Gurtam has announced that its Wialon fleet management and IoT platform is now installed in 4 million vehicles in 160 countries. With this milestone, the company says it is one of the largest fleet management, GPS tracking and IoT software platforms installed...
Maxar Technologies MAXR -0.43%↓ has announced that it was awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), worth up to $192 million over five years.
Maxar, under the Foreign Commercial Imagery Program contract, will provide U.S. allies and partners with commercial...
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TrustPoint Marks Major Step Toward GPS-Independent Navigation Technology
TrustPoint has announced it has successfully transmitted its first Low Earth Orbit Navigation System (LEONS) time-transfer...
HERE Technologies said that its Intelligent Speed Assistant Map location data is being used by more than 50 brands from 21 global automakers to comply with the European Union’s ISA regulation. HERE, in an announcement at IAA Mobility in Munich this week, said the company...
U.K. May Need To Find Replacement for Galileo
The $3.4 billion merger of OneWeb and Paris-based Eutelsat may allow the companies to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX, but may have put a damper on the opportunity for the United Kingdom to build its own...
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) recently announced that Energy Systems Network, the organizer of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, will host a head-to-head, high-speed autonomous racecar passing competition at CES 2022. The Autonomous Challenge @ CES will take place at...
Parkopedia and Hyundai AutoEver have demonstrated Europe’s first seamless end-to-end in-car navigation service that guides drivers directly to a specific indoor parking space, electric vehicle charger or designated zone using high-definition indoor maps.
The new Indoor Maps service eliminates the common break in navigation at...
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...
Saying that it is already in use by 7.8 million drivers, BMW Group and Mapbox this week announced the details of the new My BMW App and MINI App navigation solution. The integration of Mapbox technology into the app adds enhanced map design that includes a light...
Semtech Completes $1.2 Billion Sierra Wireless Acquisition
Semtech SMTC 0.63%↑ and Sierra Wireless SWIR 0.00 have announced the completion of Semtech’s acquisition of Sierra Wireless for $1.2 billion in an all-cash transaction. Semtech says the deal nearly doubles its annual revenue by adding $100 milion in...
