Vodafone NZ has partnered with GPS tracking company Digital Matter to offer IoT asset tracking solutions for New Zealand businesses. As part of the deal, Vodafone NZ has bundled several of Digital Matter’s battery-powered IoT asset tracking devices and software directly with...
Announcement comes days after government report indicates GPS interference
In the wake of a U.S. government report that says its system may interfere with GPS and other services, Ligado Networks announced that it won’t launch its 5G network in the 1526-1536 MHz...
Apple AAPL -1.53%↓ last week launched its iPhone 14 models that feature a new satellite-based Emergency SOS service, upgraded GPS and car crash detection.
For its Emergency SOS, Apple has partnered with Globalstar GSAT -1.62%↓ to use the company’s 24-satellite constellation. Other companies have planned emergency services such as last month’s T-Mobile TMUS -0.47%↓ and SpaceX partnership...
Raytheon Intelligence & Space RTX 0.53%↑ has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration contract, with a ceiling value of $375 million over the next 10 years, for upgrades to the agency’s Wide-Area Augmentation System, or WAAS.
Task orders, valued at $215 million, were executed at contract award to provide...
Companies say new precise positioning system accuracy tops current GNSS
Vodafone VOD -0.08%↓ and Topcon Positioning Group signed an agreement this week to develop a new mass-market precise positioning system that will locate Internet of Things (IoT) devices, machinery and vehicles. The companies say...
All of Hyundai Motor Group’s European vehicle lineup will have TomTom maps and real-time traffic data. The deal, announced late last week, is potentially a huge one as millions of HMG vehicles, including all Hyundai and Kia cars, will come equipped with TomTom maps and traffic information as a...
In a letter sent this week, the National Transportation Safety Board wants the Federal Communications Commission to grant automakers a waiver to deploy Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X) safety systems. The letter, written as part of an FCC public comment period, asks the commission...
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Big innovation coming for PNT, automotive industry
Last week’s announcement by T-Mobile TMUS 0.64%↑ president and CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to bring cell phone connectivity worldwide has implications for satellite navigation. Leveraging Starlink, SpaceX’s constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, and T-Mobile’s wireless network,...
Last week’s decision by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to investigate how mobile carriers use and share location data is a signal that privacy issues are growing—not decreasing. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said she is asking the agency’s Enforcement Bureau to launch a new investigation...
In a deal that will add more than 40,000 subscribers to its base, MiX Telematics MIXT 0.00 has agreed to acquire Trimble’s TRMB 0.20%↑ Field Service Management's (FSM) business. The acquisition, which is subject to customary closing conditions, could be worth as much as $9.5 million, according to...
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