A method of providing location information to a
network application, a location
server, a method of providing a trigger notification, a
femto base station and a
computer program product are disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: receiving details of a triggering event which is to be notified to the
network application, the triggering event being a registration of
user equipment with a predetermined
femto cell of the
wireless telecommunications network; providing triggering information indicative of the triggering event to that
femto base station providing
wireless communications coverage to the predetermined femto
cell to cause that femto
base station to provide a trigger notification indicating when the triggering event occurs; and in response to
receipt of the trigger notification from the femto base
station, providing location information to the
network application, the location information providing the network application with an indication of the
user equipment Femtocell and the predetermined femto
cell, together with an indication of when the triggering event occurred. This enables the movement of
user equipment into specific locations to be detected and provided to network application efficiently, without any subsequent
location determination processing having to occur, which provides a low-power, scalable, accurate and non- invasive approach requiring no modification of user equipment.