The satellite constellation will not have to rely on GPS to operate
Japan this week announced plans to increase the number of its navigation satellites from four to 11. The announcement, made by the country’s space policy committee, allows Japan to...
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Geotab Selected as Telematics Provider for the State of Minnesota
Geotab has been awarded a contract to sell telematics solutions to the state of Minnesota. Under...
Bluetooth trackers help find keys, luggage and other items, but they also have been used to track people who don’t want to be tracked…
Industry rivals Google GOOG -0.20%↓ and Apple AAPL -0.85%↓ announced this week that they are working together to battle unwanted location tracking. The plan...
Location technology will continue to be a centerpiece of burgeoning drone delivery markets. Signaling increased investor interest in the market, San Francisco-based Zipline recently received $330 million in a new funding round—to bring its value to nearly $4.2 billion, according to Forbes.
Zipline, which...
Parkopedia has expanded its partnership with Mercedes-Benz to include in-car parking reservations in the automaker’s latest MBUX infotainment systems for 5,000 locations in the United States. In addition, the company said that on-demand parking payments are available in 14 European countries.
The companies, which first...
Tive and Freightflow Announce Partnership
Tive has announced a strategic partnership with Freightflow for its real-time visibility solution on all shipments. The sensors in Tive Solo 5G trackers provide real-time location, temperature, humidity, and light exposure data, the company said. By combining Tive’s real-time sensor...
Decision allows automakers, state DOTs, and equipment makers to operate C-V2X on U.S. highways and its infrastructure...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) this week granted a 5.9 GHz waiver allowing automakers, state departments of transportation and equipment manufacturers to operate cellular-vehicle-to-everything...
Despite what seems to be a global downturn in the economy, such companies as PreAct Technologies are finding strong investments in their location technology. PreAct yesterday closed a $20 million Series B round led by Squared Capital, with participation...
HERE Technologies has announced that Edzard Overbeek will step down as the company’s CEO. The company’s board will appoint Denise Doyle and Adeel Manzoor, the company’s chief data officer and CFO, respectively, as interim co-CEOs during the transition phase to...
AGCO and Hexagon to Expand Distribution of Hexagon’s Ag Guidance Systems
AGCO AGCO 0.48%↑ has signed an agreement with Hexagon to expand its factory-fit and aftermarket guidance offering. The new guidance system will be sold as Fuse Guide on Massey Ferguson and Valtra tractors. The new arrangement expands upon the current...
