Qualcomm QCOM 0.12%↑ discussed financial targets of $22 billion, by September 2029, for IoT and automotive markets at its 2024 Investor Day this week. The ambitious target comes after the company said it is trying to decrease its dependency in one core market area:...
Trimble TRMB 0.59%↑ has announced that one of North America’s largest food distribution companies, Performance Food Group Company (PFG), has selected Trimble the company as its fleet management provider to serve its entire fleet business.
Trimble will provide fleet management and telematics...
Swift Navigation and KDDI Launch Skylark PPS in Japan
Swift Navigation and Japan-based mobile network operator KDDI Corporation announced the commercial launch of Skylark Precise Positioning Service in the Japanese market. The company said Skylark, with centimeter-level accuracy, enables precise operation of ADAS-enabled and autonomous...
Decades of developing a solution to GPS jamming has resulted in program delays
Despite two decades of development, a report issued this week by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticizes the Pentagon’s anti-GPS jamming implementation efforts, saying delays continue across all GPS segments. To...
Wireless Carriers Challenge FCC’s $200 Million Location Privacy Fines
Three of the largest wireless carriers are fighting back against Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fines for allegedly selling their customer’s location information without their permission.
AT&T T -0.09%↓, TMobile TMUS -1.41%↓ and Verizon VZ -0.61%↓ claim that their location-based services programs were...
Amazon Location Service this week announced that it is offering enhanced enhanced the Routes, Places, and Maps functionality to enable developers to add advanced location capability. The company says the new capabilities allow developers to support location-based use cases in industries healthcare, transportation...
Trimble Expands Landmine Clearance Collaboration with The HALO Trust
Trimble TRMB -2.64%↓ has announced its expanded support for landmine-clearance non-profit The HALO Trust. The company said it is donating an additional 175 Catalyst GNSS systems, including DA2 GNSS receivers.
In Kosovo, supervisor Valbona Ceka maps the perimeter of...
Satellite maker Astranis to add Xona's PNT algorithms in early design contract
California-based Astranis announced last week that it is partnering with Xona Space Systems to develop an initial phase of the Resilient Global Positioning System, or R-GPS, program. Astranis, which won an $8 million U.S....
European container shipping giant Hapag-Lloyd has announced that more than 1.5 tracking device-equipped containers now have HERE Technologies’ location service integrated. The partnership’s financial details were not disclosed.
Hapag-Lloyd, which offers its smart container tracking solution Live Position, has leveraged their known expertise...
Trying to grab a piece of the potentially lucrative autonomous vehicle market, rideshare giant Lyft LYFT 2.66%↑ has announced partnerships this week with May Mobility, Intel-owned INTC 4.83%↑ Mobileye and Nexar.
In the first deal, Lyft will offer its app to launch autonomous vehicle service with May Mobility in Atlanta...
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