Location and geospatial company NextBillion.ai has raised $21 million in a Series B funding round led by global investment firm Mirae Asset Capital. Other investors include Lightspeed Venture Partners, Microsoft's Venture Fund M12 and Alpha Wave Global.
NextBillion.ai, founded two years ago by Gaurav Bubna, Shaolin Zheng and Ajay Bulusu, launched such...
Immersive View allows users to see a venue, with weather information, before they go...
Saying advances in 3D mapping have made it evolve, Google Maps has launched an Immersive View feature that allows users to explore neighborhoods and buildings. Other features, announced...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and the First Responder Network Authority announced last week that it will launch a virtual-reality research facility that will focus on indoor location and other services for public safety professionals.
The facility, called the Public Safety Immersive Test...
With location-based routing, a device can be located and routed within 50 meters of its location.
AT&T this week announced the launch of the nation’s first location-based emergency call routing system that automatically transmits wireless 911 calls to call centers. The new Locate...
Qualcomm Technologies said it has completed the acquisition of location technology pioneer Skyhook. Although the technology giant has not made a formal announcement about the acquisition, several Skyhook employees now have Qualcomm titles.
Both companies have been tight-lipped about the transaction. ...
Indoor location company Oriient has announced an $11 million Series A funding round, which was led by venture capital equity platform OurCrowd. Other participating companies include Regal Four, F2 Venture Capital, NGN Partners, and Future Energy Ventures to bring total funding to $16 million.
Tel Aviv-based Oriient says...
HERE Technologies has entered a five-year agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to increase customers’ supply chain visibility, transportation and logistics, fleet routing, and estimated times of arrival.
As part of the agreement, HERE will list the company’s supply chain solutions that are used by...
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox UBXN] has partnered aerospace information and communications company Geespace to expand augmentation services for high precision applications. The new memorandum of understanding allows the companies to extend their service offering to the U.S., European, and Chinese markets, primarily in the...
Won't reveal the name of the customer...until May 11?
Israel-based Innoviz Technologies announced this week that one of the world’s largest vehicle manufacturers has selected it to become its direct Lidar supplier across its automotive brands. The company’s customer, which may...
Saying it has reached 1-3 meter accuracy 90 percent of the time, Huawei launched its commercial 5G indoor positioning solution at its Global Analyst Summit. The company said the accuracy makes beacon-free positioning easier in complex indoor use cases, while supporting open...
