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Big innovation coming for PNT, automotive industry
Last week’s announcement by T-Mobile TMUS 0.64%↑ president and CEO Mike Sievert and SpaceX founder Elon Musk to bring cell phone connectivity worldwide has implications for satellite navigation. Leveraging Starlink, SpaceX’s constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, and T-Mobile’s wireless network,...
TrustPoint Awarded $3.8 Million in SpaceWERX Contracts
TrustPoint has announced it has been selected by SpaceWERX for two Direct-to-Phase II contracts, worth $3.8 million total, to focus the company’s GPS-independent ground control segment and an advanced PNT security application demonstrations. ...
Scaled back conference meant more personal interaction
LAS VEGAS—CES was noticeably scaled back as many automakers and suppliers pulled out of the massive electronics conference because of increased risk from COVID. Prior to the conference, General Motors, BMW, Mercedes and several location companies cancelled their...
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...
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) adopted rules last week that require wireless carriers to implement location-based routing of 911 calls and real-time texts to call centers nationwide. The FCC, which says that the rules will foster faster emergency response...
At issue for the courts...does an FCC license grant property rights in $40 billion lawsuit...
A federal appeals court panel last week expressed deep skepticism toward the U.S. government’s defense in a high-stakes lawsuit by Ligado Networks, which claims nearly...
U.S., Germany among countries scrutinizing China-based company's practices...
A company under as much worldwide scrutiny as China’s Huawei should keep a low profile at a major trade show. That’s not how it allegedly played out as Light Reading reported that Huawei may have tracked...
Polte has partnered with VMware to enable an Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) product for what it calls global “5G Precise Positioning,” the company said. The deal, which leverages Polte as a xApp on VMware’s RAN Intelligent Controller...
Uproar this week over Russia's space-based nuclear satellite attack capability...
While Russia is developing a space-based nuclear capability to attack satellites, including GPS, industry experts say the country can do a lot of damage right now to the constellation’s signals...
French aerospace giant Safran is poised to receive conditional approval from European Union antitrust regulators for its $1.8 billion bid to acquire Collins Aerospace's flight controls business, according to sources familiar with the matter. The European Commission's decision hinges on Safran's agreement to divest its...
