Tag: Connected Car
Worldwide Semiconductor Chip Shortage Forces TomTom To Cut 2021 Outlook
Reuters: TomTom Posted Quarterly Net Loss For The Last Two Years
Citing the worldwide shortage of semiconductor chips that have curbed automotive markets, TomTom said the...
Halo Using T-Mobile 5G Network for Las Vegas Self-Driving Service
5G Rapidly Becoming Mainstream for Location, Autonomous Vehicle Services
Halo has launched a commercial driverless car service using the T-Mobile 5G network in Las Vegas. The company,...
U-blox Looks for Mass Market With New Location Service
Swiss company launches GNSS augmentation service for consumer, industrial, and automotive applications.
Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has announced the launched its new PointPerfect location service that aims to deliver...
TomTom Launches Virtual Horizon
TomTom launched its TomTom Virtual Horizon map-based advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) software that the company says will help automakers meet European Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA)...
Mobile World Congress 2021: Location Technology Key to 5G
Location Big Component of Future 5G Rollouts
At least one major company at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona said such location technology as GPS will...
Indonesia’s Big Telematics Market
Frost & Sullivan said that 96 percent of Indonesian truck companies are using telematics in their fleets, with communication functions sent over 3G/4G, leveraging real-time...
Study Analyzes Location Platform Winners and Losers
HERE tops list, but all digital mapping companies have strengths/weaknesses.
A recent Strategy Analytics report, “Location Platform Benchmarking Report: 2021,” places digital mapping company HERE...
Softbank SPAC in Talks To Take Mapbox Public
Deal Could Be Worth $2 Billion
Mapbox is in discussions to go public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) that will be backed by SoftBank Group...
Ford Launches BlueCruise Hands-Free Driving System
After 500,000 miles of testing, Ford plans to offer its new BlueCruise hands-free highway driving system to customers later this year. The Tesla Autopilot competitor,...
Verizon’s Hyper Precise Location Available in 100 Major U.S. Markets
Location Service Now Available to Customers in a "Vast" Geographic Area
Verizon last week announced it launched a real-time kinematics service called Hyper Precise Location...