PP-Solution and Swift Navigation Partner
Swift Navigation has announced that GNSS manufacturer PP-Solution has integrated Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service into their receivers. The companies say they hope to streamline the development of new products in such industries as logistics, robotics, drones, and autonomous driving.
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Verizon VZ -0.51%↓ has partnered with Skylo Technologies for an emergency messaging and location-sharing service on select Google Pixel and Samsung phones this fall. Next year, Verizon said it would offer text via satellite for select devices.
In addition to Verizon, Apple AAPL 1.93%↑ rolled out Emergency SOS in 2022 with its iPhone 14. Apple, with iOS 18,...
The deal sparks company stock growth by 200 percent
Strengthening its industrial IoT portfolio, Qualcomm QCOM 0.00%↑ last week purchased Sequans’ SQNS 0.00%↑ 4G IoT for $200 million. The deal’s terms call for France-based Sequans to receive $185 million in...
Uber Technologies UBER 0.00%↑ and General Motors’ GM 0.00%↑ Cruise late last week announced a multiyear partnership that will bring robotaxis to the rideshare platform. The companies, which plan to launch the partnership next year, will offer a number...
Strengthening its portfolio of robotics systems and sensors, Pittsburgh-based Carnegie Robotics has announced that it has acquired the Duro product line from Swift Navigation. Financial details were not disclosed.
Swift said the acquisition also supports its shift to a software-only service...
Ambitious plan sees full highway V2X integration by 2036
Saying it will save lives, the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) late last week announced its national deployment plan for vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, technologies that it plans to roll out nationwide by...
Location data provider Placer.ai recently raised $75 million to expand its valuation at nearly $1.5 billion, according to TechCrunch. The company, which combines AI with other data, offers location-based analytics for retail, real estate, financial services, healthcare and others.
Placer.ai did...
TrustPoint Awarded $3.8 Million in SpaceWERX Contracts
TrustPoint has announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for two Direct-to-Phase II contracts, worth $3.8 million total, to focus the company’s GPS-independent ground control segment and an advanced PNT security application demonstrations. ...
Seattle-based fleet tracking company Zonar Systems last week laid off 57 employees as parent company Continental considers spinning off its automotive business, according to GeekWire.
Zonar, which was founded in 2001 and employs more than 300 people in North America,...
Two major legal proceedings this week focus on location privacy…
The Texas Attorney General's Office has sued GM GM 0.00%↑ over the alleged unlawful gathering and sale of location information from 1.5 million state drivers. According to the lawsuit, data from 2015 and later OnStar Smart Driver and other...
