Swift Navigation Expands Skylark Capabilities
San Francisco-based Swift Navigation has expanded the capabilities of its Skylark precise positioning service to several product tiers. The company will now offer new services providing RTK (real-time kinematics) and DGNSS (differential GNSS) options. In addition, new BeiDou (BDS) signal support...
The settlement with 40 states is the largest multistate privacy payout in US history.
In the largest privacy settlement of its kind, Google GOOG -0.08%↓ has agreed to pay $391.5 million to settle a multistate investigation into allegations it tracked user locations without their permission.
The investigation,...
The European Space Agency is requesting 500 million euros over the next three years to support such initiatives as FutureNav. ESA, which is making the request at a ministerial council meeting, says the new funding will support projects that go beyond its EU-led...
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Fugro Signs Agreement With Septentrio, Meinberg for Atomichron
Fugro has signed a cooperation agreement with GNSS receiver company Septentrio and equipment manufacturer Meinberg to launch its AtomiChron real-time synchronization and authentication service. Fugro...
Judge says plaintiffs have 30 days to refile proposed class action lawsuit.
Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.81%↑ grabbed an initial victory in court against antitrust litigation that alleged its Google Maps steered app developers into using its products over those of competitors. According to published reports, Judge Jeffrey...
Coming off a week where it overhauled its entire mapping platform, Dutch mapmaker TomTom announced it was awarded a global contract to provide its maps, navigation software and connected services to auto giant Stellantis. The maps, software and services, including real-time...
The consolidation of the autonomous vehicle industry continues as lidar companies Ouster OUST 3.96%↑ and Velodyne VLDR 3.66%↑ announced they will merge. The agreement calls for shareholders of both companies to each own 50 percent of the new entity, which hasn’t been named yet.
The merger, expected to...
Company says announcement one of its most important in 30 years...
Saying that improved maps will make it more competitive, TomTom today launched a new Maps Platform. The new maps will offer broader geographic coverage, an extended set of supported data types...
Three major European companies are testing high-accuracy indoor positioning (HAIP) at a BMW Group auto plant in Leipzig, Germany. Vodafone Germany VOD 0.09%↑, Nokia NOK -0.47%↓ and BMW are testing HAIP services over a 5G ‘campus network’ at the plant.
The site, which is used to test...
NextNav NN 3.74%↑ has acquired privately-held geolocation company Nestwave SAS for $18 million in a transaction that closed earlier this week. The deal’s consideration value is $19.3 million, which consists of $4.3 million in cash and $15 million in NextNav common stock, the company...
