LAS VEGAS—The MWC Las Vegas 2024 trade show here again focused on the carrier’s 5G efforts, connectivity solutions and AI. However, the location industry, including connected and autonomous vehicle participation was only visible through a few product introductions and displays.
One company, Quectel Wireless...
TomTom has announced that IVECO has selected the company’s navigation, maps and traffic data to power its global commercial vehicles. IVECO's new light commercial vehicle Daily, the electric eDaily, and heavy-duty S-Way truck will come equipped with TomTom’s full stack navigation, featuring maps, custom truck...
Advanced Navigation Wins $6 million APNT Contract
Advanced Navigation has been awarded a $6 million contract from Hanwha Defence Australia for 138 Boreas D70 units, a digital fiber-optic gyroscope (DFOG) inertial navigation system (INS), as part of the country’s LAND 400 Phase 3 program. The company says...
Four Wireless Carriers Fined $200 Million in April for Allegedly Selling Access to Customer's Location Information.
In new filings this week, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that AT&T’s T -0.63%↓ $57 million customer location sharing fine should stay in place. The FCC contends that AT&T...
Qualcomm Technologies QCOM -0.12%↓ and STMicroelectronics STM -2.15%↓ have partnered to pair STMicroelectronic’s STM32 microcontroller ecosystem and Qualcomm’s wireless connectivity solutions. The partnership, which will target industrial and consumer IoT solutions, will first offer a Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Thread combo system-on-a-chip (SoC) with ST’s microcontroller.
The wireless connectivity will augment the STM32...
Caterpillar and Trimble Extend Joint Venture
Caterpillar CAT -0.77%↓ and Trimble TRMB -1.41%↓ this week announced the extension of their long-standing joint venture. The agreement includes expanded distribution of grade control solutions in the construction sector. The companies, which have partnered since 2002 on grade control solutions,...
Location Business News recently interviewed Ege Akpinar, CEO of Pointr, to discuss use cases of indoor maps and location technology.
LBN: What are some interesting use cases for your AI mapping engine that companies are leveraging today?
Akpinar: We all use maps and location...
The Space Force wants to augment GPS with small sats, but a U.S. House subcommittee says they may not provide much resilience
The U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command has awarded four contracts to Astranis, Axient, L3 Harris LHX -0.58%↓, and Sierra Space to produce design concepts for Resilient...
The U.S. government, specifically Department of Commerce regulators, are issuing a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would prohibit the sale or import of connected vehicles equipped with communication and automated vehicle technology from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia.
This decision...
STUTTGART, Germany— This week’s Intergeo 2024 conference, known for years as a high-precision survey show, has become a showcase for autonomous machinery, Vehicle to Anything (V2X), and particularly, UAVs.
At Integeo, Trimble TRMB 2.37%↑ announced the launch of premium direct georeferencing solutions, the Trimble APX RTX portfolio, for mapping...
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