Tag: GPS
Ligado Scraps 5G Network Launch Amid Interference Flap
Announcement comes days after government report indicates GPS interference
In the wake of a U.S. government report that says its system may interfere with GPS...
Apple Debuts iPhone 14 Lineup With SOS Capability, Better GPS
Apple AAPL -1.53%↓ last week launched its iPhone 14 models that feature a new satellite-based Emergency SOS service, upgraded GPS and car crash detection.
For its Emergency SOS, Apple has partnered with Globalstar GSAT -1.62%↓ to...
Raytheon Awarded FAA WAAS Enhancement Contract With $375 Million Ceiling Value
Raytheon Intelligence & Space RTX 0.53%↑ has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration contract, with a ceiling value of $375 million over the next 10 years, for upgrades to the agency’s Wide-Area...
Vodafone, Topcon Partner To Locate IoT Devices
Companies say new precise positioning system accuracy tops current GNSS
Vodafone VOD -0.08%↓ and Topcon Positioning Group signed an agreement this week to develop a new mass-market precise positioning...
Implications for Satellite Navigation Pervasive in T-Mobile-SpaceX Partnership
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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...
PointPerfect GNSS Augmentation Service Launched in South Korea
Thalwil, Switzerland-basde u-blox has announced that its PointPerfect GNSS augmentation services launched today (Sept. 1, 2022). The company says it’s the first precise point...
Geotab Surpasses 3 Million Subscribers
Geotab has announced that it has surpassed 3 million subscribers worldwide, signaling a strong market for fleet telematics and data products. The 22-year-old company has...
Hoopo Raises $10 Million in Series A Funding
Israel-based Hoopo last week announced that it has raised $10 million in Series A funding. The round, led by ZIM ZIM 5.72%↑ and theDOCK, brings the total funding raised to...
EMCORE Acquires KVH’s FOG and INS Business for $55 Million
EMCORE Corp. EMKR -5.58%↓ has acquired KVH Industries’ KVHI 2.30%↑ Fiber Optic Gyroscope and Inertial Navigation Systems business segment today for $55 million in cash.
EMCORE, which offers mixed-signal products for aerospace...
New Financing Round Brings Xona’s Funding to $25 Million
Xona Space Systems announced last week that they have raised “an oversubscribed financing round” that brings the company’s total funding to more than $25 million. ...