San Francisco-based Point One Navigation announced this week that it has closed a $10 million Series A round of funding. The funding, led by UP.Partners, included existing investors BOLT, IA Ventures and Ludlow Ventures.
The round of funding will be...
MetCom and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are partnering to work on a terrestrial positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system through the JAXA Space Innovation through Partnership and Co-creation (J-SPARC) program. The project aims to improve the accuracy of time synchronization between base stations, a key...
The largest location industry deal made last year has been completed. As part of a joint venture, AGCO AGCO 0.00%↑ acquired 85 percent of Trimble’s TRMB 0.00%↑ precision agriculture assets for $2 billion.
The joint venture, announced last September, will be known as PTx Trimble. The acquisition combines Trimble’s...
Paris-based IoT company has championed asset tracking
Japan-based Renesas Electronics has agreed to acquire IoT company Sequans SQNS 0.36%↑ for $249 million. The deal, expected to close in the first quarter of 2024, allows Renesas to integrate Sequans’ cellular connectivity products into its core product lineup...
Porsche said this week that it plans to offer Google GOOG 1.22%↑services for navigation, speech and add an app ecosystem for its future car models. The premium automaker said it will integrate Google Maps, Google Assistant and apps available through the Google Play Store.
Porsche said its customers...
CMC Electronics and Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division have partnered on a GNSS platform for aviation. The companies said they will merge CMC’s certification expertise with a Hexagon-NovAtel GNSS platform that aims to detect spoofing and jamming.
Hexagon’s Autonomy and Positioning division and CMC...
In an announcement this week, Google Maps GOOG -0.89%↓ said artificial intelligence has allowed it to expand its EV charging station feature, make recommendations of nearby activities and provide more in-depth visualization.
Earlier this year, the company announced Immersive View for routes—and is expanding this week to...
In an anticipated announcement, Google GOOG -0.94%↓ this week launched its Find My Device network on Android devices, starting in the United States and Canada.
Google, which is competing with the Apple AAPL 0.76%↑ AirTag, said that users can locate a compatible Android phone and tablet by ringing them or viewing their...
Company wants to offer complimentary terrestrial PNT service...
NextNav NN 0.99%↑ filed a petition this week with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reconfigure the 900 MHz band for a terrestrial complement and backup to GPS and provide 15 megahertz of low-band spectrum for use by...
HERE Technologies and what3words have announced an expansion of their partnership to allow its Location Services application programming interfaces (APIs) customers to use the United Kingdom-based company’s global addressing system.
HERE, which says its customers are already able to activate their what3words license,...
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