The Norwegian Space Agency (NOSA) has awarded a contract to Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to build the NorSat-4 maritime tracking microsatellite. This is the eighth satellite developed by SFL for Norway, including the NorSat-3 launched in April 2021 and the NorSat Technology Demonstrator...
Bridgestone Agrees to Purchase Azuga Holdings From Sumeru Equity Partners, Danlaw and Other Shareholders
Bridgestone Americas has agreed to purchase fleet tracking software company Azuga for $391 million. Pending regulatory approval, the deal brings all of Azuga’s products, facilities in the U.S. and...
Several companies in Verizon and Newlab’s 5G Studio integrate location technology in their offerings. The startups, which leverage Verizon’s Ultra Wideband 5G network and Mobile Edge Compute (MEC) capabilities, include those specializing in autonomous robots and autonomous drone data collection, bi-directional EV charging stations,...
INRIX Inc. last week launched its INRIX IQ Location Analytics, a cloud-based LBS application that provides retailers, investors, and other businesses insights to open new stores, increase revenue, and maximize return on investment, the company said.
INRIX said that when selecting a...
Location-as-a-Service Could Be Industry’s Most Comprehensive (Image: u-blox)
Innovative Service Targets Most Location Markets
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has announced it will soon launch a Location-as-a-Service that incorporates its recently introduced PointPerfect, AssistNow, CloudLocate and CellLocate products. While PointPerfect brings GNSS to a mass market, the other...
Photo: DDK Positioning GNSS Augmentation Service on Iridium Satellites (Photo: Iridium)
Oceaneering International and DDK Positioning Limited have announced that they are partnering on GNSS augmentation services using Oceaneering’s C-Nav Positioning Solutions products.
DDK Positioning services, delivered through the Iridium satellite communications network, integrate hardware developed by Topcon.
Initially, DDK...
Reuters: TomTom Posted Quarterly Net Loss For The Last Two Years
Citing the worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips that have curbed automotive markets, TomTom said the company will cut its 2021 outlook.
TomTom posted a loss of 23.6 million euros, nearly 8 million...
New research from HERE Technologies and Frost & Sullivan indicate that approximately a third of logistics companies in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region are considering IoT (37 percent), warehouse automation (33 percent), and electric vehicles (32 percent) as key investment priorities in...
Toyota subsidiary Woven Planet Holdings has acquired CARMERA to roll it into its Automated Mapping Platform (AMP) organization. CARMERA, which specializes in road intelligence and automated mobility, will allow AMP to shift from an R&D stage to commercialization by boosting the development of HD maps,...
Hexagon AB has acquired Immersal Oy, a spatial mapping company that uses visual positioning products for augmented reality (AR) applications. Hexagon said that AR has the ability to “weave context-specific, 3D information into physical spaces provides endless opportunities.”
These opportunities include surveying,...
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