Type of site | Collaborative cell spotting |
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Available in | English |
Owner | Mozilla |
URL | Official website |
Commercial | No |
Launched | 2013 |
Current status | Close |
Content license | CC0 1.0 Universal |
Mozilla Location Service (MLS) was an open geolocation service that allowed devices to find their position by processing received signals of publicly observable radio transmitters: cellular network antennae (and their Cell IDs), Wi-Fi access points (and their BSSIDs), and Bluetooth beacons.[1][2] The service was provided by Mozilla from 2013 to 2024.[3] The service used Mozilla's open source software project called Ichnaea.[4]
In February 2019, MLS had collected more than 44.43 million unique cell networks and 1450 million unique WiFi networks[5] (April 2018: 37.7 million UCN and 1145 million UWN,[6] November 2016: 28 million UCN and 757 million UWN,[7] November 2015: 17 million UCN and 427 million UWN[8]).
In March 2024, it was announced that MLS would be retired and that functionality will be reduced in stages until the project is archived in July. [9]