Mapspeople To Acquire Assets From Point Inside
MapsPeople has reached an agreement to acquire all of Point Inside's customer contracts and indoor mapping assets. With the acquisition of U.S.-based Point Inside’s business, MapsPeople gains indoor maps of more than 1,800 shopping malls in...
Federal agency has more than 60,000 backlogged satellite applications.
To help administer a booming space business industry, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission has opened a new space office that will manage more than 60,000 applications for new satellites and services.
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced...
After tests in Germany, Qualcomm QCOM 0.67%↑ and Xiaomi have announced that they successfully verified meter-level positioning in the handset manufacturer’s 12T Pro. Powered by the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 Mobile Platform, and through Qualcomm Meter-Level Positioning for Mobile, the company said the accuracy can improve mapping, driving...
Verizon Connect VZ 0.05%↑ has announced new updates for mobile workforce management platforms and rolled out its new Equipment Asset Tracker (EAT) into Canada.
The company also said it upgraded OEM data support through AEMP 2.0 integration for heavy duty machinery from such OEMs as John...
u-blox and Position Partners Launch PointPerfect GNSS in Australia
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has partnered with Position Partners to expand coverage of the PointPerfect GNSS augmentation service to Victoria and New South Wales, including Melbourne and Sydney as an initial step to rolling out the...
Aeris Communications has announced it closed the acquisition of Ericsson’s ERIC -0.08%↓ IoT Accelerator and Connected Vehicle Cloud businesses and assets. Ericsson, which will take a small stake in the new Aeris entity, said that its IoT business has been the “key driver” of financial loss.
The new...
In a high-profile—and cool—use of location technology, KINEXON’s ultra-wideband technology (UWB) was used by several college teams in this year’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, also known as March Madness. Each player wore a tag device to generate real-time data and actionable insight, said Oliver Trinchera,...
MiX Telematics Signs 3,000 Subscribers in Latin America
MiX Telematics MIXT 2.17%↑ has signed more than 3,000 new subscribers in Latin America in the last two quarters. Several new customers in the bus and coach industry have signed with the company, including “the...
Construction and agriculture equipment giant CNH Industrial CNHI 0.00 has entered into an agreement to purchase Hemisphere GNSS from China-based Unistrong for an estimated $175 million. The company said that Hemisphere, when combined with its Raven agriculture brand, will give it...
Opens opportunities for developers of IoT tracking and monitoring
Amazon AMZN 0.42%↑ announced this week that it is opening its Sidewalk LoRa-based low-power wide-area (LPWA) network to IoT developers. Sidewalk, which covers more than 90 percent of the U.S. population, not only links smart home...
