U.S., Germany among countries scrutinizing China-based company's practices...
A company under as much worldwide scrutiny as China’s Huawei should keep a low profile at a major trade show. That’s not how it allegedly played out as Light Reading reported that Huawei may have tracked...
GeoComm and Esri Canada have introduced a proof-of concept (PoC) solution that locates 9-1-1 callers inside buildings during an emergency event. The solution, unveiled at the Esri Partner Conference, enables emergency services personal to find the location of people, assets and events...
Teletrac Navman last week released a survey of more than 1,800 global fleet executives, most operating fleets with more than 25 vehicles, to assess their opinions about economic challenges facing the industry. Respondents came from the United States, Australia, New Zealand,...
BARCELONA—While the annual Mobile World Congress here has never been known as an auto show, the lack of automakers and digital map companies exhibiting stood out. In terms of mapmakers, always the cornerstone of the location industry, not one of the...
What does this deal mean for HERE and other mapping companies?
After our deadline last week, Mercedes-Benz and Google GOOG -0.24%↓ announced a strategic partnership that allows the auto giant to create its own branded navigation, integrate Google Maps information and bring YouTube into luxury vehicles.
Initially, Mercedes-Benz will give customers...
Indoor map creator Mappedin announced last week that it has raised $8.6 million in Series A funding. San Diego-based Channel Equity Partners led the round.
The company said the funds will be used to support its growth, scale a team, strengthen go-to-market efforts and...
HERE Partners With Cognizant
HERE Technologies has partnered with professional services company Cognizant CTSH -0.59%↓to provide real-time location insights and analytics to Cognizant’s customers in the retail, ride-hailing, logistics, manufacturing and automotive sectors. Cognizant will use the HERE location platform’s data visualization and...
The U.S. Department of Justice is renewing its antitrust investigation on whether Google GOOG 0.00 bundles its map and search products to force app developers to use both.
Politico reported that the DOJ is looking how Google Automotive Services is...
Chip giant offers platform with several location industry ecosystem partners
To combat fragmentation in the IoT industry, Qualcomm QCOM 0.49%↑ has launched its Aware platform that allows developers and enterprises to create custom products. A big part of Aware is its location capability, which gives customers...
Nokia NOK 0.00 and Bosch have announced that they are developing 5G-based positioning technology for Industry 4.0 applications. The two companies have deployed positioning system’s proof of concept in a Bosch production plant in Germany.
The companies said that tests, under “realistic manufacturing conditions,” have shown a 50-centimeter accuracy over 90...
