Today, Skyhook's Core Location provides positioning to tens of millions of consumer mobile devices and applications.

ENGADGET: Motorola gives Google the boot, turns to Skyhook for location services

The ground-breaking Core Location uses a combination of Wi-Fi, cellular and GPS readings in order to produce a single, accurate location quickly and in all environments.

ENGADGET: Motorola gives Google the boot, turns to Skyhook for location services

It said the option might be "attractive" in cost terms, but added that "this solution is not advocated because it is recognised the closure of this landmark building in a core location within the town centre, even on a temporary basis, would have detrimental effect on the town centre".

BBC: North East Wales

Motion is the core driver of location here.

BBC: Technology that works behind closed doors

At the launch event New York this morning, the company unveiled the Lumia 920, which includes a 4.5-inch display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, wireless charging, new camera technology and enhanced location services, as well as the lower-tier Lumia 820, a 4.3-inch model model that features exchangeable outer shells.

FORBES: Nokia Tumbles As Lumia Launch Event Fails To Impress