technology. Beacon infrastructures – physical access to venues required – will appear in retail environments, malls, airports and city landscapes. Only a few beacon platforms will become the gatekeeper for beacon infrastructures and beacon services. Mobile indoor location services will be taken for granted by every consumer. Beaconinside makes this a reality.