GPS looses fix during navigation and freezes

With Ovi Maps I have this problem that the GPS looses fix during navigation, I suspect that the signal is lost during driving.  But the phone does not find the GPS fix until I reboot the phone.
I got this error at the same time as the red gps signal indicator i Ovi Maps and now after the phone was upgraded at service station the error is shown even with green indicator.
If someone have experienced the same error is good to know.   I have not tried to turn off network location with A-GPS and expects this to be the error,  but why is the indicator red and not yellow for searching then.
When I use the phone only for logging as in Sports tracker there is no problem with the GPS.

Hi kemishvalsimot
Firstly I would try disabling "WiFi/Network" in "Positioning methods" as this was only recently introduced in Maps update and caused issues with Joikuspot until this application was modified, so worth a try!
Are you using latest Sports Tracker from OVI or the old Nokia Beta Labs version?
Really surprised "Google Maps" issues as their algorithm for using "Network GPS" quickly produces results.
As regards using LD-4W reception will be a lot better and as Bluetooth is wireless transmission should be no issues with positioning of receiver. With E72 I can make two Bluetooth connections for "Handsfree" & "Music streaming" but can't give you a definitive answer as to issues when two applications used concurrently; as in my case one would interrupt the other when needed.
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