Rather Than Requiring Carriers to Certify This Year, FCC Kicks the Can Down the Road
FCC Commissioners Brendan Carr and Nathan Simington say that a deal the agency cut with the nation’s three largest wireless carriers relieves them of public safety obligations regarding 911 vertical...
Apple announced, at its Worldwide Developers Conference this week, several new features for its Maps that are designed to keep pace with rival Google .
The company said that with iOS 15 users will be able to hold up an iPhone and Maps will generate an accurate position...
GeoComm, RapidSOS, and Esri are partnering to deliver indoor maps to 911 and first responders to improve emergency response situational awareness, the companies said.
GeoComm provides indoor maps, built with Esri technology and basemaps, to Emergency Communications Centers (ECCs) via the GeoComm Maps option within RapidSOS...
Mapwize and Denver-based Campus.app recently partnered to integrate the European company’s indoor mapping software with Campus.app’s mobile and web-based portal platform.
Campus.app is a web portal, mobile app software and support services provider for higher education. The company said it has replaced...
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Online Giant Says Location Service Costs Less Than Leading LBS Companies' Offerings.
Amazon Web Services announced the general availability of its Amazon Location Service, which allows customers to embed location technology into their applications using data from location-based...
Luokung Technology was granted its motion for a preliminary injunction stopping the U.S. Defense Department from enforcing a Trump-era ban. Luokung, a China-based LBS company, was recently implicated, along with nine other companies, under Section 1237 of the National Defense Authorization Act...
Startup Takes in $33 Million Total Funding
Palo Alto, Calif.-based oneNav last week said it had closed a $21 million Series B round, led by GV, with participation from Norwest Venture Partners and GSR Ventures. The newest round brings total funding to...
Private equity firm Accel-KKR has acquired fleet management software company GPS Insight, a fleet management software leader. Founded in 2005, Scottsdale, Ariz.-based GPS Insight provides SaaS-based fleet management software, GPS tracking and other products for Class 3-6 fleets in the...
LBN: You've assembled an impressive team with experience at most of largest location companies. Was that one of the goals when you started oneNav?
SP: When we started oneNav, we wanted to recruit an all-star team of GNSS engineers to...
Eco-Friendly and Safer Routing Announced at Developer's Conference
New Google Maps features were announced this week at the company’s first virtual Google I/O developer conference. Namely, an Eco-Friendly Route option that prioritizes roads and directions to the most fuel efficient. Some of these directions include...
